DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.6 - - 21.4 - - 21.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 50 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1377 - - 1371 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1240 - - 708 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2117 - - 2111 - - 725 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 346 - - 414 - - 1373 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 249 - - 167 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 300 - - 248 - - 164 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -70 - - 124 - - -560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2187 - - 1987 - - 1285 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -18864 - - -17258 - - -18051 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 20981 - - 19369 - - 18776 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 93 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.6 - - 21.4 - - 21.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 11.8 - - 15.6 - - 18.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.8 - - 21.2 - - 22.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 10.7 - - 14.6 - - 18.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 50 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1377 - - 1371 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 72 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96318 27 240 33 235 36 257 96318 89174 10 218 21 226 23 241 89174 83694 15 230 23 234 19 229 83694 79142 19 233 25 240 26 244 79142 75192 19 232 29 228 27 237 75192 71669 18 242 19 221 22 243 71669 68452 21 254 17 253 19 257 68452 65481 22 256 20 252 16 258 65481 62724 22 266 22 253 19 264 62724 60048 29 272 27 261 29 275 60048 57244 39 275 44 273 43 272 57244 54336 55 269 52 264 46 272 54336 51560 59 260 49 255 48 278 51560 49058 47 260 40 270 57 279 49058 46827 35 285 58 296 63 285 46827 44817 66 302 79 293 70 285 44817 42979 88 297 88 289 73 284 42979 41283 97 297 86 292 83 292 41283 39714 101 297 94 300 99 296 39714 38257 102 296 110 298 112 293 38257 36893 100 294 106 291 112 288 36893 35576 94 296 89 290 106 286 35576 34241 87 304 88 308 103 286 34241 32860 94 314 102 310 100 288 32860 31430 100 312 104 306 97 291 31430 29935 100 305 100 305 94 292 29935 28358 103 300 93 300 91 292 28358 26700 103 300 86 296 88 293 26700 24959 103 302 81 295 79 292 24959 23135 100 310 82 294 72 294 23135 21230 91 309 75 294 72 291 21230 19241 82 303 74 291 74 288 19241 17171 72 296 70 299 65 289 17171 15067 61 294 66 304 55 290 15067 13051 58 301 57 300 51 279 13051 11231 58 306 47 296 49 271 11231 9630 56 311 38 294 43 269 9630 8218 52 313 32 291 35 281 8218 6968 47 314 31 289 31 285 6968 5862 44 314 30 292 25 275 5862 4883 39 314 25 294 22 263 4883 4027 35 314 20 289 18 261 4027 3278 31 314 17 279 18 255 3278 2619 25*311 14*253 17 245 2619 2047 15*300 11*247 12 226 2047 1574 14 300 11 248 8 207 1574 1211 14 300 10 248 7 199 1211 962 13 300 9 248 6 190 962 811 12 300 9 248 4*180 811 724 10 300 7 248 3*164 724 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