DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/19 Minooka_IL 600ft pt36314@41.266,-88.244,595ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0953z - - 1329z - - 1554z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 13.5 - - 24.9 - - 34.3 - - 40.0 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -22 - - 210 - - 331 - - 181 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4 - - 1123 - - 2830 - - 3467 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit 587 - - 1007 - - 2407 - - 2640 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top 604 - - 1723 - - 3430 - - 4067 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 326 - - 1118 - - 883 - - 1138 - - 3181 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 249 - - 398 - - 349 - - 9 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 11 - - 15 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 280 - - 280 - - 268 - - 258 - - 226 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -718 - - -1450 - - -2075 - - -3490 - - -2969 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1322 - - 3173 - - 5505 - - 7557 - - 3575 sfcLCL ODpotential -8035 - - -7645 - - -8641 - - -9662 - - -8073 ODpotential blCL 8639 - - 9368 - - 12071 - - 13729 - - 8678 blCL maxRH 78 - - 75 - - 53 - - 40 - - 39 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 13.5 - - 24.9 - - 34.3 - - 40.0 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 10.4 - - 13.5 - - 12.4 - - 9.0 - - 20.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 14.9 - - 23.7 - - 32.6 - - 39.1 - - 35.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.7 - - 12.9 - - 11.3 - - 7.9 - - 18.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -22 - - 210 - - 331 - - 181 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4 - - 1123 - - 2830 - - 3467 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 12 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96643 12 283 9 265 9 306 8 277 10 252 96643 89355 3 114 11 151 13 174 9 246 5 339 89355 83761 6 158 13 147 16 159 15 212 4 272 83761 79121 8 240 8 170 7 168 16 191 10 220 79121 75105 16 225 11 191 11 234 12 224 9 230 75105 71533 10 248 9 194 16 223 16 226 17 233 71533 68284 16 261 11 240 21 234 20 257 16 254 68284 65294 23 262 18 245 27 235 29 244 27 258 65294 62527 33 263 27 261 28 242 28 237 34 242 62527 59831 42 259 36 259 33 253 33 251 30 246 59831 56995 49 257 47 259 43 259 42 256 40 253 56995 54030 57 254 59 255 54 258 47 256 45 245 54030 51171 64 254 64 253 58 253 52 258 44 250 51171 48582 68 252 67 252 61 251 60 255 51 256 48582 46260 66 254 66 251 61 249 63 248 58 254 46260 44151 67 256 65 251 62 252 59 250 58 253 44151 42217 65 255 63 253 63 251 58 250 59 255 42217 40434 64 259 64 258 59 251 56 252 59 255 40434 38786 66 261 64 260 57 253 55 254 56 252 38786 37253 66 258 63 259 56 257 53 260 50 253 37253 35823 60 255 61 256 57 256 53 262 46 257 35823 34460 53 259 54 258 51 256 50 261 43 257 34460 33103 49 262 48 263 43 263 38 266 31 256 33103 31719 45 267 44 263 43 265 33 275 23 287 31719 30303 39 274 37 272 35 263 30 288 33 287 30303 28839 35 278 34 280 23 290 26 294 30 283 28839 27315 32 280 33 291 20 327 25 303 23 291 27315 25733 33 297 28 308 23 331 26 306 23 309 25733 24088 31 302 23 330 22 329 27 307 27 323 24088 22371 28 305 24 353 20 332 27 313 29 325 22371 20582 27 345 26 001 19 339 24 318 27 321 20582 18711 37 011 28 004 21 349 21 320 25 318 18711 16754 40 017 28 005 22 355 19 318 23 321 16754 14749 34 009 26 001 21 351 19 318 23 321 14749 12809 31 001 25 355 19 342 20 318 22 317 12809 11041 30 357 26 354 19 336 20 316 21 313 11041 9471 28 354 25 357 18 338 18 309 20 303 9471 8079 26 346 23 355 17 340 14 296 18 289 8079 6846 25 337 21 346 16 333 13 286 18 276 6846 5755 23 328 20 334 17 318 15 286 18 276 5755 4794 20 321 21 321 19 306 16*271 18 264 4794 3953 17 317 20 307 16*284 16*262 19 253 3953 3214 16 314 17 292 16*271 16 260 19 247 3214 2552 15 313 15 287 16 269 16 259 19 244 2552 1968 20 323 14*285 16 268 16 258 20 242 1968 1480 23 317 12*281 15 268 16 257 19 239 1480 1107 20 303 12 280 15 267 15 256 18 236 1107 850 15 289 11 279 14 266 15 256 16 232 850 694 13*286 10 279 13 267 14 255 13*229 694 605 5*280 9 280 11 266 11 255 7*226 605 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography