DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 65.7 - - 54.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 100 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3688 - - 5275 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2793 - - 3586 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4288 - - 5875 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1394 - - 3615 - - 103 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 354 - - 332 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 27 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 239 - - 214 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2283 - - -5406 - - -7565 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6571 - - 11281 - - 8172 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5130 - - -7978 - - -11679 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9418 - - 13853 - - 12286 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 47 - - 31 - - 23 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 65.7 - - 54.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.3 - - 17.4 - - 21.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.3 - - 65.3 - - 57.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 16.5 - - 20.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 100 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3688 - - 5275 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96968 29 077 24 089 16 081 96968 89776 19 092 16 090 15 057 89776 84174 14 106 7 102 16 040 84174 79477 13 082 5 130 7 023 79477 75420 6 057 5 071 6 119 75420 71845 5 267 6 328 7 054 71845 68600 5 250 8 267 7 293 68600 65601 9 235 12 259 12 259 65601 62819 2 184 9 273 16 278 62819 60125 23 256 25 266 26 260 60125 57302 29 254 22 201 29 235 57302 54347 30 274 16 274 17 208 54347 51488 57 272 50 260 38 265 51488 48911 74 252 76 256 60 253 48911 46616 82 249 78 257 65 256 46616 44535 88 249 85 255 76 260 44535 42622 92 247 94 249 84 254 42622 40858 92 243 92 246 85 252 40858 39225 83 239 88 249 80 257 39225 37703 76 246 93 256 81 260 37703 36277 91 262 108 257 96 255 36277 34915 114 264 126 253 106 250 34915 33553 131 258 126 250 108 250 33553 32164 132 253 115 248 118 255 32164 30745 125 252 109 250 126 255 30745 29272 115 250 121 257 130 256 29272 27726 108 249 124 259 128 256 27726 26110 111 253 118 258 115 257 26110 24430 112 253 112 258 101 258 24430 22687 105 250 105 258 90 260 22687 20878 101 249 97 258 82 259 20878 18992 97 250 93 256 74 260 18992 17023 88 252 81 257 68 272 17023 15012 69 253 66 259 61 262 15012 13072 57 251 58 258 60 258 13072 11304 53 251 56 254 54 258 11304 9731 46 255 52 254 49 260 9731 8330 43 260 47 254 44 256 8330 7081 42 263 43 251 40 250 7081 5970 40 265 34*244 36 242 5970 4983 33*266 32*243 33 240 4983 4111 24*261 29 240 32 240 4111 3340 23 261 28 239 30 241 3340 2648 22 261 27 239 29 241 2648 2036 21 261 26 238 27 241 2036 1525 21 261 26 238 25 240 1525 1133 20 262 25 238 22 237 1133 863 19 262 23 238 17 231 863 700 17 262 21 238 14*226 700 607 14 261 16 237 6*214 607 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