DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.2 - - 36.5 - - 29.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 231 - - 79 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3162 - - 3461 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2652 - - 2185 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3902 - - 4201 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 689 - - 1651 - - 4462 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 363 - - 263 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 21 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 304 - - 303 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -480 - - -723 - - -2720 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4382 - - 4924 - - 3446 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3425 - - -1947 - - -3617 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7327 - - 6148 - - 4343 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 75 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.2 - - 36.5 - - 29.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.8 - - 17.7 - - 17.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.1 - - 36.2 - - 31.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.4 - - 17.4 - - 17.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 231 - - 79 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3162 - - 3461 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95853 24 043 19 032 17 024 95853 88849 17 056 18 024 18 045 88849 83387 8 065 9 012 13 027 83387 78823 3 025 6 340 11 331 78823 74871 7 308 6 330 10 275 74871 71348 12 276 9 310 9 270 71348 68117 16 274 17 289 14 274 68117 65130 18 270 22 274 21 278 65130 62349 17 265 23 263 19 284 62349 59629 21 272 20 275 25 288 59629 56764 35 282 30 283 32 293 56764 53788 44 276 47 283 50 283 53788 50956 49 267 52 270 50 277 50956 48408 44 262 43 274 51 286 48408 46131 41 274 46 281 56 290 46131 44074 45 282 50 288 58 296 44074 42195 49 283 56 292 62 301 42195 40466 54 283 62 294 70 303 40466 38868 57 283 66 295 77 305 38868 37382 59 284 68 295 84 307 37382 35993 59 286 69 295 93 308 35993 34658 57 290 68 296 99 307 34658 33308 56 294 67 299 99 307 33308 31913 56 296 69 302 97 307 31913 30476 57 296 69 302 96 308 30476 28982 57 295 68 300 96 308 28982 27421 55 295 68 300 93 308 27421 25794 55 294 66 299 89 307 25794 24099 54 294 64 300 86 305 24099 22338 52 294 63 301 80 303 22338 20516 49 295 61 303 75 302 20516 18624 46 296 58 301 72 303 18624 16653 45 296 58 301 68 303 16653 14648 46 297 55 300 63 303 14648 12725 44 303 51 303 57 304 12725 10986 40 307 43 305 47 307 10986 9447 35 309 36 305 41 309 9447 8084 31 314 33 305 38 307 8084 6874 29 318 31 309 35 303 6874 5804 27 322 28 311 30 295 5804 4862 25 321 25*308 26 294 4862 4035 20*307 22*303 27 300 4035 3304 20*305 22 303 27 303 3304 2650 20 305 21 303 27 305 2650 2073 20 304 21 303 27 305 2073 1591 20 304 21 303 26 304 1591 1221 19 304 20 303 23 302 1221 967 18 304 19 302 18 299 967 813 17 304 17 302 15*298 813 725 14 303 14 302 8*296 725 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