DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 - - - - - - 52.7 - - 58.3 - - 48.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 38 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 899 - - 1829 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1639 - - 2569 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1252 - - 1453 - - 1322 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 185 - - 170 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 224 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2817 - - -5020 - - -1135 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4457 - - 7589 - - 1862 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8379 - - -10627 - - -3830 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10018 - - 13196 - - 4557 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 86 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 58.3 - - 48.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.0 - - 27.7 - - 43.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.2 - - 58.0 - - 50.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.0 - - 26.8 - - 42.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 38 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 899 - - 1829 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 44 - - 44 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 96614 32 068 35 068 31 078 96614 89503 30 082 20 077 18 068 89503 83939 28 079 12 077 11 045 83939 79283 16 072 7 074 10 021 79283 75263 10 044 7 043 8 021 75263 71712 10 321 12 334 9 005 71712 68493 13 297 16 329 10 329 68493 65526 23 286 25 309 18 313 65526 62766 24 286 24 291 23 293 62766 60085 30 296 29 291 33 298 60085 57281 41 290 40 287 45 293 57281 54367 45 281 45 277 48 284 54367 51583 43 280 46 279 51 279 51583 49078 45 285 51 281 54 277 49078 46830 51 288 55 279 60 277 46830 44788 59 291 56 280 68 279 44788 42918 68 289 65 283 71 276 42918 41205 76 282 77 282 76 273 41205 39639 94 274 94 273 92 267 39639 38204 109 267 104 263 103 261 38204 36871 112 261 116 260 106 256 36871 35587 110 258 120 256 100 252 35587 34276 102 259 116 256 91 251 34276 32907 88 262 111 259 84 251 32907 31485 77 261 100 266 81 255 31485 29996 74 263 78 269 77 264 29996 28430 75 268 69 268 65 271 28430 26786 71 274 66 265 46 265 26786 25062 64 271 60 263 47 258 25062 23255 60 257 53 260 53 256 23255 21369 53 249 45 256 52 256 21369 19402 35 258 34 250 43 256 19402 17352 17 271 22 242 32 254 17352 15267 10 256 15 238 24 248 15267 13265 12 222 9 233 15 234 13265 11451 13 224 8 208 13 211 11451 9843 13 245 6 214 11 187 9843 8420 13 265 6 249 10 195 8420 7158 13 277 7 255 7 186 7158 6042 12 283 6 258 5 125 6042 5057 12 279 6 259 5 072 5057 4189 12 273 8 251 4 062 4189 3421 9 269 9 239 2 092 3421 2735 5 249 8*231 4 183 2735 2131 5*210 6*224 7 196 2131 1628 5*200 5 223 8 198 1628 1243 4 199 5 224 9 197 1243 978 4 199 4 224 9 195 978 818 4 198 4 224 8*194 818 726 3 199 4 224 5*190 726 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