DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - - - - - 69.9 - - 67.2 - - 65.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -16 - - -38 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1351 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 712 - - 711 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2091 - - 729 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2502 - - 2525 - - 1801 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 129 - - 23 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 32 - - 18 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 191 - - 195 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 581 - - -446 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1510 - - 1175 - - 728 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -507 - - -1889 - - -862 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2598 - - 2618 - - 1591 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 87 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 630 - - 730 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.9 - - 67.2 - - 65.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 64.1 - - 64.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 68.3 - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.3 - - 63.6 - - 64.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -16 - - -38 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1351 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 48 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 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] 96673 22 245 23 259 33 255 96673 89447 18 257 18 263 18 260 89447 83903 11 251 17 264 14 302 83903 79312 5 260 12 262 16 296 79312 75360 7 302 6 301 9 298 75360 71867 12 302 11 312 8 320 71867 68698 16 294 16 298 12 310 68698 65776 18 282 20 281 17 296 65776 63051 18 281 19 270 22 287 63051 60394 17 280 21 270 26 278 60394 57616 26 263 23 267 25 272 57616 54730 31 256 29 262 27 268 54730 51974 36 235 37 251 29 253 51974 49505 36 236 41 244 29 249 49505 47307 52 241 46 245 34 253 47307 45328 68 224 62 224 47 242 45328 43536 64 213 80 216 54 233 43536 41892 64 215 82 212 62 222 41892 40362 64 210 80 205 83 215 40362 38923 64 210 80 201 92 209 38923 37560 63 210 79 203 92 209 37560 36235 64 213 79 208 92 211 36235 34882 62 214 77 210 92 211 34882 33474 56 211 72 210 90 209 33474 32014 52 205 70 210 82 209 32014 30490 49 202 73 214 75 212 30490 28889 48 207 74 216 72 215 28889 27208 48 212 75 215 72 210 27208 25453 49 217 70 213 71 210 25453 23629 52 218 61 209 68 215 23629 21741 56 217 58 210 61 220 21741 19777 60 220 56 213 56 221 19777 17728 63 217 55 220 56 224 17728 15634 64 214 58 230 55 221 15634 13613 61 210 56 233 51 224 13613 11773 60 211 54 231 50 232 11773 10137 58 215 51 227 50 236 10137 8681 57 217 50 222 51 236 8681 7385 58 215 53 217 50 231 7385 6234 59 212 56 214 50 229 6234 5214 58 205 56 207 51 225 5214 4316 53 198 56 200 53 219 4316 3524 49 195 55 197 53 214 3524 2814 47 194 52 198 50 209 2814 2187 42*193 48 198 45 207 2187 1665 39*192 41 198 40 204 1665 1265 35 191 35 197 34 202 1265 990 31 191 29 196 29 201 990 823 27 190 25*196 26*201 823 728 20 190 18*195 18*200 728 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