DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - - - - - 87.9 - - 88.9 - - 82.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -14 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1637 - - 2579 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 712 - - 713 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2377 - - 3319 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1152 - - 2043 - - 784 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 212 - - 168 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 204 - - 198 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2886 - - -1855 - - -1822 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5263 - - 5175 - - 2552 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6616 - - -7405 - - -6033 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8993 - - 10724 - - 6763 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 56 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 680 - - 1300 - - 2460 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.9 - - 88.9 - - 82.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 68.6 - - 73.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.7 - - 89.5 - - 84.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.9 - - 67.2 - - 72.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -14 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1637 - - 2579 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 18 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] 99037 10 101 3 060 17 019 99037 91583 14 118 7 063 10 042 91583 85811 14 102 9 097 9 072 85811 81051 10 055 14 101 11 077 81051 76977 6 053 8 092 10 058 76977 73381 7 097 7 130 4 037 73381 70124 9 085 8 107 3 162 70124 67129 4 065 4 090 2 189 67129 64361 3 324 5 333 3 274 64361 61700 7 269 10 286 12 291 61700 58940 9 271 13 261 16 280 58940 56083 11 273 17 258 17 270 56083 53372 16 276 19 266 18 271 53372 50957 18 278 18 267 21 270 50957 48799 22 293 20 290 25 282 48799 46834 28 296 30 299 29 284 46834 45035 26 288 31 298 27 283 45035 43371 24 280 25 279 28 290 43371 41812 22 278 24 267 27 276 41812 40339 19 285 23 255 28 260 40339 38944 17 277 21 249 28 247 38944 37587 19 266 21 250 26 244 37587 36200 21 268 23 251 25 245 36200 34756 22 275 22 252 24 244 34756 33257 22 279 21 254 26 247 33257 31689 21 277 21 261 27 258 31689 30038 20 274 22 270 29 272 30038 28304 19 272 23 275 29 275 28304 26486 20 275 25 279 26 273 26486 24588 21 282 25 279 24 276 24588 22614 18 276 21 269 25 285 22614 20562 20 267 21 270 22 282 20562 18430 21 258 25 281 18 278 18430 16256 20 249 25 275 17 281 16256 14153 18 243 21 266 13 289 14153 12235 11 256 15 259 11 311 12235 10527 6 265 9 239 9 291 10527 9010 10 265 7 237 11 264 9010 7665 12 251 9 262 14 260 7665 6470 13 244 11 261 16 261 6470 5408 15 234 12 235 18 253 5408 4472 17 228 18 213 21 240 4472 3647 18 225 19*203 23 223 3647 2908 18*222 19*200 25 213 2908 2256 15*211 18 199 25 209 2256 1710 14 204 18 197 24 206 1710 1292 13 202 17 197 21 203 1292 1004 12 202 15 196 17 199 1004 829 11 201 14 195 14*197 829 729 9 201 10 194 7*194 729 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