DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 78.2 - - 76.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 112 - - -2 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 863 - - 567 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 711 - - 712 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1603 - - 1307 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 785 - - 1394 - - 217 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 189 - - 53 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 140 - - 166 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4302 - - -5138 - - -4316 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5905 - - 6445 - - 5045 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10342 - - -9819 - - -8326 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11945 - - 11126 - - 9055 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 78.2 - - 76.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.4 - - 52.7 - - 56.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.7 - - 78.6 - - 78.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.8 - - 51.9 - - 56.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 112 - - -2 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 863 - - 567 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 10 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] 97867 14 248 20 248 14 276 97867 90644 18 266 16 267 14 256 90644 85045 20 248 11 279 11 255 85045 80380 10 211 10 291 8 297 80380 76349 6 141 8 292 10 330 76349 72799 7 069 2 271 11 325 72799 69611 3 070 2 127 6 291 69611 66686 6 353 3 301 5 326 66686 63973 10 326 6 282 9 319 63973 61351 13 309 11 278 10 293 61351 58619 15 298 17 267 20 291 58619 55795 29 288 32 283 32 288 55795 53126 37 276 36 277 37 280 53126 50729 35 288 34 288 34 290 50729 48569 47 300 55 302 55 304 48569 46603 64 303 66 301 64 297 46603 44793 72 300 75 300 68 295 44793 43113 74 296 78 296 65 291 43113 41544 69 292 71 296 60 289 41544 40066 60 293 55 288 50 292 40066 38665 53 294 49 283 43 280 38665 37303 47 294 44 281 42 279 37303 35911 41 291 39 274 40 275 35911 34458 35 283 35 277 38 268 34458 32951 29 272 36 269 37 255 32951 31373 32 261 39 259 42 251 31373 29711 34 261 39 260 40 245 29711 27970 31 265 36 265 36 248 27970 26147 31 266 33 269 36 254 26147 24247 30 253 30 271 33 248 24247 22280 26 243 26 269 30 245 22280 20242 24 241 26 263 28 247 20242 18121 23 243 26 258 26 249 18121 15957 25 243 26 253 25 252 15957 13878 27 236 25 238 26 254 13878 11995 26 232 26 228 25 246 11995 10324 29 226 30 228 26 236 10324 8844 31 225 29 232 24 233 8844 7529 29 234 24 237 21 225 7529 6360 29 241 21 235 20 220 6360 5323 27 241 20 232 19 213 5323 4407 22 243 22 228 19 208 4407 3595 17 245 22 220 19 204 3595 2869 14 242 20 207 19 199 2869 2226 12 225 16 193 18 191 2226 1690 7*189 12*173 16 175 1690 1279 4*150 10*167 15 151 1279 996 4 138 9 166 14 133 996 825 4 136 8 165 12*127 825 728 3 134 6 165 6*118 728 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