DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 46.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 72 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3799 - - 4769 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2926 - - 3034 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4399 - - 5369 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3979 - - 4326 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 370 - - 299 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 291 - - 310 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -121 - - 1615 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4520 - - 3754 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -615 - - 575 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5014 - - 4794 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 92 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 150 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 46.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.1 - - 32.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 47.7 - - 46.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.2 - - 31.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 72 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3799 - - 4769 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 68 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - 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] 97019 17 239 24 237 97019 89678 31 262 37 262 89678 84107 43 262 41 263 84107 79491 41 245 35 247 79491 75480 29 252 33 240 75480 71899 28 271 29 245 71899 68633 36 261 32 252 68633 65618 38 242 42 247 65618 62811 32 234 32 249 62811 60073 29 252 37 261 60073 57210 40 266 45 273 57210 54241 45 266 49 267 54241 51397 47 265 48 271 51397 48825 49 263 50 272 48825 46506 48 267 50 273 46506 44391 54 274 53 278 44391 42457 60 271 58 279 42457 40681 58 273 61 282 40681 39043 66 284 68 284 39043 37528 75 281 70 283 37528 36115 78 273 67 283 36115 34759 66 283 70 287 34759 33396 74 290 80 291 33396 32005 87 291 91 293 32005 30591 96 292 99 293 30591 29131 103 295 102 292 29131 27599 111 297 100 292 27599 25993 113 297 98 293 25993 24310 112 297 95 294 24310 22551 110 297 91 295 22551 20718 103 298 88 296 20718 18802 88 296 86 298 18802 16799 72 293 82 300 16799 14763 60 287 67 297 14763 12812 54 278 60 297 12812 11052 53 278 42 299 11052 9506 52 280 33 305 9506 8132 44 275 30 308 8132 6908 40 273 28 310 6908 5820 34 273 27*310 5820 4857 29*277 24*311 4857 4008 26*283 22 310 4008 3257 24 287 21 310 3257 2585 23 291 20 310 2585 1992 22 293 20 310 1992 1497 21 294 19 310 1497 1117 21 295 18 310 1117 855 20 295 17 309 855 697 18 296 16 309 697 606 14 296 12 309 606 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