DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 74.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - -48 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2722 - - 16 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1839 - - 712 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3462 - - 729 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1474 - - 4839 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 259 - - 29 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 29 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 225 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -912 - - -2145 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4374 - - 2874 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3584 - - -4060 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7046 - - 4789 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 96 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 2340 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 74.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.2 - - 64.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.7 - - 63.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - -48 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2722 - - 16 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 85 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 96414 29 249 37 242 96414 89140 25 263 27 248 89140 83597 25 265 21 260 83597 79006 21 256 25 259 79006 75047 14 250 22 251 75047 71552 17 265 24 256 71552 68387 22 269 20 253 68387 65466 25 267 27 267 65466 62743 30 269 29 262 62743 60088 31 268 33 271 60088 57316 39 266 37 270 57316 54432 41 262 40 263 54432 51675 42 262 49 268 51675 49200 49 266 58 266 49200 47003 54 261 56 260 47003 45044 55 251 54 253 45044 43281 54 252 52 249 43281 41672 51 261 48 256 41672 40176 49 264 49 261 40176 38766 46 263 54 260 38766 37429 47 261 56 257 37429 36130 49 260 55 255 36130 34803 52 257 55 252 34803 33421 53 254 54 251 33421 31988 52 253 52 254 31988 30492 51 254 52 255 30492 28921 49 253 49 256 28921 27269 48 252 46 259 27269 25536 46 254 48 256 25536 23723 50 259 49 256 23723 21832 44 262 47 260 21832 19859 38 263 48 263 19859 17803 46 252 49 269 17803 15713 47 246 48 269 15713 13701 46 247 44 259 13701 11859 42 248 43 249 11859 10211 32 249 40 246 10211 8749 29 256 37 240 8749 7451 31 250 34 236 7451 6295 34 247 32 233 6295 5270 36 244 31 231 5270 4364 34 234 30 230 4364 3562 32*225 29 229 3562 2844 32*223 28 229 2844 2210 31 222 27 230 2210 1681 30 221 25 228 1681 1275 29 220 23 227 1275 995 27 219 20 226 995 826 24 219 17*225 826 728 19 218 12*225 728 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