DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.0 - - 55.0 - - 46.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 64 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 641 - - 1549 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1241 - - 2149 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 701 - - 835 - - 143 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 162 - - 189 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 102 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 187 - - 142 - - 123 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1757 - - -3618 - - -2608 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2999 - - 5767 - - 3214 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7589 - - -8206 - - -8000 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8830 - - 10355 - - 8606 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 79 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.0 - - 55.0 - - 46.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.2 - - 32.1 - - 35.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 47.3 - - 54.4 - - 49.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.4 - - 31.6 - - 34.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 64 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 641 - - 1549 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 15 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96676 36 065 37 070 30 066 96676 89558 30 081 27 069 18 069 89558 83963 28 085 12 081 14 062 83963 79288 19 081 8 100 10 050 79288 75257 11 060 4 082 9 028 75257 71689 8 339 8 006 11 018 71689 68451 14 297 18 315 12 339 68451 65471 18 301 20 306 15 304 65471 62702 27 297 26 303 25 303 62702 60013 34 291 31 295 38 301 60013 57204 39 288 39 288 46 288 57204 54280 43 284 43 284 45 282 54280 51480 42 282 45 284 48 283 51480 48959 40 287 49 280 52 278 48959 46699 47 293 50 282 56 276 46699 44648 55 288 53 285 61 275 44648 42774 60 286 63 280 64 276 42774 41053 67 286 72 277 69 273 41053 39478 75 279 78 273 75 268 39478 38033 90 270 87 270 87 267 38033 36690 100 263 98 262 111 256 36690 35404 107 259 102 258 116 252 35404 34097 105 258 99 257 110 255 34097 32734 97 261 89 257 96 258 32734 31321 86 265 83 255 80 259 31321 29840 74 265 79 256 70 259 29840 28280 73 262 68 268 68 263 28280 26638 69 261 62 270 60 268 26638 24918 67 263 60 267 46 270 24918 23116 65 270 57 263 45 264 23116 21235 57 278 51 271 44 261 21235 19272 40 300 47 283 37 265 19272 17230 27 300 26 287 20 261 17230 15156 20 274 16 253 15 244 15156 13162 18 271 19 233 14 239 13162 11353 15 272 18 246 10 270 11353 9749 15 268 16 265 9 295 9749 8326 16 272 16 277 11 306 8326 7062 16 284 15 290 11 318 7062 5940 15 299 15 303 10 329 5940 4948 14 304 13 316 8 337 4948 4074 12 296 11 321 7 339 4074 3304 10 284 8 310 4 304 3304 2618 6 276 4*291 5 230 2618 2014 3 266 0*249 5 204 2014 1511 3*212 0 181 4 173 1511 1124 3*189 0 131 5 144 1124 859 3 186 1 112 6 131 859 698 3 186 1 115 6*125 698 606 2 186 1 120 5*123 606 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