DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 75.8 - - 78.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 144 - - 166 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1953 - - 2286 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1599 - - 1898 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2693 - - 3026 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 869 - - 2033 - - 6721 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 270 - - 297 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 24 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 177 - - 186 - - 196 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 637 - - 363 - - -3443 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2056 - - 2663 - - 4173 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 566 - - -80 - - -4825 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2127 - - 3106 - - 5555 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 95 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1170 - - 2390 - - 2040 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 75.8 - - 78.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.0 - - 66.1 - - 62.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.2 - - 75.0 - - 79.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.6 - - 65.8 - - 62.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 144 - - 166 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1953 - - 2286 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 81 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 12 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] 96838 30 256 37 272 33 286 96838 89630 20 267 25 277 24 291 89630 84128 29 266 24 291 28 296 84128 79563 24 236 27 260 33 283 79563 75615 19 236 23 243 24 253 75615 72087 23 264 27 266 25 270 72087 68860 31 262 35 263 34 259 68860 65894 40 244 40 253 46 253 65894 63155 37 240 41 250 46 248 63155 60506 37 259 41 259 36 259 60506 57721 51 259 47 260 41 265 57721 54813 54 255 51 254 54 256 54813 52054 50 259 49 256 56 255 52054 49584 58 262 51 264 59 261 49584 47380 68 262 72 264 68 257 47380 45392 78 262 84 258 62 253 45392 43565 75 258 81 256 65 262 43565 41879 73 262 81 259 83 271 41879 40337 73 264 86 261 78 273 40337 38915 67 262 89 261 61 276 38915 37577 57 258 86 262 52 273 37577 36276 54 251 79 263 48 268 36276 34947 56 252 70 264 48 266 34947 33560 57 255 68 265 45 261 33560 32118 57 256 66 264 43 257 32118 30606 55 256 59 262 42 252 30606 29012 52 254 57 263 42 248 29012 27337 51 251 53 261 42 244 27337 25582 49 248 48 263 42 241 25582 23749 42 249 47 255 45 240 23749 21843 37 247 46 247 47 236 21843 19859 32 242 42 241 51 231 19859 17793 30 243 36 239 44 229 17793 15698 25 249 28 234 34 224 15698 13689 21 251 25 232 36 209 13689 11857 20 252 22 233 34 206 11857 10223 20 234 23 235 36 210 10223 8768 24 225 25 236 37 213 8768 7471 27 224 28 230 36 213 7471 6316 27 219 31 224 35 209 6316 5289 26 214 31 217 34 206 5289 4383 26 209 31 211 34 203 4383 3579 25 202 29*202 34 201 3579 2859 23*181 28*196 33 200 2859 2222 23*179 25 187 32 199 2222 1689 22 178 24 184 30 198 1689 1279 21 177 23 182 27 198 1279 998 20 176 22 181 24 197 998 826 18 176 20 180 20*197 826 729 15 175 16 179 15*196 729 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