DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 72.4 - - 69.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 70 - - -56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4338 - - 1908 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3712 - - 711 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5078 - - 2648 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1915 - - 3525 - - 3740 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 464 - - 220 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 29 - - 23 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 217 - - 226 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -105 - - -1322 - - -1989 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5183 - - 3971 - - 2717 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1163 - - -2990 - - -3964 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6241 - - 5638 - - 4692 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 95 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1330 - - 1640 - - 1770 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 72.4 - - 69.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.1 - - 57.1 - - 59.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 72.1 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.4 - - 56.4 - - 58.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 70 - - -56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4338 - - 1908 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 80 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 11 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] 97824 13 241 13 269 14 264 97824 90389 15 224 19 255 14 281 90389 84668 13 222 18 250 13 267 84668 79887 13 226 13 239 14 236 79887 75741 12 226 9 233 11 231 75741 72068 14 247 16 243 15 255 72068 68744 16 245 22 247 19 275 68744 65692 13 252 21 233 25 256 65692 62858 18 278 18 265 19 273 62858 60111 33 279 31 271 26 280 60111 57248 33 261 30 274 34 279 57248 54279 33 267 40 277 45 280 54279 51453 38 273 46 274 49 277 51453 48930 43 275 48 273 50 277 48930 46689 44 277 48 274 51 278 46689 44668 45 279 50 276 51 279 44668 42826 46 283 46 274 54 280 42826 41133 44 284 40 283 55 278 41133 39575 43 287 44 294 44 278 39575 38138 39 283 48 290 41 285 38138 36800 34 279 39 285 46 280 36800 35510 34 285 33 282 45 271 35510 34198 36 286 30 280 42 275 34198 32839 36 284 29 282 37 280 32839 31436 34 282 27 274 33 278 31436 29970 32 283 28 271 30 278 29970 28427 29 286 31 272 31 277 28427 26806 29 284 30 270 33 275 26806 25105 32 280 31 262 34 273 25105 23326 35 272 35 265 33 280 23326 21474 38 264 34 264 33 284 21474 19542 42 263 32 262 33 283 19542 17526 46 262 42 269 35 277 17526 15471 44 263 43 267 42 273 15471 13494 42 264 37 259 38 274 13494 11694 37 256 38 261 36 260 11694 10087 46 248 46 257 37 249 10087 8651 52 249 42 249 40 244 8651 7370 51 254 40 239 41 242 7370 6230 42 257 43 234 40 239 6230 5216 34*251 42 231 39 233 5216 4322 32*244 39 227 37 229 4322 3531 31 238 36 223 35 227 3531 2821 30 234 32*221 32 225 2821 2195 30 232 28*219 30 226 2195 1671 29 231 25 217 27 226 1671 1269 29 230 23 217 24 226 1269 992 27 229 22 217 20 226 992 824 25 229 19 216 16*226 824 727 20 229 15 216 11*226 727 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