DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 77.1 - - 76.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 15 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2366 - - 1055 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1957 - - 712 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3106 - - 1795 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2395 - - 1606 - - 1199 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 301 - - 132 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 12 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 220 - - 191 - - 162 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 359 - - -202 - - -196 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2747 - - 1997 - - 925 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -483 - - -3052 - - -3058 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3589 - - 4847 - - 3787 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 99 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2450 - - 3430 - - 3160 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 76.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 70.1 - - 70.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 77.0 - - 73.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 69.0 - - 70.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 15 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2366 - - 1055 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 82 - - 95 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 16 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] 96744 28 268 35 289 21 287 96744 89512 16 277 26 257 30 296 89512 84010 15 278 17 261 28 269 84010 79476 18 260 20 276 22 265 79476 75574 11 244 14 256 17 257 75574 72092 12 261 10 238 17 247 72092 68908 19 249 19 243 19 247 68908 65965 21 256 20 240 16 260 65965 63217 22 259 29 265 24 263 63217 60539 29 261 32 260 29 254 60539 57748 39 252 32 250 36 256 57748 54865 44 253 39 256 46 253 54865 52126 52 262 52 257 51 252 52126 49673 62 257 57 257 56 253 49673 47481 68 253 65 257 61 258 47481 45505 78 253 76 255 78 260 45505 43720 88 248 85 253 88 259 43720 42089 87 242 88 255 89 262 42089 40575 81 242 88 258 89 265 40575 39149 79 247 88 261 86 266 39149 37797 80 249 86 262 83 267 37797 36484 79 249 82 262 80 266 36484 35142 78 249 77 261 79 264 35142 33745 76 250 70 261 76 262 33745 32294 76 251 64 262 71 260 32294 30774 76 254 59 259 66 258 30774 29173 74 257 58 258 66 259 29173 27492 64 256 57 261 61 257 27492 25730 52 253 54 259 64 260 25730 23890 54 255 54 254 64 260 23890 21976 48 256 52 254 57 257 21976 19983 45 259 51 256 51 258 19983 17915 44 256 46 247 45 259 17915 15814 40 251 48 242 38 258 15814 13792 37 249 48 244 34 253 13792 11945 37 248 40 249 35 251 11945 10297 35 248 33 250 36 248 10297 8825 29 253 32 246 36 242 8825 7512 26 246 32 240 39 238 7512 6343 28 241 33 234 38 232 6343 5305 30 243 33 232 35 216 5305 4390 29 243 32 231 36 204 4390 3582 27*240 29 228 34 200 3582 2857 22*230 23 218 31 195 2857 2217 19 220 18*205 27 185 2217 1684 18 218 14*195 25 172 1684 1276 17 217 13 191 22 165 1276 996 17 216 12 189 19 163 996 826 15 216 11 188 16*163 826 728 13 215 9 187 11*162 728 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