DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - - - - 24.2 - - 29.0 - - 28.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 17 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 558 - - 956 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 708 - - 708 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1298 - - 1696 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 551 - - 776 - - 1604 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 96 - - 106 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 201 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -396 - - -181 - - -651 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1694 - - 1877 - - 1377 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12103 - - -8701 - - -1308 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13401 - - 10397 - - 2034 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 92 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.2 - - 29.0 - - 28.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.7 - - 23.5 - - 25.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.3 - - 29.0 - - 29.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.2 - - 22.9 - - 25.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 17 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 558 - - 956 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 67 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95840 52 249 50 252 52 262 95840 88778 32 280 29 260 32 283 88778 83344 20 267 31 273 30 294 83344 78789 20 312 30 269 32 297 78789 74843 21 316 27 276 26 286 74843 71341 18 314 24 277 22 298 71341 68154 27 310 20 287 28 308 68154 65216 31 306 27 306 35 312 65216 62487 33 307 29 311 34 305 62487 59827 32 303 30 312 30 304 59827 57022 31 312 38 315 37 322 57022 54101 42 321 39 319 47 325 54101 51312 46 327 45 325 50 329 51312 48786 44 338 47 330 53 335 48786 46506 62 341 53 337 58 336 46506 44431 67 332 58 336 66 334 44431 42537 63 325 66 328 75 329 42537 40804 59 330 70 319 72 327 40804 39208 62 335 67 318 68 333 39208 37721 70 338 64 324 72 335 37721 36328 85 342 65 334 80 338 36328 34994 102 341 73 341 94 341 34994 33653 109 340 87 340 99 337 33653 32273 108 341 96 334 92 332 32273 30861 110 342 95 329 84 331 30861 29398 110 342 84 324 74 328 29398 27860 108 345 77 330 74 327 27860 26244 89 342 82 335 73 328 26244 24546 79 334 88 335 62 329 24546 22771 75 327 91 333 55 332 22771 20918 66 322 92 332 59 326 20918 18985 58 317 86 336 64 328 18985 16976 52 315 65 332 61 334 16976 14934 48 315 57 315 53 328 14934 12970 44 313 54 313 48 324 12970 11189 34 307 35 322 39 322 11189 9608 30 302 36 315 36 317 9608 8202 28 299 34 297 33 318 8202 6951 26 299 33 283 29 320 6951 5844 25 294 29 287 28 312 5844 4876 25 280 29 282 30 291 4876 4036 25 264 28 272 26 277 4036 3298 24 259 25 256 24 264 3298 2640 21 244 22 238 25 240 2640 2063 20 218 18*216 23 210 2063 1585 19*209 14*203 21 201 1585 1218 16*203 13 202 19 196 1218 965 15 203 12 200 16 192 965 812 13 202 11 200 14*190 812 725 10 202 9 199 11*190 725 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