DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - - - - 47.6 - - 50.1 - - 48.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 283 - - 205 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3229 - - 4401 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2808 - - 3536 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3969 - - 5141 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 684 - - 1005 - - 4449 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 400 - - 394 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 297 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 827 - - 895 - - -3022 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3143 - - 4247 - - 3749 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -24 - - 336 - - -3434 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3993 - - 4805 - - 4161 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 89 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.6 - - 50.1 - - 48.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 34.3 - - 34.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.3 - - 49.1 - - 49.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.4 - - 33.3 - - 34.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 283 - - 205 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3229 - - 4401 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 56 - - 30 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96632 25 270 30 264 35 272 96632 89382 17 267 19 260 29 271 89382 83881 12 261 11 256 16 269 83881 79306 7 238 8 249 11 260 79306 75346 5 301 8 294 6 254 75346 71826 11 242 13 263 5 311 71826 68620 13 238 20 228 15 267 68620 65659 14 233 18 220 15 241 65659 62899 9 242 20 261 18 272 62899 60233 20 245 24 254 26 261 60233 57442 23 265 30 255 31 262 57442 54535 37 269 37 263 43 276 54535 51759 40 266 45 256 47 268 51759 49237 40 259 40 262 47 263 49237 46946 42 261 49 273 48 270 46946 44850 48 270 59 275 57 274 44850 42932 58 271 68 273 67 274 42932 41181 65 263 74 267 81 272 41181 39578 64 260 77 266 88 270 39578 38095 71 256 81 269 89 271 38095 36712 69 256 82 272 93 273 36712 35387 69 265 85 276 99 274 35387 34053 80 270 88 279 102 273 34053 32673 86 268 90 281 102 275 32673 31246 87 263 93 284 102 279 31246 29756 83 259 96 286 102 281 29756 28188 77 258 95 289 103 283 28188 26545 72 261 90 293 96 287 26545 24830 65 266 84 296 85 295 24830 23045 61 270 77 300 80 301 23045 21187 59 271 70 302 74 302 21187 19248 55 276 63 302 67 302 19248 17221 50 283 58 302 59 304 17221 15153 48 286 51 300 53 305 15153 13168 44 289 42 300 43 306 13168 11369 36 298 35 306 34 307 11369 9772 34 308 30 309 28 312 9772 8355 34 315 27 311 26 317 8355 7099 32 320 23 315 24 319 7099 5989 33 325 18*301 23 311 5989 5011 30 325 17*297 21 304 5011 4154 24*317 17 297 19 303 4154 3398 21*311 17 297 19 302 3398 2721 21 310 17 296 18 301 2721 2123 21 310 17 296 17 299 2123 1624 20 310 16 296 16 298 1624 1241 19 310 16 296 14 297 1241 978 18 310 15 296 13 296 978 818 17 310 14 296 11*296 818 726 15 310 13 296 8*295 726 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