DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/20 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 63.9 - - 57.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 112 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2735 - - 2576 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2284 - - 1857 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3475 - - 3316 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1044 - - 558 - - 2440 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 331 - - 268 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 29 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 184 - - 179 - - 181 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3230 - - -2627 - - -3003 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6705 - - 5944 - - 3731 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12916 - - -10237 - - -11179 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16391 - - 13553 - - 11907 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 45 - - 60 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 63.9 - - 57.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.3 - - 40.5 - - 44.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.2 - - 63.4 - - 59.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.4 - - 40.3 - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 112 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2735 - - 2576 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 97294 44 269 51 272 47 278 97294 90079 35 279 37 264 35 277 90079 84499 32 272 29 278 29 279 84499 79837 19 253 27 291 19 294 79837 75802 11 244 15 268 19 303 75802 72221 7 238 11 230 16 282 72221 68984 4 261 9 225 9 246 68984 66010 6 245 11 255 9 230 66010 63250 12 215 20 242 17 231 63250 60578 13 188 21 230 21 246 60578 57788 24 245 30 252 29 240 57788 54896 36 253 36 243 29 244 54896 52145 38 254 31 237 32 239 52145 49675 45 267 45 252 45 248 49675 47469 55 261 60 257 64 246 47469 45477 60 259 72 253 68 246 45477 43665 63 263 72 254 65 253 43665 41999 67 268 69 264 68 256 41999 40451 67 270 74 268 74 256 40451 39000 64 272 74 267 76 260 39000 37627 64 276 70 267 79 262 37627 36295 67 278 69 268 81 262 36295 34938 68 276 70 267 82 261 34938 33527 60 273 71 266 81 258 33527 32066 52 262 73 264 80 254 32066 30539 51 259 73 263 79 252 30539 28933 54 267 72 263 79 250 28933 27248 56 270 66 262 77 248 27248 25485 54 265 54 251 73 246 25485 23644 50 261 54 248 69 245 23644 21728 47 258 53 255 64 242 21728 19734 44 259 51 252 56 242 19734 17661 38 254 49 239 51 243 17661 15551 31 250 39 232 54 240 15551 13518 30 250 37 232 55 237 13518 11666 29 248 39 239 56 230 11666 10020 29 243 39 241 54 225 10020 8561 30 239 39 244 48 232 8561 7271 29 231 40 240 47 237 7271 6131 28 220 36 231 49 232 6131 5122 31 209 37 218 51 223 5122 4238 33*198 37 206 51 211 4238 3462 30*190 31*183 47 198 3462 2769 28 185 31*181 43 192 2769 2156 27 183 31 180 40 189 2156 1645 26 182 30 179 36 187 1645 1253 25 182 29 178 31 185 1253 984 24 181 27 178 24 183 984 821 22 181 25 178 21*182 821 727 18 180 19 177 14*181 727 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