DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 38.6 - - 45.5 - - 36.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 0 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 892 - - 1381 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 710 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1632 - - 2121 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 311 - - 354 - - 74 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 176 - - 83 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 242 - - 240 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1368 - - -1303 - - -971 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3001 - - 3424 - - 1697 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10105 - - -8661 - - -9451 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11737 - - 10782 - - 10177 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 60 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.6 - - 45.5 - - 36.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.4 - - 33.4 - - 32.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.1 - - 45.8 - - 40.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.3 - - 32.1 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 0 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 892 - - 1381 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 94689 66 264 56 276 56 301 94689 87985 54 277 52 285 51 297 87985 82770 50 278 44 284 43 305 82770 78404 40 286 43 294 44 306 78404 74595 34 285 39 292 38 297 74595 71178 29 284 32 288 33 290 71178 68040 29 289 24 290 33 295 68040 65138 35 288 30 302 34 292 65138 62433 36 277 35 289 32 285 62433 59781 37 279 37 286 34 294 59781 56979 38 274 47 284 37 297 56979 54060 44 279 55 275 49 283 54060 51278 48 278 54 271 53 275 51278 48771 47 284 53 282 49 283 48771 46531 55 287 59 286 59 295 46531 44524 59 283 64 283 68 283 44524 42693 62 281 62 276 62 272 42693 40999 56 278 52 276 54 290 40999 39430 49 289 51 299 58 299 39430 37979 64 300 63 302 55 297 37979 36624 74 295 65 293 51 302 36624 35324 76 287 67 288 54 304 35324 34008 74 280 68 286 54 299 34008 32648 68 280 66 284 54 297 32648 31244 61 282 65 282 58 290 31244 29777 55 287 63 281 61 287 29777 28235 53 294 62 284 54 292 28235 26618 59 303 60 290 49 297 26618 24924 62 309 56 297 46 300 24924 23151 63 308 53 303 42 298 23151 21299 58 308 53 308 39 299 21299 19364 47 294 51 313 42 303 19364 17339 41 291 39 313 36 304 17339 15269 43 299 31 296 30 298 15269 13273 32 293 27 298 26 287 13273 11461 25 309 26 295 22 283 11461 9852 28 307 24 291 21 282 9852 8424 29 296 23 296 18 279 8424 7155 28 288 25 294 18 280 7155 6029 29 284 27 286 20 286 6029 5035 31 279 26 287 20 286 5035 4161 32 267 25 290 19 283 4161 3393 29 262 26 283 19 267 3393 2713 26 263 22*265 22 240 2713 2116 24*258 15*243 21 238 2116 1619 18*246 14 242 20 239 1619 1237 15 241 13 239 18 238 1237 974 14 240 11 238 15 232 974 816 13 239 10 237 12*226 816 725 10 239 8 236 6*212 725 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