DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.2 - - 93.4 - - 86.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 1 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2628 - - 5333 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1761 - - 713 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3368 - - 6073 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 6297 - - 4595 - - 5156 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 255 - - 214 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 226 - - 181 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2196 - - 166 - - -2288 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5564 - - 5907 - - 3018 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3867 - - -1780 - - -4468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7235 - - 7853 - - 5198 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 91 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2190 - - 2220 - - 3540 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.2 - - 93.4 - - 86.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.2 - - 69.9 - - 75.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.9 - - 93.6 - - 88.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.8 - - 68.4 - - 74.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 1 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2628 - - 5333 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 64 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 19 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] 99029 8 122 16 185 4 229 99029 91577 11 086 7 173 5 050 91577 85809 11 087 4 110 5 082 85809 81037 9 063 9 082 10 142 81037 76946 6 045 8 064 7 088 76946 73342 3 053 5 032 10 027 73342 70082 2 071 3 322 6 347 70082 67083 6 002 5 291 6 331 67083 64307 7 319 4 282 9 320 64307 61640 11 331 7 286 12 312 61640 58892 13 289 10 278 19 294 58892 56077 21 287 19 291 24 294 56077 53409 28 291 26 290 26 286 53409 51009 35 291 31 291 31 301 51009 48848 34 288 37 292 36 298 48848 46875 44 301 43 292 40 296 46875 45051 49 303 45 293 46 302 45051 43353 57 308 51 303 50 306 43353 41764 54 307 55 306 51 306 41764 40270 40 297 54 306 50 305 40270 38858 36 286 46 305 47 304 38858 37492 34 280 37 298 42 303 37492 36101 31 277 32 289 35 298 36101 34653 31 274 31 284 31 291 34653 33154 27 272 31 271 28 272 33154 31587 29 261 33 268 30 271 31587 29940 28 259 32 273 31 277 29940 28211 29 252 29 273 28 283 28211 26400 29 247 29 266 25 282 26400 24510 30 253 30 262 24 270 24510 22546 28 259 26 262 24 265 22546 20503 24 262 22 263 20 267 20503 18375 25 256 22 261 20 274 18375 16203 31 245 24 257 21 268 16203 14107 32 237 27 245 19 261 14107 12202 29 238 27 237 20 253 12202 10513 15 251 19 228 20 250 10513 9014 10 263 14 226 18 247 9014 7677 15 239 14 229 17 239 7677 6485 21 245 14*230 17 231 6485 5426 23 244 14*229 17 222 5426 4491 23 245 14 228 17 217 4491 3663 21*244 13 227 16 213 3663 2921 17*240 13 226 16 209 2921 2264 14 236 12 225 16 206 2264 1716 14 236 11 225 15 202 1716 1295 13 235 11 224 14 198 1295 1006 12 235 10 224 12 192 1006 830 12 234 9 224 9*188 830 729 10 234 8 223 5*181 729 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