DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 76.7 - - 68.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 222 - - 24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3029 - - 4495 - - 1458 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2721 - - 3648 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3769 - - 5235 - - 2198 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 872 - - 956 - - 1549 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 417 - - 408 - - 137 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 086 - - 091 - - 110 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1075 - - -244 - - -193 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4845 - - 5479 - - 2391 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4111 - - -2190 - - -1352 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7880 - - 7425 - - 3550 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 90 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 76.7 - - 68.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 55.1 - - 60.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.0 - - 75.3 - - 68.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.6 - - 54.6 - - 59.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 222 - - 24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3029 - - 4495 - - 1458 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 62 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 11 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] 98270 8 112 11 121 13 086 98270 90849 17 101 8 115 9 079 90849 85149 12 122 8 093 8 108 85149 80411 6 118 5 115 3 077 80411 76317 6 062 5 146 2 335 76317 72693 9 341 4 104 2 009 72693 69420 4 182 3 035 2 314 69420 66415 6 212 2 284 7 287 66415 63629 10 235 11 225 13 257 63629 60934 11 243 14 218 15 238 60934 58119 19 237 17 235 16 214 58119 55197 31 236 24 242 21 235 55197 52414 34 219 30 227 26 235 52414 49924 30 238 29 223 30 231 49924 47715 44 248 37 240 33 228 47715 45738 58 223 50 224 40 223 45738 43955 58 209 51 216 55 218 43955 42323 56 218 58 222 66 203 42323 40798 69 222 65 219 67 194 40798 39361 69 221 71 204 66 189 39361 37999 63 218 66 200 61 187 37999 36672 60 215 58 207 55 191 36672 35316 55 209 54 207 49 194 35316 33901 49 215 50 205 41 194 33901 32430 43 213 46 205 38 196 32430 30889 41 217 42 206 36 198 30889 29264 37 219 37 210 33 201 29264 27557 31 221 31 219 32 202 27557 25768 26 217 27 231 30 203 25768 23899 25 210 28 224 28 204 23899 21955 22 208 29 209 26 206 21955 19933 20 197 22 192 25 198 19933 17828 20 191 13 169 27 168 17828 15688 13 179 11 130 25 148 15688 13636 10 142 15 126 11 136 13636 11782 7 138 13 123 6 050 11782 10141 7 130 9 129 9 041 10141 8682 7 131 7 147 9 054 8682 7380 10 133 6 136 11 083 7380 6226 15 130 7*116 12 076 6226 5205 15 131 9*095 12 069 5205 4307 14*107 10 093 13 073 4307 3515 15*091 10 092 12 081 3515 2808 15 088 11 091 12*091 2808 2184 15 086 11 090 12*104 2184 1664 15 085 11 090 12 110 1664 1264 14 084 10 089 12 112 1264 990 14 083 10 090 11 113 990 823 13 083 10 089 10 113 823 728 12 082 9 090 9 114 728 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