DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/07 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 20.5 - - 25.1 - - 26.8 - - 24.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 57 - - 86 - - 48 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 941 - - 2456 - - 2005 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 708 - - 1571 - - 708 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1681 - - 3196 - - 2745 - - 725 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1096 - - 750 - - 723 - - 2005 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 155 - - 244 - - 190 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 19 - - 12 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 2 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 045 - - 140 - - 095 - - 095 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -433 - - 654 - - -182 - - -1273 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2115 - - 2542 - - 2927 - - 1998 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -17743 - - 306 - - -15049 - - -14215 ODpotential blCL - - - 19424 - - 2890 - - 17794 - - 14940 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 91 - - 85 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.5 - - 25.1 - - 26.8 - - 24.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 14.4 - - 17.0 - - 17.0 - - 19.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 20.2 - - 24.7 - - 26.5 - - 25.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 13.4 - - 15.9 - - 15.8 - - 18.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 57 - - 86 - - 48 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 941 - - 2456 - - 2005 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 17 - - 64 - - 38 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96509 33 245 35 261 25 250 27 258 96509 89305 14 273 19 257 18 267 25 289 89305 83740 16 304 17 251 21 273 24 292 83740 79118 10 321 5 276 16 269 19 285 79118 75121 22 322 12 331 13 292 13 306 75121 71583 26 320 19 309 22 304 18 313 71583 68387 25 323 22 302 27 305 22 308 68387 65452 27 314 28 308 32 306 27 312 65452 62720 31 314 36 304 37 306 35 305 62720 60066 45 312 42 303 46 309 44 299 60066 57311 58 306 51 301 53 304 52 302 57311 54450 68 311 60 307 57 299 56 301 54450 51698 82 306 69 303 62 293 61 299 51698 49202 85 300 73 300 67 296 66 299 49202 46952 84 300 77 301 76 294 80 293 46952 44911 86 301 82 298 86 293 85 289 44911 43043 86 304 88 297 88 294 85 291 43043 41316 86 303 90 298 90 293 92 293 41316 39712 87 301 91 297 91 294 95 289 39712 38233 88 299 91 294 92 296 91 290 38233 36866 90 297 87 293 90 296 88 295 36866 35556 90 297 83 295 87 295 94 294 35556 34229 87 302 82 298 84 296 96 291 34229 32853 87 306 83 300 85 298 96 290 32853 31425 88 307 85 300 87 301 94 293 31425 29927 87 310 86 299 85 302 89 298 29927 28347 83 312 86 300 81 300 82 299 28347 26686 83 313 85 302 77 300 76 299 26686 24944 86 313 81 304 72 302 69 300 24944 23125 88 313 77 307 69 304 64 302 23125 21229 86 313 74 308 68 305 61 303 21229 19252 86 314 71 310 67 306 60 305 19252 17192 80 317 68 313 63 308 59 311 17192 15101 71 320 62 318 58 311 60 310 15101 13092 69 324 58 322 53 316 55 308 13092 11265 62 329 51 323 50 317 43 316 11265 9645 51 328 44 324 44 319 36 311 9645 8211 46 327 38 328 37 322 31 313 8211 6943 40 330 30 331 28 321 25 319 6943 5826 32 336 21 335 20 320 17 314 5826 4852 23 351 10 345 10 322 8 295 4852 4008 16 009 1 333 3 244 3 248 4008 3273 7 037 3*153 3*151 7 176 3273 2623 9 073 3*147 3*115 9 150 2623 2052 11*066 3 142 3 101 9 129 2052 1578 10*053 2 140 3 094 9 112 1578 1214 9 043 2 137 3 087 9 104 1214 963 8 043 2 135 3 083 8 100 963 811 8 041 2 134 3 083 7*098 811 724 7 040 2 136 3 083 5*095 724 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