DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 53.9 - - 43.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 51 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1729 - - 2991 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1112 - - 590 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2329 - - 3591 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1265 - - 2221 - - 81 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 237 - - 223 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 211 - - 228 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1625 - - -2071 - - -2808 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3954 - - 5662 - - 3414 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4554 - - -4132 - - -6827 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6883 - - 7723 - - 7433 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 91 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 53.9 - - 43.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.7 - - 31.3 - - 31.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.0 - - 53.6 - - 47.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.5 - - 30.5 - - 30.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 51 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1729 - - 2991 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 63 - - 15 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 96526 21 055 31 059 27 045 96526 89498 20 058 19 047 24 050 89498 83957 20 054 14 044 17 034 83957 79301 20 035 14 038 10 002 79301 75267 12 354 13 013 15 355 75267 71693 12 330 11 333 17 349 71693 68443 18 320 17 310 20 325 68443 65447 23 318 22 304 23 311 65447 62666 31 309 31 305 27 307 62666 59959 38 297 38 295 36 295 59959 57120 43 297 43 295 43 291 57120 54166 53 295 53 296 50 294 54166 51347 60 292 61 295 59 293 51347 48811 64 292 66 293 65 290 48811 46549 67 291 72 290 70 288 46549 44508 69 290 75 288 71 288 44508 42645 68 292 73 288 71 287 42645 40928 70 296 72 292 72 287 40928 39335 73 296 75 294 75 287 39335 37855 76 294 81 293 80 289 37855 36475 75 295 84 292 81 292 36475 35157 71 294 82 291 72 291 35157 33836 65 296 70 290 55 291 33836 32480 61 300 61 294 42 288 32480 31084 60 299 60 300 39 293 31084 29625 61 299 60 299 41 296 29625 28089 61 300 58 301 41 297 28089 26477 58 303 56 305 40 295 26477 24783 53 303 55 306 40 292 24783 23009 49 300 53 304 41 289 23009 21156 50 299 50 300 43 289 21156 19218 48 303 47 300 44 296 19218 17190 40 308 40 301 37 299 17190 15116 34 305 32 297 32 297 15116 13118 28 297 28 300 29 300 13118 11305 22 289 23 297 26 298 11305 9700 22 285 23 293 21 296 9700 8283 20 280 23 284 19 294 8283 7029 20 268 25 271 21 288 7029 5918 21 247 27 260 23 276 5918 4932 18 225 24 253 20 268 4932 4065 18 226 20*239 18 254 4065 3301 21 228 18*232 17 235 3301 2617 20*223 18 229 16 234 2617 2014 16*214 17 228 15 231 2014 1510 15 211 16 227 14 229 1510 1124 14 210 15 226 13 224 1124 858 13 209 14 225 12 218 858 697 12 208 13 224 9*209 697 606 10 208 10 224 5*201 606 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