DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 82.3 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 184 - - 55 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2114 - - 4056 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1815 - - 2282 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2854 - - 4796 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1991 - - 1758 - - 83 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 298 - - 253 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 157 - - 179 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -6088 - - -5156 - - -7717 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8942 - - 9953 - - 8446 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11361 - - -9748 - - -14314 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14215 - - 14544 - - 15043 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 85 - - 34 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 82.3 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.8 - - 41.3 - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.0 - - 82.1 - - 75.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.0 - - 40.5 - - 37.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 184 - - 55 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2114 - - 4056 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 46 - - 41 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97573 55 246 47 243 46 257 97573 90357 42 243 39 247 34 247 90357 84750 29 243 37 237 32 244 84750 80063 19 253 26 238 27 249 80063 76026 15 271 15 255 15 247 76026 72462 16 248 18 271 11 242 72462 69221 18 227 22 267 14 271 69221 66251 18 243 26 262 24 283 66251 63527 22 260 27 249 25 272 63527 60894 28 268 27 271 25 262 60894 58138 33 272 33 280 29 269 58138 55282 45 279 41 275 37 273 55282 52577 53 272 49 264 45 266 52577 50160 57 265 53 255 49 257 50160 47992 62 261 56 248 51 246 47992 46019 65 255 59 241 54 239 46019 44206 66 249 63 238 56 236 44206 42527 70 243 65 237 61 232 42527 40958 67 243 61 236 64 228 40958 39480 60 247 52 243 59 228 39480 38084 55 253 46 250 49 233 38084 36735 53 256 45 256 38 250 36735 35366 51 257 45 261 36 264 35366 33952 47 256 44 262 32 269 33952 32489 40 250 40 264 27 279 32489 30961 36 242 37 273 25 299 30961 29352 29 246 35 283 26 303 29352 27663 26 261 34 282 25 293 27663 25895 27 268 35 278 25 288 25895 24050 33 282 35 280 25 286 24050 22127 35 288 33 287 24 293 22127 20123 37 290 32 298 26 303 20123 18034 41 296 37 302 30 304 18034 15906 45 293 39 298 33 300 15906 13848 42 290 37 295 32 297 13848 11969 35 274 36 284 30 289 11969 10296 25 247 29 269 24 278 10296 8810 19 216 26 246 20 258 8810 7491 19 210 24 221 21 231 7491 6324 19 211 21 215 19 207 6324 5292 16 202 19*196 18 196 5292 4381 14 193 18*183 18 191 4381 3575 14*185 17 181 19 185 3575 2854 13*170 17 180 20 179 2854 2216 12 156 16 178 21 175 2216 1684 12 155 16 177 21 171 1684 1275 11 153 15 176 20 167 1275 994 11 153 14 175 18 161 994 825 10 152 13 175 15*156 825 728 9 152 11 174 7*147 728 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