DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 44.8 - - 44.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 32 - - 10 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 786 - - 932 - - 449 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 709 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1526 - - 1672 - - 1189 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1180 - - 1765 - - 1436 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 121 - - 90 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 12 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 094 - - 257 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 475 - - 378 - - 172 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1052 - - 1294 - - 1017 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 353 - - 195 - - -107 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1173 - - 1477 - - 1296 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 44.8 - - 44.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.5 - - 41.9 - - 42.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.2 - - 44.8 - - 44.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 41.6 - - 42.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 32 - - 10 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 786 - - 932 - - 449 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96078 31 298 28 296 40 290 96078 89081 25 305 32 311 38 310 89081 83688 26 303 31 302 35 314 83688 79201 22 310 24 291 28 299 79201 75291 19 312 20 298 21 293 75291 71797 21 307 22 306 19 299 71797 68621 23 310 22 293 18 302 68621 65694 24 295 22 285 20 304 65694 62974 22 288 24 290 21 297 62974 60343 25 287 30 293 27 288 60343 57597 34 275 44 279 36 284 57597 54739 39 266 49 276 44 280 54739 52007 49 274 62 267 62 282 52007 49559 57 270 70 261 71 266 49559 47384 65 269 69 267 72 269 47384 45415 66 274 75 273 81 274 45415 43610 80 275 89 271 87 273 43610 41942 92 270 92 269 91 272 41942 40388 106 269 95 267 95 271 40388 38930 115 267 97 267 98 269 38930 37558 117 265 98 268 99 267 37558 36229 112 265 95 269 98 266 36229 34877 100 268 87 271 93 266 34877 33476 87 273 77 270 84 266 33476 32030 77 277 66 266 79 264 32030 30517 70 270 66 267 78 259 30517 28920 63 269 66 266 69 259 28920 27239 57 273 64 265 64 264 27239 25476 53 274 58 265 66 265 25476 23636 52 273 50 267 58 269 23636 21725 51 276 46 274 57 273 21725 19737 37 280 46 274 59 267 19737 17662 37 276 47 274 49 262 17662 15541 37 277 42 272 41 268 15541 13487 28 274 37 276 37 278 13487 11610 26 269 31 274 34 282 11610 9942 24 269 27 269 29 283 9942 8467 19 263 25 267 27 284 8467 7166 11 249 24 267 26 274 7166 6024 9 279 19 269 26 266 6024 5021 8 278 16 272 20 266 5021 4148 7 253 11 264 10 271 4148 3387 8 277 8 253 6 276 3387 2710 2 141 5 248 7 259 2710 2113 6 100 3*247 4 237 2113 1616 6*097 2*251 2 186 1616 1236 5*096 1 254 2*119 1236 975 5 094 1 261 2*105 975 816 5 094 1 263 2 101 816 726 4 094 1 266 1 096 726 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