DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.9 - - 71.1 - - 67.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 382 - - 256 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6127 - - 7191 - - 3205 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5164 - - 5806 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6867 - - 7931 - - 3945 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2244 - - 1642 - - 3787 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 541 - - 501 - - 84 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 313 - - 311 - - 341 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 8 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2676 - - -2614 - - -6104 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9544 - - 10545 - - 10049 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7162 - - -8776 - - -14846 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14029 - - 16707 - - 18791 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 49 - - 52 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.9 - - 71.1 - - 67.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.3 - - 27.0 - - 25.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 69.7 - - 68.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.1 - - 25.9 - - 24.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 382 - - 256 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6127 - - 7191 - - 3205 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98152 4 234 5 218 9 294 98152 90708 8 228 6 241 5 289 90708 84977 8 202 4 211 5 255 84977 80210 5 201 6 223 5 262 80210 76106 4 274 4 229 5 260 76106 72480 9 237 7 284 6 291 72480 69200 6 234 8 268 10 285 69200 66180 3 355 7 209 15 223 66180 63371 13 311 21 296 15 299 63371 60659 31 269 20 282 15 291 60659 57831 23 288 22 295 27 315 57831 54906 35 282 39 284 40 296 54906 52118 44 286 46 281 46 281 52118 49593 49 287 49 287 49 284 49593 47327 50 284 51 285 54 293 47327 45291 48 283 47 288 60 288 45291 43443 52 291 50 301 54 282 43443 41754 59 298 62 306 58 296 41754 40208 65 307 65 303 65 300 40208 38778 71 314 61 305 62 298 38778 37436 74 320 62 308 57 298 37436 36135 77 324 64 311 55 301 36135 34805 81 322 62 312 57 312 34805 33420 74 324 61 313 62 320 33420 31982 66 319 60 312 63 318 31982 30476 67 314 58 313 60 311 30476 28889 67 314 57 316 58 307 28889 27217 62 311 58 318 54 307 27217 25462 56 307 60 319 52 306 25462 23625 52 306 57 319 51 306 23625 21707 47 308 51 316 47 312 21707 19706 44 308 45 311 42 313 19706 17623 40 308 41 309 38 311 17623 15505 37 306 39 310 36 313 15505 13470 35 305 37 311 35 316 13470 11627 32 303 33 306 33 311 11627 9999 32 299 31 300 31 305 9999 8560 34 299 25*299 27 298 8560 7285 31*299 18*300 19 291 7285 6155 24*302 16 304 13 297 6155 5153 19 308 16 308 11 310 5153 4270 18 310 15 311 10*323 4270 3489 17 315 15 313 10*331 3489 2790 16 317 15 315 10 336 2790 2171 16 319 14 316 10 341 2171 1656 15 320 14 317 10 344 1656 1260 15 321 14 318 10 346 1260 987 14 321 13 319 9 347 987 822 14 321 13 319 8 348 822 727 12 321 11 319 6 347 727 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