DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - - - - - 76.3 - - 78.1 - - 74.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 56 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3278 - - 3761 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2520 - - 2371 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4018 - - 4501 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1401 - - 1267 - - 3990 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 317 - - 268 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 175 - - 202 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1166 - - -909 - - -1927 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5184 - - 5410 - - 2656 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8037 - - -6760 - - -3498 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12055 - - 11261 - - 4227 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 73 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.3 - - 78.1 - - 74.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 57.0 - - 65.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.5 - - 77.7 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 55.6 - - 64.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 56 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3278 - - 3761 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 13 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] 99364 26 120 22 085 23 083 99364 91898 23 097 16 114 20 083 91898 86125 17 093 19 087 17 099 86125 81327 18 105 13 075 15 070 81327 77188 17 105 11 113 11 051 77188 73530 13 100 12 124 5 069 73530 70213 11 117 6 095 5 089 70213 67162 9 107 5 103 2 134 67162 64336 2 069 2 097 3 155 64336 61602 4 321 7 310 4 015 61602 58773 6 324 11 274 12 311 58773 55863 15 327 11 286 21 298 55863 53103 28 310 23 298 24 289 53103 50624 37 307 32 306 29 308 50624 48403 45 301 41 297 41 299 48403 46404 47 296 50 300 40 298 46404 44587 43 295 51 296 42 316 44587 42916 37 297 60 305 58 309 42916 41364 37 299 61 304 62 301 41364 39905 39 300 50 298 64 296 39905 38525 41 306 45 295 54 294 38525 37184 45 315 43 292 50 291 37184 35811 46 310 39 293 51 289 35811 34378 39 306 38 295 49 289 34378 32889 35 303 39 300 42 288 32889 31330 31 300 38 305 25 296 31330 29687 23 289 35 308 23 298 29687 27957 26 288 34 302 22 297 27957 26142 24 289 32 305 26 308 26142 24249 25 292 26 293 32 311 24249 22288 26 295 24 295 24 305 22288 20251 26 300 21 308 21 304 20251 18130 25 309 18 316 19 312 18130 15970 22 313 22 325 20 321 15970 13888 15 309 21 324 23 338 13888 11993 14 317 16 310 18 330 11993 10310 12 318 14 317 16 307 10310 8817 11 309 14 323 17 304 8817 7492 11 314 12 321 18 304 7492 6318 6 307 8 298 16 299 6318 5282 4 249 6*256 13 287 5282 4372 5*193 4*216 7 243 4372 3569 5*180 3 210 6 220 3569 2850 6 176 3 204 5 200 2850 2214 6 174 3 199 4 180 2214 1683 6 173 3 193 4 166 1683 1276 5 172 3 190 4 155 1276 996 5 172 3 188 4 148 996 826 5 171 2 190 4*141 826 728 4 171 2 188 3*136 728 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