DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 27.5 - - 29.8 - - 30.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 46 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1685 - - 2374 - - 1911 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 708 - - 708 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2425 - - 3114 - - 2651 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1043 - - 602 - - 335 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 223 - - 198 - - 96 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 296 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 570 - - 1102 - - 855 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1855 - - 2013 - - 1796 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 185 - - 779 - - 399 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2240 - - 2335 - - 2252 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.5 - - 29.8 - - 30.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.5 - - 24.1 - - 25.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.1 - - 29.6 - - 30.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.4 - - 23.1 - - 24.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 46 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1685 - - 2374 - - 1911 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 80 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 95157 85 263 84 264 83 271 95157 88329 57 267 57 270 59 274 88329 83033 44 268 46 272 48 276 83033 78608 32 264 38 269 41 276 78608 74752 25 269 34 269 40 273 74752 71295 26 273 37 265 38 274 71295 68130 33 273 36 267 37 283 68130 65200 39 273 36 279 37 283 65200 62458 40 273 35 284 36 280 62458 59775 40 282 41 285 38 286 59775 56966 47 278 47 279 44 291 56966 54067 48 270 49 275 52 288 54067 51315 45 275 49 274 55 280 51315 48833 48 290 47 277 49 271 48833 46592 54 293 45 280 46 275 46592 44547 52 295 48 289 52 286 44547 42681 60 299 68 289 67 290 42681 40989 85 291 83 285 81 287 40989 39446 97 286 87 283 88 282 39446 38019 91 286 85 289 89 283 38019 36687 80 293 95 293 97 286 36687 35402 80 306 97 292 99 284 35402 34092 86 311 89 292 92 280 34092 32726 88 313 86 296 84 281 32726 31312 86 313 81 300 65 285 31312 29833 83 315 76 302 64 285 29833 28275 82 315 72 306 60 288 28275 26639 84 313 69 311 49 297 26639 24924 86 313 69 314 50 298 24924 23127 83 317 66 316 51 294 23127 21249 77 322 66 324 49 296 21249 19282 73 327 59 328 50 309 19282 17223 72 337 58 330 42 315 17223 15117 65 342 59 338 37 318 15117 13090 53 342 50 344 31 313 13090 11256 42 339 41 344 30 309 11256 9638 37 338 35 338 30 310 9638 8213 37 340 31 337 26 312 8213 6962 38 340 29 338 23 312 6962 5862 37 338 29 335 21 310 5862 4893 32 332 28 327 20 306 4893 4043 25 334 24 314 18 303 4043 3299 22 339 18*295 16*284 3299 2642 21*337 17*294 14*269 2642 2067 18*327 16 295 13 268 2067 1587 16 320 15 296 13 268 1587 1219 15 319 15 296 12 268 1219 966 14 318 14 297 11 269 966 813 13 318 13 297 9 268 813 725 11 317 10 297 7 269 725 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