DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/20 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 - - - - - - 47.4 - - 50.2 - - 49.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 707 - - 756 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1447 - - 1496 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 682 - - 945 - - 1318 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 103 - - 92 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 155 - - 188 - - 099 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 471 - - 390 - - -22 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 976 - - 1106 - - 749 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 276 - - 174 - - -573 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1171 - - 1322 - - 1300 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.4 - - 50.2 - - 49.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.8 - - 48.0 - - 49.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 47.4 - - 50.1 - - 50.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 47.7 - - 48.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 707 - - 756 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 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] 95818 24 303 33 293 33 303 95818 88922 27 328 22 319 17 298 88922 83554 23 328 25 328 19 328 83554 79053 18 300 24 319 22 336 79053 75157 14 299 24 317 20 333 75157 71690 18 317 23 308 18 299 71690 68537 18 302 22 291 20 296 68537 65627 21 303 23 286 21 293 65627 62906 29 297 25 292 26 297 62906 60263 36 282 32 290 38 290 60263 57513 43 268 45 273 50 277 57513 54656 44 259 47 259 49 268 54656 51922 44 274 46 269 49 272 51922 49465 61 279 61 272 62 271 49465 47270 75 278 70 272 59 270 47270 45271 90 274 83 273 74 276 45271 43442 104 270 100 272 102 274 43442 41768 122 266 120 265 115 271 41768 40224 130 262 126 259 131 261 40224 38791 131 258 125 255 128 254 38791 37445 129 257 123 255 112 252 37445 36136 127 255 119 255 112 253 36136 34798 125 252 114 255 109 255 34798 33402 122 252 110 254 104 257 33402 31951 117 255 106 254 102 260 31951 30429 108 258 101 254 106 265 30429 28828 99 265 95 261 102 273 28828 27155 71 272 76 271 80 283 27155 25410 59 285 58 274 54 279 25410 23589 56 290 51 266 46 265 23589 21688 51 280 52 266 47 262 21688 19705 49 271 48 274 41 272 19705 17637 43 269 42 276 32 280 17637 15527 32 271 36 273 28 281 15527 13496 23 269 28 270 26 274 13496 11652 21 274 24 270 25 272 11652 10014 27 283 22 270 24 276 10014 8559 25 257 20 263 23 269 8559 7268 24 246 21 245 24 267 7268 6123 23 243 23 243 25 273 6123 5109 22 245 21 249 23 274 5109 4220 22 248 18 260 15 262 4220 3439 16 255 12 261 13 261 3439 2745 5 241 8 235 12 254 2745 2135 8 173 8 195 7 229 2135 1630 9*159 7*192 5 200 1630 1244 8*156 7*189 4 181 1244 979 7 155 6 188 3 169 979 818 7 155 6 188 2*142 818 726 6 154 5 186 1*099 726 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