DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/16 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 - - - - - - 74.4 - - 78.6 - - 74.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 228 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5925 - - 7908 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4785 - - 6300 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6665 - - 8648 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2310 - - 1592 - - 8363 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 460 - - 498 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 20 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 269 - - 278 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1261 - - 102 - - -7829 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5404 - - 8547 - - 8558 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -139 - - -2351 - - -10351 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6804 - - 10999 - - 11080 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 57 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 320 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 78.6 - - 74.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 43.4 - - 39.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.5 - - 77.4 - - 76.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 42.6 - - 38.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 228 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5925 - - 7908 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 96904 25 255 24 277 22 257 96904 89709 23 235 24 249 25 282 89709 84212 13 239 22 242 26 277 84212 79645 9 223 19 230 22 273 79645 75698 10 233 19 237 19 271 75698 72179 13 249 17 239 19 251 72179 68963 17 255 21 251 19 241 68963 65990 34 243 30 255 29 250 65990 63233 32 230 31 237 31 241 63233 60573 30 242 36 244 38 243 60573 57778 41 241 42 221 38 244 57778 54855 49 248 49 257 53 250 54855 52068 63 246 62 250 56 249 52068 49561 63 239 67 238 53 252 49561 47314 56 239 57 239 48 257 47314 45273 52 244 51 242 50 257 45273 43407 56 249 46 245 45 253 43407 41695 62 246 45 249 43 262 41695 40113 65 242 46 255 43 269 40113 38641 63 238 47 258 32 278 38641 37262 56 238 41 256 25 288 37262 35940 52 239 36 252 19 299 35940 34607 51 240 35 251 16 308 34607 33226 50 240 33 248 14 318 33226 31799 50 240 29 245 13 338 31799 30308 49 240 25 248 12 356 30308 28742 46 243 22 261 11 353 28742 27098 45 249 24 267 11 350 27098 25375 48 252 21 266 11 347 25375 23574 46 255 16 264 11 325 23574 21698 33 264 15 269 16 306 21698 19743 25 261 21 274 22 300 19743 17697 28 254 25 270 25 302 17697 15604 32 264 26 276 24 304 15604 13584 35 267 30 278 26 293 13584 11750 33 271 30 274 24 289 11750 10126 30 280 25 274 24 298 10126 8683 28 284 22*272 24 288 8683 7397 28*283 22*273 21 277 7397 6251 28*277 21 274 19 272 6251 5235 27 275 21 276 17 274 5235 4337 27 273 21 277 16 278 4337 3543 25 267 20 279 15 283 3543 2831 24 266 20 280 14 288 2831 2201 24 265 20 281 13 292 2201 1675 23 264 19 282 12 296 1675 1271 23 264 18 282 12 298 1271 993 22 264 18 282 10 300 993 824 20 263 17 282 8*299 824 728 17 263 14 283 5*300 728 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