DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/28 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 73.5 - - 64.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 107 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1690 - - 2498 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1641 - - 1808 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2430 - - 3238 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 651 - - 972 - - 2442 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 311 - - 266 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 028 - - 036 - - 015 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2975 - - -4345 - - -2864 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5405 - - 7583 - - 3593 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10046 - - -11139 - - -10151 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12476 - - 14377 - - 10880 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 58 - - 65 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 73.5 - - 64.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.0 - - 43.1 - - 51.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.4 - - 72.7 - - 68.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.3 - - 42.1 - - 51.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 107 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1690 - - 2498 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 97968 12 287 12 250 22 299 97968 90684 7 257 6 230 14 297 90684 85041 2 248 7 251 7 317 85041 80352 1 215 10 289 8 332 80352 76318 4 136 9 280 7 307 76318 72762 7 111 5 233 7 279 72762 69549 5 128 5 191 5 290 69549 66596 3 174 3 138 4 340 66596 63859 4 180 4 180 5 313 63859 61211 1 084 3 239 8 313 61211 58449 5 323 7 292 12 307 58449 55581 8 327 10 292 13 308 55581 52848 16 312 14 309 14 317 52848 50392 21 316 18 325 19 326 50392 48189 23 321 21 321 23 323 48189 46182 22 322 24 319 25 326 46182 44335 22 324 29 317 28 331 44335 42619 23 321 30 315 30 326 42619 41017 24 319 27 315 30 319 41017 39517 24 314 24 314 26 316 39517 38106 21 296 22 315 23 319 38106 36748 16 291 18 306 22 321 36748 35376 14 287 17 292 22 311 35376 33959 13 270 14 296 21 295 33959 32494 11 276 12 296 17 284 32494 30962 10 281 12 288 13 296 30962 29349 9 288 10 285 14 314 29349 27653 9 304 9 305 15 319 27653 25874 8 311 10 327 13 316 25874 24015 4 301 8 332 10 314 24015 22077 5 305 8 328 9 320 22077 20054 7 284 8 313 8 326 20054 17945 6 267 8 301 6 316 17945 15801 4 280 7 311 5 294 15801 13738 1 057 3 295 5 288 13738 11863 3 056 1 334 5 294 11863 10196 7 042 4 044 3 012 10196 8716 10 047 7 062 5 070 8716 7403 7 049 6 057 4 063 7403 6241 4 061 2 032 3 006 6241 5215 3 064 1 003 3 342 5215 4314 2 059 2 030 3 020 4314 3521 2 028 4*042 4 043 3521 2815 5*030 5*039 5 038 2815 2189 5*030 5 037 6 033 2189 1667 5 028 5 036 6 026 1667 1266 5 028 5 035 7 020 1266 990 5 027 5 034 7 016 990 823 5 027 5 033 6*015 823 728 4 027 4 034 5*015 728 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