DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/29 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 80.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 69 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3953 - - 4784 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3188 - - 3101 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4693 - - 5524 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1230 - - 1303 - - 150 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 377 - - 291 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 191 - - 139 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3303 - - -3400 - - -5028 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7996 - - 8925 - - 5758 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9373 - - -11076 - - -13438 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14066 - - 16600 - - 14167 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 72 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 80.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.3 - - 44.1 - - 47.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.5 - - 80.2 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.1 - - 42.9 - - 47.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 69 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3953 - - 4784 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 97864 9 239 22 253 16 288 97864 90651 9 270 12 242 13 276 90651 85051 12 260 5 268 11 266 85051 80378 9 234 8 280 12 277 80378 76355 4 240 6 259 10 266 76355 72804 3 342 4 306 4 175 72804 69590 3 012 6 327 7 083 69590 66639 4 321 6 310 8 047 66639 63913 6 304 6 303 12 353 63913 61284 9 311 8 305 14 324 61284 58547 12 285 13 280 18 304 58547 55705 15 282 20 285 26 297 55705 52999 26 294 29 284 31 287 52999 50566 25 296 25 286 32 293 50566 48389 25 317 34 309 41 295 48389 46417 40 314 45 305 35 303 46417 44594 45 305 47 309 43 315 44594 42899 48 299 49 315 54 313 42899 41326 47 301 57 314 64 302 41326 39858 46 314 73 306 65 294 39858 38472 52 314 59 305 56 298 38472 37123 51 318 47 310 42 294 37123 35748 43 319 35 306 32 300 35748 34316 36 316 26 301 29 284 34316 32830 33 320 22 292 27 276 32830 31272 29 325 20 289 25 279 31272 29630 28 324 22 287 23 277 29630 27902 23 310 22 289 19 270 27902 26090 18 295 21 286 19 268 26090 24198 15 283 20 286 23 272 24198 22231 8 277 19 283 24 282 22231 20182 7 265 16 269 18 277 20182 18052 10 246 15 261 14 266 18052 15885 13 231 16 245 16 254 15885 13805 12 223 17 230 16 238 13805 11919 12 222 14 227 15 230 11919 10246 11 221 11 229 14 220 10246 8761 11 215 11 221 12 228 8761 7443 10 211 11 218 12 250 7443 6278 8 219 10*210 11 236 6278 5252 7*226 9*202 11 215 5252 4349 8*218 8 198 11 198 4349 3551 8 217 8 193 12 186 3551 2837 7 215 8 190 12 176 2837 2204 7 213 8 186 13 168 2204 1677 7 211 8 184 14 162 1677 1272 6 209 7 182 14 156 1272 993 6 208 7 181 13 151 993 824 6 209 7 180 11*146 824 728 5 207 6 180 6*139 728 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