DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - - - - - 57.6 - - 48.7 - - 43.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 37 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1072 - - 1481 - - 1307 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1812 - - 2221 - - 2047 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1016 - - 760 - - 1438 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 161 - - 164 - - 119 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 22 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 278 - - 282 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 883 - - 898 - - 811 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 929 - - 1323 - - 1236 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 545 - - 320 - - 468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1267 - - 1901 - - 1579 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 48.7 - - 43.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.8 - - 45.5 - - 40.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.3 - - 48.7 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 44.6 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 37 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1072 - - 1481 - - 1307 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 5 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] 95668 50 255 55 261 51 264 95668 88596 40 253 43 260 48 269 88596 83205 28 247 36 267 43 264 83205 78756 30 260 32 252 37 261 78756 74919 33 261 32 257 34 274 74919 71503 34 256 41 260 38 268 71503 68396 43 254 39 253 38 251 68396 65521 48 238 47 255 42 258 65521 62828 50 238 58 246 54 251 62828 60220 57 239 59 240 59 238 60220 57522 59 236 60 241 59 241 57522 54716 55 233 59 243 64 246 54716 52002 67 236 62 247 62 243 52002 49521 75 235 65 245 66 245 49521 47274 70 240 66 239 73 245 47274 45225 65 244 67 240 80 248 45225 43344 75 249 83 249 87 250 43344 41612 84 247 98 249 92 248 41612 40011 93 238 103 238 97 243 40011 38525 99 232 97 231 102 237 38525 37141 97 221 96 228 106 234 37141 35816 90 220 105 223 109 233 35816 34481 89 218 103 216 113 233 34481 33097 84 216 99 213 116 232 33097 31658 80 213 100 214 114 229 31658 30147 79 209 100 217 113 227 30147 28553 75 206 98 221 112 227 28553 26882 70 211 95 228 108 230 26882 25134 74 222 89 233 101 232 25134 23313 80 230 81 240 93 241 23313 21423 75 243 75 246 87 248 21423 19457 67 246 66 244 80 257 19457 17411 57 245 66 255 72 258 17411 15325 62 265 67 262 62 262 15325 13314 61 267 58 262 51 259 13314 11485 57 262 50 253 43 251 11485 9858 47 251 48 245 44 244 9858 8411 44 246 49 239 47 244 8411 7128 40 247 49 234 43 259 7128 5995 37 240 48 230 35 274 5995 4998 37 233 46 237 29 278 4998 4126 35 235 42 250 25 280 4126 3368 33 243 34 270 25 283 3368 2698 30 266 28*281 24 283 2698 2107 30*276 26*282 24*283 2107 1613 29*277 24 282 22*282 1613 1235 28 278 22 282 21 282 1235 974 27 279 20 281 19 281 974 816 24 279 18 281 17 281 816 726 18 279 14 281 13 281 726 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