DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 60.7 - - 61.2 - - 60.5 - - 59.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 16 - - 24 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1479 - - 993 - - 2072 - - 254 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 711 - - 711 - - 710 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2219 - - 1733 - - 2812 - - 994 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1370 - - 1869 - - 1816 - - 2068 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 202 - - 120 - - 168 - - 32 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 14 - - 15 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 232 - - 220 - - 231 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - 1 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -970 - - -782 - - 1196 - - 57 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3189 - - 2515 - - 1616 - - 937 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3723 - - -2934 - - 493 - - -531 ODpotential blCL - - - 5942 - - 4667 - - 2319 - - 1525 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 97 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 120 - - 230 - - 400 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.7 - - 61.2 - - 60.5 - - 59.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 49.1 - - 52.5 - - 55.7 - - 57.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.5 - - 61.4 - - 60.5 - - 59.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 47.9 - - 51.4 - - 54.7 - - 57.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 16 - - 24 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1479 - - 993 - - 2072 - - 254 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 88 - - 99 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 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] 97580 3 038 3 319 5 337 9 300 97580 90238 6 360 2 296 4 317 3 281 90238 84557 2 011 10 185 10 248 8 311 84557 79832 8 326 4 209 2 244 5 308 79832 75744 10 259 13 242 10 284 9 300 75744 72117 11 218 17 250 15 257 18 293 72117 68831 11 258 18 245 22 245 23 270 68831 65810 23 269 23 265 24 255 25 270 65810 63012 28 275 31 255 28 267 26 268 63012 60298 35 273 28 262 30 270 21 271 60298 57447 38 264 37 277 34 276 31 281 57447 54482 40 269 46 276 45 270 44 277 54482 51659 52 272 51 268 55 265 54 273 51659 49125 56 269 56 260 62 262 60 268 49125 46853 61 269 60 257 68 259 66 264 46853 44793 72 266 63 263 72 256 67 261 44793 42910 77 264 72 262 72 257 66 264 42910 41181 79 266 79 262 75 261 73 266 41181 39584 88 269 89 264 87 261 79 260 39584 38104 98 269 102 264 95 258 81 256 38104 36731 104 266 113 261 97 256 80 256 36731 35422 102 265 111 257 100 256 81 258 35422 34110 102 266 106 257 99 257 76 256 34110 32759 100 266 101 261 90 260 69 252 32759 31359 91 269 92 264 79 267 67 251 31359 29891 79 272 81 269 71 272 69 256 29891 28344 68 275 73 273 68 270 66 257 28344 26717 61 278 70 276 69 265 62 257 26717 25009 60 277 64 274 68 264 61 256 25009 23223 60 273 57 271 68 265 60 257 23223 21362 60 271 57 268 68 266 58 258 21362 19422 59 277 52 266 66 267 57 261 19422 17399 50 282 43 261 57 267 54 264 17399 15339 45 284 37 260 54 268 42 273 15339 13353 46 278 36 260 45 269 35 277 13353 11545 42 278 42 258 35 267 31 276 11545 9939 38 272 45 250 31 264 30 272 9939 8514 33 258 42 240 33 271 27 275 8514 7249 29 259 37 239 44 261 26 282 7249 6126 29 264 35 245 45 255 27 277 6126 5129 33 262 34 248 32 248 27 267 5129 4249 34 250 31 245 24 243 25 255 4249 3472 33 242 28 239 21*240 23 243 3472 2775 31*237 24 232 18*236 22 234 2775 2161 27*234 20*226 17 233 20 231 2161 1649 22 232 17*222 15 230 17 224 1649 1256 21 231 14 220 14 229 14*218 1256 985 19 231 13 220 13 229 12*216 985 821 17 231 12 219 12 228 10 215 821 727 13 230 9 219 10 228 7 214 727 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