DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - - - - - 48.9 - - 54.8 - - 46.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - 72 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 775 - - 1538 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1515 - - 2278 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 491 - - 672 - - 1043 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 159 - - 199 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 204 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 504 - - 110 - - -49 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1011 - - 2169 - - 776 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 369 - - -3573 - - -6003 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1146 - - 5851 - - 6730 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 54.8 - - 46.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.1 - - 47.9 - - 45.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.5 - - 54.5 - - 48.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.6 - - 47.4 - - 46.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - 72 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 775 - - 1538 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 72 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 96743 19 072 23 079 19 085 96743 89636 21 083 16 098 15 062 89636 84079 17 092 9 099 8 070 84079 79415 7 122 4 019 7 084 79415 75368 4 123 5 299 3 000 75368 71786 2 210 7 285 8 296 71786 68550 4 288 7 265 11 284 68550 65579 18 286 13 291 16 291 65579 62816 27 283 20 277 24 283 62816 60134 31 277 31 274 35 265 60134 57353 39 281 38 280 39 282 57353 54469 51 278 55 279 49 282 54469 51699 58 276 58 280 58 281 51699 49198 69 281 69 285 72 286 49198 46965 79 281 85 281 87 285 46965 44954 85 280 87 278 92 283 44954 43133 92 277 90 285 93 286 43133 41476 93 285 103 290 103 290 41476 39951 103 291 115 292 115 289 39951 38528 108 292 118 293 114 288 38528 37185 110 294 118 295 107 288 37185 35879 109 295 115 295 103 288 35879 34546 105 295 109 294 101 289 34546 33159 101 293 102 292 98 289 33159 31719 97 291 94 291 94 291 31719 30213 90 290 84 289 88 291 30213 28629 81 286 75 285 77 288 28629 26969 76 282 68 286 67 286 26969 25234 71 284 66 285 59 284 25234 23426 66 285 65 283 56 282 23426 21543 64 281 60 286 53 283 21543 19578 60 284 59 284 50 282 19578 17528 55 286 57 277 48 279 17528 15436 50 291 47 278 41 278 15436 13417 37 275 41 271 32 282 13417 11578 31 265 39 264 35 278 11578 9942 26 263 35 262 34 263 9942 8496 24 271 26 264 25 250 8496 7217 22 271 19 271 19 246 7217 6085 21 261 19 263 18 249 6085 5083 19 250 22 250 21 250 5083 4203 19 241 26 241 25 244 4203 3427 21 235 26 231 27 233 3427 2737 23 227 25*222 27 223 2737 2131 22 220 20*209 26 210 2131 1628 17*209 19 205 23 194 1628 1243 15*207 18 203 21 188 1243 978 14 206 17 202 17 181 978 818 13 205 15 201 14*179 818 726 11 204 13 200 8*175 726 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