DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/18 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 30.8 - - 42.8 - - 50.2 - - 43.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 31 - - 139 - - 78 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1098 - - 2105 - - 2825 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 1562 - - 1719 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1698 - - 2705 - - 3425 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 708 - - 813 - - 653 - - 2093 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 136 - - 276 - - 257 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 14 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 177 - - 205 - - 242 - - 293 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -252 - - 31 - - 314 - - -560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1950 - - 2674 - - 3111 - - 1166 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11362 - - -8298 - - -6401 - - -1748 ODpotential blCL - - - 13060 - - 11003 - - 9826 - - 2354 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 90 - - 92 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.8 - - 42.8 - - 50.2 - - 43.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.6 - - 33.3 - - 38.7 - - 40.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.7 - - 42.1 - - 49.5 - - 44.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.7 - - 32.2 - - 37.5 - - 40.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 31 - - 139 - - 78 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1098 - - 2105 - - 2825 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 58 - - 67 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96564 9 245 2 207 8 273 10 270 96564 89448 1 212 1 234 11 223 7 290 89448 83970 3 357 7 236 6 268 5 312 83970 79401 4 076 10 238 7 261 10 287 79401 75424 8 023 8 328 4 286 7 316 75424 71893 15 346 16 341 20 329 26 346 71893 68711 18 321 14 332 23 308 26 322 68711 65775 11 326 9 319 16 294 22 315 65775 63025 22 341 22 334 21 332 24 314 63025 60336 36 328 33 328 31 336 28 332 60336 57506 39 323 40 331 41 333 36 330 57506 54544 41 325 43 325 44 323 47 321 54544 51700 43 324 40 322 48 321 48 318 51700 49143 46 321 41 322 48 320 54 330 49143 46859 48 316 50 320 51 324 64 329 46859 44794 49 314 54 317 62 327 71 327 44794 42908 49 316 56 320 66 321 78 329 42908 41170 50 322 60 322 70 324 86 331 41170 39559 54 328 61 327 81 329 98 327 39559 38068 60 333 67 334 88 332 99 323 38068 36685 68 336 81 336 96 336 100 325 36685 35363 74 337 93 336 105 339 106 331 35363 34024 74 335 98 337 110 339 114 333 34024 32639 68 333 99 337 110 338 113 332 32639 31209 60 330 94 336 107 336 104 329 31209 29718 52 324 79 332 104 335 97 325 29718 28152 47 316 63 325 97 337 96 324 28152 26511 44 312 54 318 83 336 86 326 26511 24800 41 311 46 314 73 333 65 330 24800 23019 41 313 44 317 67 334 57 330 23019 21169 42 315 42 317 58 339 44 326 21169 19243 43 317 41 318 50 340 36 309 19243 17230 45 317 41 318 43 338 32 308 17230 15167 45 316 41 317 38 323 36 312 15167 13173 44 314 40 313 34 317 38 315 13173 11353 43 309 40 306 33 310 35 315 11353 9735 42 301 41 302 35 307 32 315 9735 8297 37 286 40 301 36 306 31 313 8297 7023 29 263 32 297 36 308 30 312 7023 5895 21 260 27 286 32 306 29 313 5895 4902 24 260 21 258 22 288 25 313 4902 4032 29 240 21 241 16*260 19 297 4032 3269 31 218 21*231 12*240 20 270 3269 2591 29 202 17*210 12 240 16 267 2591 1996 23*187 15 206 12 242 14 276 1996 1499 20*181 15 205 11 243 14 281 1499 1118 17 177 14 203 11 244 13 285 1118 856 15 175 13 203 10 245 11 289 856 697 13 174 12 202 9 245 9*291 697 606 11 173 10 201 8 246 4*293 606 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