DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/05 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 - - - 60.2 - - 65.8 - - 63.3 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 90 - - 264 - - 99 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1253 - - 3134 - - 3709 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 710 - - 2687 - - 2562 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1993 - - 3874 - - 4449 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 535 - - 1084 - - 1201 - - 2430 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 195 - - 379 - - 290 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 25 - - 25 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 265 - - 311 - - 344 - - 000 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -4 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1927 - - -1943 - - -2230 - - -4194 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3920 - - 5818 - - 6680 - - 4922 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8642 - - -6925 - - -9751 - - -13672 ODpotential blCL - - - 10635 - - 10799 - - 14200 - - 14399 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 69 - - 55 - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.2 - - 65.8 - - 63.3 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.7 - - 42.9 - - 36.7 - - 33.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.9 - - 64.6 - - 62.9 - - 54.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.6 - - 42.8 - - 36.6 - - 33.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 90 - - 264 - - 99 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1253 - - 3134 - - 3709 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 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] 96370 6 022 12 360 4 328 9 282 96370 89250 8 359 4 308 7 268 11 306 89250 83756 6 289 6 281 11 301 9 322 83756 79183 9 271 8 245 12 294 12 299 79183 75227 16 290 12 264 19 286 18 303 75227 71727 22 292 14 273 22 277 24 303 71727 68555 20 286 17 278 24 283 25 296 68555 65624 22 276 23 288 26 283 28 297 65624 62904 22 277 24 285 26 281 33 280 62904 60268 30 282 30 285 26 285 32 295 60268 57509 44 272 38 287 52 287 58 280 57509 54653 54 278 63 283 66 274 67 274 54653 51938 70 278 72 276 66 278 67 280 51938 49497 75 278 73 277 75 286 73 286 49497 47301 79 278 79 279 82 283 79 283 47301 45310 84 276 88 278 89 277 86 277 45310 43494 87 273 95 276 91 272 89 275 43494 41834 88 268 95 273 89 275 86 278 41834 40304 85 268 94 274 87 280 87 284 40304 38872 81 273 89 280 80 283 88 286 38872 37520 79 277 82 280 81 290 86 287 37520 36207 77 275 79 277 83 290 86 288 36207 34868 73 274 75 277 83 289 86 290 34868 33475 73 274 73 289 83 292 82 289 33475 32029 73 273 73 295 77 290 78 288 32029 30512 73 272 69 286 71 286 77 291 30512 28911 72 273 71 278 73 283 77 292 28911 27224 72 276 76 280 76 280 77 291 27224 25452 70 277 76 282 75 285 76 289 25452 23594 69 274 75 280 74 290 74 288 23594 21665 74 272 75 277 75 290 74 295 21665 19668 67 265 75 275 70 291 71 298 19668 17590 63 262 73 279 59 300 61 297 17590 15471 58 262 65 278 51 301 52 294 15471 13430 54 281 54 277 49 293 47 296 13430 11578 46 284 48 276 53 294 43 301 11578 9939 49 282 49 276 43 299 39 311 9939 8493 50 282 49 281 35 307 36 322 8493 7214 47 281 46 291 34 320 34 332 7214 6082 44 283 41 300 30 339 30 343 6082 5084 40 286 35 312 26*344 26 352 5084 4209 36 289 28*314 26*344 24 354 4209 3439 31 284 26*312 26 344 22 352 3439 2752 28 280 26 312 26 344 21 354 2752 2144 27*275 26 311 26 344 21 358 2144 1637 23*266 26 311 25 344 20 000 1637 1249 22 265 25 311 25 344 19 002 1249 981 21 264 24 311 23 344 15 002 981 819 19 264 22 310 21 343 12*002 819 726 15 263 18 310 17 343 6*000 726 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