DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 80.3 - - 75.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 118 - - -74 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2583 - - 5053 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1794 - - 3574 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3183 - - 5653 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1374 - - 2217 - - 4078 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 278 - - 349 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 26 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 221 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 12 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -467 - - -565 - - -4993 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3650 - - 6218 - - 5601 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3253 - - -1572 - - -9445 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6436 - - 7225 - - 10053 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 83 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 490 - - 1080 - - 770 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 80.3 - - 75.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 55.0 - - 53.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 79.6 - - 78.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.5 - - 54.5 - - 52.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 118 - - -74 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2583 - - 5053 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 30 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96518 33 242 35 262 47 267 96518 89171 19 240 23 237 27 264 89171 83557 18 253 19 243 21 250 83557 78940 20 245 22 249 22 263 78940 75001 17 250 19 247 22 258 75001 71521 22 263 22 269 22 275 71521 68364 25 271 27 269 24 279 68364 65448 29 274 28 271 27 282 65448 62719 30 264 34 266 34 277 62719 60062 32 264 37 275 36 272 60062 57287 44 274 49 278 41 271 57287 54400 55 273 54 267 50 273 54400 51643 61 269 56 265 57 269 51643 49169 62 267 58 269 55 267 49169 46959 61 268 62 270 57 272 46959 44968 61 271 64 268 64 273 44968 43177 59 272 67 267 64 270 43177 41555 55 273 61 270 61 269 41555 40057 52 274 57 271 64 269 40057 38651 52 271 56 271 69 268 38651 37320 52 267 56 270 66 269 37320 36028 51 267 57 268 60 272 36028 34709 46 271 54 267 58 271 34709 33334 45 274 51 268 58 270 33334 31905 46 273 49 270 56 272 31905 30407 48 270 47 271 52 271 30407 28831 49 268 48 270 47 273 28831 27179 48 268 49 268 44 278 27179 25450 47 271 47 269 43 284 25450 23649 44 273 45 278 43 286 23649 21777 40 277 44 281 36 281 21777 19820 39 275 38 279 31 280 19820 17774 37 271 31 280 29 289 17774 15680 37 267 31 281 30 288 15680 13654 36 267 32 279 31 281 13654 11801 31 266 28 272 32 277 11801 10146 35 259 25 270 24 275 10146 8672 43 239 28 258 22 265 8672 7361 44 225 31 240 26 236 7361 6199 36 222 29*227 37 228 6199 5170 30 228 28*224 37 221 5170 4260 28 237 28 222 36 219 4260 3456 25*231 27 221 35 218 3456 2735 24*228 26 220 34 217 2735 2098 23 225 26 219 32 215 2098 1565 22 223 25 219 29 213 1565 1157 21 222 24 219 26 210 1157 876 19 221 22 218 21 208 876 705 17 221 20 218 17 206 705 608 13 220 16 217 10*204 608 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