DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/08 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.8 - - 79.1 - - 68.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 225 - - 85 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3523 - - 5209 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2922 - - 3543 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4263 - - 5949 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2415 - - 2433 - - 712 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 377 - - 314 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 276 - - 348 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5166 - - -3474 - - -5878 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9429 - - 9423 - - 6608 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9848 - - -7732 - - -11007 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14111 - - 13681 - - 11736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 69 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.8 - - 79.1 - - 68.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 40.3 - - 43.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.5 - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.2 - - 39.5 - - 42.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 225 - - 85 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3523 - - 5209 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 97592 54 242 56 249 53 247 97592 90315 39 242 45 242 42 252 90315 84670 28 240 34 252 35 255 84670 79987 24 248 22 250 27 246 79987 75953 19 268 15 251 18 260 75953 72394 17 272 16 275 17 274 72394 69167 14 281 20 269 20 288 69167 66192 20 294 21 275 24 288 66192 63431 25 286 25 275 26 280 63431 60765 33 290 31 285 31 287 60765 58003 40 289 38 287 36 282 58003 55144 46 287 45 280 43 277 55144 52412 51 283 50 276 50 276 52412 49944 56 284 55 274 58 273 49944 47731 61 282 59 274 63 269 47731 45719 64 280 62 274 66 262 45719 43872 68 276 65 274 64 262 43872 42177 67 273 67 273 62 269 42177 40614 67 274 67 273 56 270 40614 39154 68 272 65 272 51 276 39154 37778 67 269 63 274 54 291 37778 36449 65 270 65 279 61 294 36449 35100 65 271 68 281 64 288 35100 33702 65 273 68 280 61 282 33702 32252 64 275 65 278 55 284 32252 30734 61 277 61 279 52 289 30734 29135 59 278 60 281 53 290 29135 27455 57 279 60 286 54 291 27455 25692 56 283 61 290 56 296 25692 23853 55 286 59 294 57 301 23853 21939 54 288 57 294 56 303 21939 19945 50 290 54 293 54 303 19945 17866 48 293 51 294 53 299 17866 15745 49 298 47 296 48 299 15745 13698 47 305 44 299 42 302 13698 11835 42 310 42 306 38 304 11835 10183 35 308 34 312 30 304 10183 8721 30 302 28 306 22 298 8721 7420 26 297 24 294 20 293 7420 6265 20 302 16*284 17 293 6265 5242 18 295 13*278 11 273 5242 4341 10*277 12 275 8 270 4341 3545 7*253 11 275 7 282 3545 2831 6 249 11 275 7 299 2831 2201 6 247 10 275 7 314 2201 1674 6 247 10 276 7 327 1674 1270 5 246 10 276 7 334 1270 992 5 244 9 276 7 340 992 824 5 245 9 277 6*346 824 728 5 245 8 277 5*348 728 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