DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 89.3 - - 90.5 - - 86.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - -6 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2980 - - 2265 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2267 - - 713 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3720 - - 3005 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2030 - - 2921 - - 4777 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 300 - - 136 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 234 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 31 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -134 - - -1318 - - -1369 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3854 - - 4324 - - 2099 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2664 - - -4179 - - -3385 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6384 - - 7184 - - 4115 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 98 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 4120 - - 4200 - - 5310 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.3 - - 90.5 - - 86.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 73.6 - - 78.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.7 - - 91.1 - - 87.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 72.5 - - 77.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - -6 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2980 - - 2265 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 26 - - 93 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 21 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] 99397 18 112 19 084 22 075 99397 91910 23 104 8 097 16 065 91910 86127 19 097 16 089 13 062 86127 81311 12 068 14 096 11 050 81311 77152 8 048 12 083 7 076 77152 73473 5 115 7 053 7 063 73473 70146 7 063 6 058 8 030 70146 67095 6 022 4 305 10 347 67095 64285 7 340 3 262 12 304 64285 61583 12 314 10 341 6 291 61583 58783 13 288 17 313 16 321 58783 55899 15 298 18 276 26 287 55899 53157 30 309 29 311 31 300 53157 50695 50 305 47 304 42 299 50695 48497 54 296 51 291 49 296 48497 46505 51 294 53 287 53 292 46505 44682 47 294 53 284 53 286 44682 43000 39 295 52 283 50 280 43000 41437 40 292 49 282 50 279 41437 39971 42 284 44 283 51 279 39971 38586 39 280 43 285 51 282 38586 37241 35 278 44 287 49 283 37241 35868 30 278 46 290 47 283 35868 34437 27 279 46 291 47 285 34437 32952 27 282 42 291 47 289 32952 31400 29 283 40 288 47 291 31400 29768 29 289 37 282 42 290 29768 28056 38 293 34 281 38 291 28056 26261 40 286 33 282 37 293 26261 24385 40 282 33 291 37 297 24385 22436 41 284 29 295 33 291 22436 20413 39 285 32 295 29 295 20413 18308 37 279 36 278 34 284 18308 16162 37 272 35 279 39 275 16162 14088 36 268 31 285 34 284 14088 12196 31 263 24 288 23 279 12196 10511 24 259 17 296 11 319 10511 9011 20 248 14 298 12 311 9011 7672 20 246 14 282 17 272 7672 6478 18 251 15 262 18 253 6478 5421 17 261 17 249 17 249 5421 4487 17*263 19 242 15 246 4487 3660 15*250 18*236 15 244 3660 2919 13 246 17*234 14 242 2919 2263 12 247 16 233 14 239 2263 1715 12 248 15 233 12 233 1715 1295 11 249 13 234 11 227 1295 1005 10 250 11 234 9 217 1005 830 9 251 9 236 7*209 830 729 8 251 7 237 4*202 729 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