DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 43.5 - - 46.4 - - 46.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - -3 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 541 - - 262 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 709 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1281 - - 1002 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 282 - - 419 - - 441 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 145 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 131 - - 147 - - 155 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 94 - - 203 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1187 - - 799 - - 726 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 48 - - -11052 - - -11086 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1233 - - 12054 - - 11813 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 250 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.5 - - 46.4 - - 46.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.2 - - 45.6 - - 46.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.1 - - 46.8 - - 46.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.6 - - 45.4 - - 46.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - -3 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 541 - - 262 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 7 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] 95455 62 261 69 264 64 263 95455 88477 39 265 50 263 49 271 88477 83077 35 280 35 270 43 275 83077 78585 32 275 36 280 37 284 78585 74723 27 278 31 285 31 298 74723 71307 26 294 27 298 32 302 71307 68220 24 294 33 294 35 298 68220 65385 32 294 40 298 47 296 65385 62748 42 287 46 288 51 288 62748 60199 39 293 50 291 60 296 60199 57550 60 294 70 300 71 292 57550 54782 80 289 85 295 76 294 54782 52110 91 287 95 290 91 298 52110 49692 95 285 99 287 107 293 49692 47530 95 286 100 286 105 286 47530 45571 97 289 95 286 93 283 45571 43767 98 290 91 287 90 285 43767 42089 99 288 91 288 100 296 42089 40536 98 280 94 288 110 298 40536 39090 98 278 100 283 111 295 39090 37727 94 282 102 275 106 290 37727 36406 94 281 102 275 104 285 36406 35058 92 280 101 279 104 284 35058 33653 88 280 96 281 100 283 33653 32195 85 282 89 283 95 297 32195 30676 84 282 86 283 96 306 30676 29083 83 283 81 283 89 304 29083 27413 83 283 77 286 78 302 27413 25661 78 282 78 288 75 299 25661 23827 72 283 73 287 74 290 23827 21917 64 283 66 284 73 285 21917 19925 58 282 60 281 66 287 19925 17844 53 282 58 282 59 290 17844 15716 44 282 50 280 51 293 15716 13660 29 262 41 278 43 291 13660 11789 20 238 32 273 37 285 11789 10128 21 226 27 258 31 283 10128 8655 16 216 21 241 32 270 8655 7353 13 200 25 247 32 257 7353 6196 16 188 30 245 31 248 6196 5171 18 200 27 233 30 238 5171 4268 18 215 22 220 31 233 4268 3472 17 218 21 210 32 231 3472 2764 17 212 23 201 32 219 2764 2143 17 182 25 190 32 199 2143 1631 16*150 22 170 28 182 1631 1242 11*132 15*151 21 165 1242 977 10 131 13*148 15 157 977 817 9 131 11 146 13*156 817 726 8 131 8 146 8*155 726 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