DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/23 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 74.8 - - 78.8 - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 266 - - 192 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 527 - - 2810 - - 5792 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 711 - - 2469 - - 4562 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1267 - - 3550 - - 6532 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 741 - - 2706 - - 2798 - - 5418 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 82 - - 373 - - 425 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 9 - - 7 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 104 - - 144 - - 142 - - 167 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - -3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -880 - - -3680 - - -3328 - - -6795 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2147 - - 7231 - - 9860 - - 7525 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5458 - - -6802 - - -5445 - - -10024 ODpotential blCL - - - 6725 - - 10352 - - 11977 - - 10753 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 80 - - 80 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 74.8 - - 78.8 - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 55.1 - - 45.8 - - 38.0 - - 42.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.0 - - 73.3 - - 77.6 - - 73.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 54.0 - - 44.5 - - 36.8 - - 41.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 266 - - 192 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 527 - - 2810 - - 5792 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 22 - - 22 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 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] 97625 13 125 4 144 8 220 2 033 97625 90210 10 121 9 131 10 179 3 291 90210 84532 10 114 13 142 3 176 5 210 84532 79825 10 122 5 155 1 082 1 208 79825 75759 7 091 3 207 1 279 6 310 75759 72172 7 303 6 273 4 325 8 326 72172 68917 7 314 10 292 8 272 8 284 68917 65900 10 346 9 291 9 253 8 264 65900 63084 15 299 12 304 15 270 15 291 63084 60366 16 291 18 275 23 283 29 288 60366 57553 25 285 25 266 25 265 24 281 57553 54624 31 272 27 259 29 282 29 295 54624 51824 31 272 40 275 45 276 45 279 51824 49334 39 272 50 269 51 270 48 266 49334 47127 42 263 48 260 50 266 43 260 47127 45130 37 253 43 254 45 263 37 263 45130 43303 32 253 38 263 41 262 42 272 43303 41635 40 273 51 280 41 265 50 271 41635 40111 60 280 64 278 46 272 59 264 40111 38696 65 277 70 273 50 272 62 260 38696 37358 63 276 60 271 49 269 60 262 37358 36060 60 277 51 275 45 263 56 264 36060 34738 51 272 42 270 41 261 47 261 34738 33362 41 261 41 249 35 253 40 256 33362 31933 41 255 47 242 33 244 38 256 31933 30437 40 254 46 235 41 251 39 254 30437 28860 39 263 39 242 44 257 39 251 28860 27204 33 267 36 250 36 259 33 256 27204 25467 31 264 25 256 33 269 26 265 25467 23651 28 264 15 271 24 255 24 238 23651 21763 23 254 13 261 15 253 9 216 21763 19798 21 237 16 250 16 268 7 295 19798 17743 12 251 19 255 16 279 11 314 17743 15643 15 293 18 248 13 278 11 301 15643 13619 16 282 9 234 8 209 5 281 13619 11778 13 270 9 203 10 183 5 176 11778 10138 12 272 11 192 10 189 8 155 10138 8679 9 249 10 192 8 178 11 155 8679 7383 10 208 7 191 5*151 8 168 7383 6235 9 213 4 186 6*138 8 156 6235 5218 7 254 3 166 6 138 9 155 5218 4322 5 282 4*154 7 140 10 159 4322 3531 0 172 8*147 7 141 10 162 3531 2821 7 119 10 144 8 142 11 164 2821 2194 10 114 10 144 8 143 11 166 2194 1670 11*104 10 144 8 144 12 167 1670 1268 11*103 10 144 8 145 11 168 1268 992 10 104 9 144 8 145 10 168 992 824 9 104 9 144 8 145 9*167 824 728 7 105 8 144 7 145 6*167 728 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