DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.2 - - 85.8 - - 79.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 0 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1827 - - 2779 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1403 - - 712 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2567 - - 3519 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1141 - - 1374 - - 1515 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 249 - - 168 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 190 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1654 - - -1352 - - -2173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4222 - - 4871 - - 2903 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6759 - - -6479 - - -6992 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9326 - - 9998 - - 7722 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 88 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 310 - - 570 - - 670 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.2 - - 85.8 - - 79.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 66.9 - - 69.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.7 - - 86.0 - - 81.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.7 - - 65.5 - - 68.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 0 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1827 - - 2779 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 51 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 15 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] 99151 11 103 10 098 10 063 99151 91702 14 104 16 100 14 064 91702 85954 14 099 11 084 14 088 85954 81184 10 110 7 070 14 071 81184 77080 9 099 6 110 10 024 77080 73459 7 100 7 090 3 015 73459 70180 7 106 5 079 6 029 70180 67173 9 100 7 116 4 007 67173 64400 9 079 6 105 3 137 64400 61724 8 045 4 082 5 151 61724 58944 10 347 8 337 4 007 58944 56083 12 302 11 294 13 316 56083 53374 16 318 9 313 20 315 53374 50947 23 317 14 318 18 310 50947 48764 22 327 18 325 16 303 48764 46780 30 330 29 321 19 295 46780 44974 28 317 33 306 19 292 44974 43312 24 323 32 303 26 308 43312 41757 33 325 30 310 31 311 41757 40290 36 327 29 310 26 295 40290 38901 30 328 24 311 25 292 38901 37549 20 306 21 301 27 297 37549 36165 21 295 22 296 27 300 36165 34721 17 296 23 295 26 302 34721 33220 18 292 25 296 26 301 33220 31646 21 286 27 296 26 297 31646 29989 25 281 25 294 26 288 29989 28249 26 281 22 296 26 278 28249 26429 24 289 22 293 27 275 26429 24530 21 293 20 291 26 280 24530 22554 17 292 17 299 21 292 22554 20497 14 296 15 307 18 313 20497 18354 12 297 14 306 18 317 18354 16172 12 288 13 286 19 290 16172 14072 13 257 16 279 19 285 14072 12162 12 219 14 259 16 294 12162 10462 12 210 12 242 9 284 10462 8951 9 212 10 226 5 260 8951 7610 7 201 10 200 3 250 7610 6420 9 181 14 185 3 265 6420 5364 12 209 14 207 4 249 5364 4433 15 225 16 208 8 222 4433 3615 17 222 18*197 17 203 3615 2884 17*215 17*194 22 197 2884 2239 13*199 17 192 22 194 2239 1699 13 198 16 190 21 193 1699 1285 12 197 15 189 20 190 1285 1000 12 195 14 188 16 187 1000 827 11 194 12 188 13*185 827 729 9 194 10 187 6*183 729 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