DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 73.7 - - 69.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - -12 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1909 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 711 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 2649 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 2636 - - 2158 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 106 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 353 - - 019 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -2952 - - -4306 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5602 - - 5034 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -9925 - - -12415 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 12574 - - 13143 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 690 - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 73.7 - - 69.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 51.9 - - 50.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 74.3 - - 70.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 51.0 - - 49.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - -12 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1909 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8 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] 98782 5 146 3 101 98782 91388 7 167 2 088 91388 85653 4 219 3 080 85653 80887 3 206 2 006 80887 76785 5 250 3 245 76785 73146 10 261 9 235 73146 69848 10 266 12 281 69848 66830 9 279 9 292 66830 64042 16 288 15 274 64042 61359 27 235 22 246 61359 58558 25 292 17 303 58558 55666 51 281 47 290 55666 52954 59 267 54 269 52954 50528 54 269 51 276 50528 48355 63 281 63 284 48355 46397 77 284 78 290 46397 44604 80 280 88 286 44604 42942 77 277 86 283 42942 41383 77 277 83 282 41383 39911 76 278 81 282 39911 38517 75 277 77 280 38517 37163 73 275 74 277 37163 35781 70 273 73 274 35781 34341 68 272 74 272 34341 32846 67 272 71 272 32846 31282 67 271 67 273 31282 29635 68 269 65 276 29635 27909 65 273 62 280 27909 26103 59 277 60 282 26103 24218 56 278 59 288 24218 22260 56 278 56 291 22260 20219 52 275 53 288 20219 18092 45 274 49 287 18092 15925 35 260 44 286 15925 13833 37 255 42 285 13833 11924 38 266 40 281 11924 10226 32 273 38 277 10226 8725 27 265 27 266 8725 7403 22 267 21 286 7403 6238 12 278 15 317 6238 5213 10 338 16 350 5213 4313 17 356 17 008 4313 3520 20 356 17 023 3520 2811 21*355 17 033 2811 2185 21*354 17 033 2185 1665 21 354 16 026 1665 1265 20 353 15 022 1265 990 18 352 13 021 990 823 16 352 11*020 823 727 12 351 7*019 727 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