DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/05 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 - - - - - - 90.2 - - 89.4 - - 83.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 53 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3361 - - 4005 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2642 - - 2477 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4101 - - 4745 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2198 - - 2123 - - 4018 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 332 - - 268 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 324 - - 355 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 81 - - 1018 - - -1423 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4020 - - 3727 - - 2154 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2478 - - -8 - - -2711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6579 - - 4753 - - 3441 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 87 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3830 - - 3970 - - 3640 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.2 - - 89.4 - - 83.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.6 - - 75.0 - - 75.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.3 - - 89.2 - - 84.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 74.1 - - 75.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 53 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3361 - - 4005 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 50 - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 19 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] 98963 6 068 3 161 2 073 98963 91488 9 124 6 234 4 009 91488 85731 5 127 3 222 6 026 85731 80961 1 240 2 073 6 032 80961 76839 4 114 8 015 6 045 76839 73203 8 117 7 049 7 042 73203 69935 12 069 7 047 8 028 69935 66951 14 041 5 070 7 019 66951 64195 18 022 11 055 10 023 64195 61539 13 354 12 001 10 011 61539 58775 12 320 13 323 8 347 58775 55915 14 329 13 326 16 341 55915 53207 28 310 26 322 28 331 53207 50793 37 298 34 312 39 319 50793 48639 35 300 37 308 37 308 48639 46676 35 309 37 307 36 312 46676 44859 37 316 38 309 40 317 44859 43170 40 319 41 312 44 310 43170 41599 43 318 45 314 47 306 41599 40123 45 315 47 313 42 300 40123 38723 47 311 46 312 35 298 38723 37363 47 308 42 303 35 296 37363 35976 45 305 33 297 30 295 35976 34532 41 303 33 323 29 315 34532 33032 37 298 32 325 34 332 33032 31465 36 296 34 319 32 344 31465 29817 34 295 35 314 26 337 29817 28085 33 303 35 311 28 316 28085 26277 33 312 36 311 33 315 26277 24395 28 318 33 314 34 317 24395 22440 21 320 26 323 35 323 22440 20404 24 327 25 333 33 332 20404 18283 27 316 25 338 25 335 18283 16122 21 316 20 337 18 346 16122 14041 17 323 18 341 18 343 14041 12149 18 326 15 342 19 343 12149 10467 18 338 12 339 20 350 10467 8969 13 342 12 329 19 351 8969 7634 9 330 14 315 18 345 7634 6445 10 305 13 314 15 321 6445 5390 12 312 12*317 12 316 5390 4460 12*317 11*336 11 329 4460 3638 11*320 11 354 11 355 3638 2902 11 323 12 356 15 014 2902 2251 11 323 12 358 18 018 2251 1708 10 325 12 360 18 019 1708 1290 10 325 12 360 17 019 1290 1003 10 326 11 360 16 018 1003 829 9 326 11 001 13*018 829 729 8 326 9 001 9*017 729 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