DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/17 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 - - - 46.7 - - 59.0 - - 63.8 - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 177 - - 81 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 263 - - 1387 - - 2364 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 1133 - - 1247 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - 863 - - 1987 - - 2964 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 299 - - 625 - - 1105 - - 2034 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 78 - - 254 - - 234 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 11 - - 17 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 185 - - 167 - - 159 - - 157 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -2 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1091 - - -3166 - - -3590 - - -2115 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1954 - - 5153 - - 6555 - - 2721 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10777 - - -9244 - - -9946 - - -8915 ODpotential blCL - - - 11640 - - 11231 - - 12910 - - 9521 blCL maxRH - - - 80 - - 86 - - 89 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.7 - - 59.0 - - 63.8 - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.4 - - 38.7 - - 37.2 - - 44.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.5 - - 57.9 - - 63.2 - - 55.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.0 - - 38.3 - - 36.9 - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 177 - - 81 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 263 - - 1387 - - 2364 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 18 - - 46 - - 56 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 97037 32 093 29 076 31 100 19 091 97037 89872 29 084 21 078 22 085 17 084 89872 84235 18 076 18 092 12 079 14 051 84235 79521 11 078 15 097 8 080 7 037 79521 75475 6 074 8 089 3 066 5 035 75475 71904 6 016 4 089 1 209 2 206 71904 68664 13 297 8 313 9 337 2 039 68664 65679 13 275 14 302 13 283 15 309 65679 62909 17 263 23 287 19 267 26 280 62909 60216 27 283 32 285 30 282 27 277 60216 57395 43 267 41 280 44 288 36 282 57395 54461 45 277 61 269 57 276 43 284 54461 51683 69 273 65 266 63 274 60 275 51683 49225 72 269 70 272 68 271 60 274 49225 47032 75 274 74 275 70 276 64 286 47032 45029 82 280 77 276 76 282 90 286 45029 43191 87 282 83 278 84 283 106 276 43191 41505 98 281 94 279 102 277 114 270 41505 39957 106 278 105 277 120 275 121 270 39957 38524 103 276 107 275 127 273 128 269 38524 37176 97 274 100 273 122 271 122 266 37176 35870 100 268 91 272 113 271 112 263 35870 34540 97 269 83 269 105 272 103 261 34540 33153 82 272 85 264 94 272 98 262 33153 31712 74 271 86 264 89 269 91 262 31712 30203 75 270 77 267 89 267 85 261 30203 28615 73 271 66 270 83 265 76 259 28615 26948 65 270 59 270 75 263 69 258 26948 25201 57 266 55 269 64 266 66 257 25201 23379 49 267 54 270 49 267 60 257 23379 21485 51 276 55 273 48 263 54 259 21485 19512 58 265 65 264 51 257 54 262 19512 17456 50 269 64 262 51 256 50 264 17456 15362 45 279 51 262 48 254 43 257 15362 13346 30 276 33 250 35 242 34 252 13346 11512 29 269 17 251 26 217 37 263 11512 9880 28 266 13 263 21 199 41 265 9880 8428 25 253 14 261 18 203 33 237 8428 7136 23 244 19 238 20 220 27 224 7136 5991 16 220 22 225 24 215 20 209 5991 4981 18 203 17 196 27 204 24 201 4981 4094 15 188 15 178 25 193 32 195 4094 3316 11 174 16 178 19*169 35 187 3316 2625 6 173 16 180 19*162 32 175 2625 2020 10 208 14*175 18 160 28 164 2020 1515 17 211 12*169 18 159 27 163 1515 1128 15*205 12 167 17 158 25 161 1128 861 8*187 11 166 16 157 21 159 861 699 7 186 10 165 15 157 18 158 699 606 5 183 9 165 12 156 12*157 606 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