DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.8 - - 72.9 - - 70.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 222 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 4309 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1753 - - 3517 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2945 - - 5049 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 760 - - 2709 - - 8026 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 405 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 242 - - 259 - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 588 - - -928 - - -4349 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2357 - - 5977 - - 5078 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 187 - - -2518 - - -5684 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2758 - - 7567 - - 6413 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 58 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 280 - - 130 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.8 - - 72.9 - - 70.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.7 - - 48.9 - - 50.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 71.7 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 48.1 - - 49.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 222 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 4309 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 71 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 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] 97645 8 197 2 294 5 205 97645 90269 5 172 9 189 6 281 90269 84581 7 160 9 198 3 251 84581 79848 8 162 7 218 1 263 79848 75761 7 245 6 213 5 307 75761 72150 8 229 8 242 11 271 72150 68877 12 250 13 262 9 281 68877 65853 16 258 22 263 19 294 65853 63052 19 244 19 256 24 269 63052 60340 20 282 22 277 19 271 60340 57495 32 270 30 278 23 280 57495 54536 38 271 39 273 39 285 54536 51729 45 275 47 270 48 281 51729 49222 53 276 50 272 56 273 49222 46993 60 276 55 275 58 267 46993 44986 65 275 62 278 60 270 44986 43151 73 274 75 276 68 271 43151 41462 81 275 84 269 76 267 41462 39911 86 274 87 268 84 266 39911 38476 87 279 88 271 91 266 38476 37127 91 285 90 273 91 265 37127 35821 92 286 89 273 85 267 35821 34491 89 285 87 273 80 270 34491 33108 85 285 82 272 77 272 33108 31673 80 285 77 274 76 271 31673 30174 77 285 73 277 73 270 30174 28597 76 284 69 280 69 270 28597 26945 75 285 67 282 68 271 26945 25214 71 287 67 283 70 275 25214 23404 67 288 68 283 67 278 23404 21522 63 290 64 287 57 280 21522 19567 57 294 56 290 48 276 19567 17533 44 290 49 292 45 277 17533 15458 36 285 45 288 45 283 15458 13458 32 284 39 280 44 291 13458 11643 32 281 34 287 45 296 11643 10036 31 273 36 293 42 298 10036 8608 30 264 33 293 33 298 8608 7336 28 266 26 293 28 297 7336 6202 26 272 23 292 24 294 6202 5195 24 283 20*284 21 289 5195 4305 22 277 18*270 18 279 4305 3518 21*260 17 262 16 269 3518 2813 20*244 17 259 15 258 2813 2188 19 243 17 258 14 245 2188 1667 19 242 17 256 14 236 1667 1266 18 242 16 255 13 230 1266 991 17 241 15 254 12 227 991 824 16 241 14 254 10*225 824 728 13 241 13 253 8*224 728 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