DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 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 - - - - - - 80.1 - - 84.3 - - 80.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 211 - - 207 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3282 - - 4820 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2743 - - 3873 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4022 - - 5560 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2543 - - 1382 - - 5509 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 368 - - 412 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 23 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 186 - - 185 - - 181 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 663 - - 232 - - -3659 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3360 - - 5328 - - 4389 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -341 - - -4034 - - -5111 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4363 - - 9594 - - 5840 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 87 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1990 - - 1350 - - 1170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.1 - - 84.3 - - 80.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 63.2 - - 63.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.2 - - 83.2 - - 81.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.8 - - 62.6 - - 62.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 211 - - 207 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3282 - - 4820 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 47 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - 13 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] 97925 3 180 5 016 3 083 97925 90552 2 075 6 297 9 320 90552 84883 4 006 4 291 10 341 84883 80167 5 298 6 288 7 004 80167 76105 2 242 6 197 7 276 76105 72531 7 151 9 142 6 208 72531 69304 8 195 2 060 3 148 69304 66336 2 216 2 315 8 266 66336 63595 18 289 19 263 16 252 63595 60942 22 267 14 271 10 290 60942 58154 28 278 33 282 28 295 58154 55268 42 268 44 269 41 269 55268 52558 41 253 37 259 40 250 52558 50151 32 252 30 251 29 236 50151 47983 25 260 29 245 23 231 47983 45993 21 272 29 250 33 261 45993 44160 27 270 31 255 39 256 44160 42469 37 266 37 252 43 251 42469 40903 41 250 41 244 44 250 40903 39441 38 241 41 234 41 247 39441 38067 32 234 34 241 38 234 38067 36737 26 226 25 247 35 223 36737 35382 25 220 23 242 33 216 35382 33972 19 213 23 229 30 218 33972 32511 10 208 21 212 27 224 32511 30984 13 204 22 204 25 227 30984 29377 18 229 18 206 25 223 29377 27688 18 254 14 212 23 224 27688 25918 13 280 16 238 23 232 25918 24066 18 260 18 247 23 226 24066 22139 23 244 19 254 21 213 22139 20136 19 243 18 252 17 206 20136 18059 22 256 16 227 16 229 18059 15938 28 253 33 239 20 249 15938 13885 29 241 34 235 28 223 13885 12009 29 228 34 226 32 220 12009 10335 32 215 34 217 33 221 10335 8844 34 209 34 213 35 220 8844 7518 27 202 31 208 37 215 7518 6346 23 198 25*193 36 202 6346 5311 23 197 24*188 34 194 5311 4398 24*195 24 186 32 192 4398 3591 24*190 23 186 29 187 3591 2867 24 187 23 185 28 186 2867 2227 23 186 23 184 26 184 2227 1692 23 185 23 184 25 183 1692 1281 22 185 22 184 23 182 1281 998 21 184 21 184 20 181 998 827 20 184 20 183 17*181 827 728 16 184 16 183 12*181 728 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