DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 Monticello_IL 740ft pt34206@40.047,-88.554,693ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 degF SPONSORED BY: Illini Glider Club 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 - - - - - - 34.0 - - 36.7 - - 31.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 51 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1981 - - 1707 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1611 - - 709 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2721 - - 2447 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 294 - - 397 - - 632 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 270 - - 180 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 190 - - 189 - - 134 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -316 - - 51 - - -814 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3037 - - 2396 - - 1540 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13327 - - -152 - - -13468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16048 - - 2599 - - 14194 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 36.7 - - 31.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.5 - - 29.0 - - 27.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.2 - - 36.4 - - 32.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.9 - - 28.7 - - 27.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 51 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1981 - - 1707 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 80 - - 99 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95974 47 258 42 253 43 249 95974 88833 20 271 25 261 25 267 88833 83355 19 266 21 266 26 280 83355 78819 20 274 22 270 29 277 78819 74900 25 283 22 278 26 283 74900 71413 28 283 26 282 26 283 71413 68236 30 286 26 276 25 290 68236 65301 32 284 32 279 31 292 65301 62569 34 286 39 273 37 288 62569 59928 37 283 39 276 37 281 59928 57172 41 280 39 283 37 284 57172 54304 41 285 49 286 52 282 54304 51559 55 286 63 276 62 278 51559 49077 60 286 68 279 59 279 49077 46840 68 289 70 284 62 287 46840 44807 74 290 68 289 67 283 44807 42954 78 289 74 291 69 283 42954 41260 81 284 83 287 78 283 41260 39704 83 282 87 281 85 283 39704 38260 93 285 85 278 87 283 38260 36907 97 286 83 278 88 286 36907 35602 87 291 81 276 88 288 35602 34281 80 292 80 275 82 284 34281 32916 76 289 76 275 73 281 32916 31502 74 290 73 276 73 285 31502 30018 65 292 71 277 71 287 30018 28454 58 287 69 279 67 283 28454 26808 51 286 68 279 67 281 26808 25079 50 278 66 277 62 284 25079 23275 48 275 58 283 54 285 23275 21397 44 281 57 294 57 281 21397 19436 42 286 58 295 52 274 19436 17391 39 290 48 295 45 272 17391 15305 36 292 37 291 44 277 15305 13290 32 298 29 293 37 275 13290 11455 29 301 22 287 26 266 11455 9826 24 307 18 279 22 260 9826 8384 19 311 14 281 20 255 8384 7106 14 297 14 271 17 252 7106 5977 10 283 15 253 14 253 5977 4981 10 278 16 244 15 247 4981 4107 9 272 16 242 18 243 4107 3341 7*221 14 227 20 234 3341 2668 6*192 12*195 21 207 2668 2082 6 190 11*190 19 193 2082 1596 6 190 11 189 15 180 1596 1224 6 189 10 189 12 164 1224 968 6 189 10 188 10 151 968 813 5 189 9 187 9*144 813 725 5 189 8 187 4*134 725 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