DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 53.2 - - 56.0 - - 45.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 85 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1399 - - 2439 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 1565 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2139 - - 3179 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 394 - - 1030 - - 2673 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 219 - - 244 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 323 - - 346 - - 345 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1031 - - -2779 - - -1980 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3170 - - 5958 - - 2707 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8618 - - -9631 - - -10207 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10757 - - 12810 - - 10934 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 53 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 56.0 - - 45.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.8 - - 32.5 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.6 - - 55.7 - - 47.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.5 - - 31.7 - - 36.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 85 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1399 - - 2439 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 96302 9 032 33 023 23 027 96302 89369 17 045 22 022 17 021 89369 83928 19 050 13 032 21 017 83928 79347 20 035 2 019 22 014 79347 75369 18 017 1 021 17 009 75369 71833 17 356 9 001 12 336 71833 68616 15 325 17 348 10 309 68616 65643 16 302 20 313 18 285 65643 62879 19 291 22 294 19 287 62879 60202 28 290 30 275 28 280 60202 57422 40 281 35 264 41 280 57422 54541 47 275 41 277 54 278 54541 51787 49 266 53 280 61 281 51787 49303 58 270 64 281 74 278 49303 47070 71 269 79 274 79 271 47070 45035 73 267 84 268 80 272 45035 43165 78 273 83 266 87 272 43165 41441 91 279 83 269 94 273 41441 39851 97 278 92 272 100 274 39851 38385 92 274 98 273 103 270 38385 37024 82 273 90 266 93 262 37024 35716 75 275 78 265 85 262 35716 34383 72 274 74 268 83 268 34383 32998 69 274 73 266 85 270 32998 31562 65 275 76 269 82 271 31562 30059 62 273 75 270 79 273 30059 28478 60 272 72 271 76 273 28478 26818 61 271 68 270 76 272 26818 25079 63 268 65 270 76 272 25079 23264 62 265 64 270 74 272 23264 21378 57 265 65 269 71 271 21378 19411 58 267 65 269 70 271 19411 17359 60 269 60 269 64 271 17359 15273 57 262 58 268 56 270 15273 13267 51 255 59 258 51 271 13267 11441 45 244 55 250 47 277 11441 9818 38 244 50 258 37 271 9818 8383 38 256 45 263 30 285 8383 7119 41 264 34 267 23 324 7119 6002 39 267 21 292 22 339 6002 5018 31 271 18 324 22 338 5018 4152 24 278 18 344 19 333 4152 3393 20 291 17*346 17 335 3393 2717 17*313 17*346 18 340 2717 2120 14*323 17 346 19 343 2120 1622 14 323 17 346 19 346 1622 1240 14 324 16 346 18 347 1240 977 13 324 15 346 15 347 977 817 12 324 14 346 12*347 817 726 10 324 12 346 7*345 726 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