DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.7 - - 17.5 - - 9.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 38 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 1669 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 707 - - 707 - - 707 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1861 - - 2409 - - 724 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 796 - - 574 - - 1673 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 182 - - 165 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 348 - - 337 - - 002 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1025 - - -942 - - -1422 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2887 - - 3351 - - 2147 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12384 - - -12140 - - -14272 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14245 - - 14549 - - 14996 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 82 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.7 - - 17.5 - - 9.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.0 - - 5.7 - - 3.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 15.4 - - 17.3 - - 12.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 4.9 - - 4.6 - - 2.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 38 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 1669 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 28 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95354 85 236 87 235 102 240 95354 88106 92 242 88 247 85 249 88106 82630 86 251 82 259 77 262 82630 78049 77 269 80 272 78 272 78049 74060 74 282 72 272 74 279 74060 70518 74 282 72 280 74 283 70518 67323 75 279 79 287 76 284 67323 64404 74 280 80 286 78 286 64404 61707 75 283 80 284 79 285 61707 59098 79 283 82 280 79 284 59098 56364 80 281 81 279 78 284 56364 53503 79 281 80 280 77 284 53503 50741 77 281 79 280 77 280 50741 48229 78 281 78 280 77 277 48229 45955 79 282 77 280 76 276 45955 43879 81 280 76 278 76 277 43879 41979 79 280 75 279 78 277 41979 40231 79 282 75 280 75 278 40231 38618 82 277 72 281 76 282 38618 37128 79 269 76 282 79 283 37128 35752 75 266 79 275 78 278 35752 34443 70 268 58 275 67 280 34443 33135 55 274 44 289 59 287 33135 31790 41 285 46 298 56 292 31790 30399 44 286 49 298 55 295 30399 28945 44 289 49 294 56 294 28945 27415 46 287 50 294 54 294 27415 25807 51 285 52 294 50 294 25807 24121 55 282 52 292 49 293 24121 22358 59 282 51 290 49 294 22358 20521 59 282 53 286 48 292 20521 18606 56 283 56 282 47 292 18606 16614 55 285 57 279 48 287 16614 14592 54 283 55 279 47 287 14592 12649 47 286 52 281 45 288 12649 10887 39 297 42 289 40 288 10887 9334 35 296 33 296 30 288 9334 7968 29 291 27 297 22 300 7968 6763 22 293 21 294 19 309 6763 5695 16 300 16 296 17 310 5695 4754 13 301 14 292 16 310 4754 3931 10 301 12 293 14 311 3931 3212 9 300 10 305 10 324 3212 2576 7 303 8*329 7 355 2576 2019 3*327 8*334 8 005 2019 1556 3*345 8 337 9 006 1556 1201 3 347 8 338 9 006 1201 956 3 350 8 339 9 006 956 808 3 351 8 339 8*005 808 723 3 351 7 339 5*002 723 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