DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.2 - - 89.5 - - 81.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 94 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2582 - - 4657 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2047 - - 3230 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3322 - - 5397 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1050 - - 1488 - - 497 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 297 - - 312 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 247 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2727 - - -1043 - - -3823 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6049 - - 6441 - - 4553 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6726 - - -3770 - - -8347 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10048 - - 9167 - - 9077 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 79 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 390 - - 680 - - 640 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.2 - - 89.5 - - 81.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.1 - - 63.6 - - 64.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.2 - - 89.0 - - 84.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.4 - - 63.4 - - 64.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 94 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2582 - - 4657 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 15 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 13 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] 97072 32 258 38 258 34 278 97072 89993 19 272 25 266 23 286 89993 84501 8 313 16 272 15 287 84501 79942 4 335 11 272 7 270 79942 76035 1 338 8 267 7 239 76035 72596 3 283 5 247 8 220 72596 69482 2 279 6 214 8 211 69482 66604 4 316 9 193 8 201 66604 63923 9 254 11 211 11 227 63923 61333 17 232 17 240 20 240 61333 58640 19 238 19 249 20 236 58640 55874 29 254 35 258 35 254 55874 53268 39 247 40 248 44 249 53268 50918 31 260 41 253 46 251 50918 48792 39 274 48 260 50 253 48792 46845 50 278 51 262 54 252 46845 45037 52 282 48 263 58 256 45037 43344 55 287 52 266 58 261 43344 41747 55 284 56 267 60 263 41747 40236 54 280 59 270 65 269 40236 38804 55 281 62 273 68 274 38804 37414 59 284 64 275 69 273 37414 35996 64 286 64 275 69 268 35996 34521 68 286 66 275 70 268 34521 32993 71 285 70 277 70 272 32993 31402 72 287 72 278 70 274 31402 29734 69 289 71 280 69 277 29734 27990 61 290 63 284 63 279 27990 26181 52 293 50 281 52 281 26181 24310 49 289 46 288 42 280 24310 22373 51 285 39 286 37 276 22373 20353 49 282 37 279 35 270 20353 18239 39 282 37 275 38 269 18239 16079 35 268 38 272 39 272 16079 14004 38 255 38 268 36 275 14004 12120 31 257 35 266 35 277 12120 10441 28 264 30 273 33 278 10441 8940 22 267 26 276 28 276 8940 7604 20 261 24 272 21 256 7604 6421 21 254 22*258 19 244 6421 5373 21 248 18*245 18 241 5373 4448 20 249 17 246 17 236 4448 3629 16*249 17 246 17 233 3629 2895 15*248 16 247 17 229 2895 2246 14 246 16 248 16 227 2246 1704 13 245 15 248 15 224 1704 1288 12 245 15 249 13 221 1288 1001 11 244 14 249 11 217 1001 828 10 244 13 250 9*212 828 729 9 244 11 250 5*207 729 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