DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 53.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 183 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8092 - - 5231 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6467 - - 4090 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8832 - - 5971 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2999 - - 2777 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 508 - - 400 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 29 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 312 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 27 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -87 - - -612 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8919 - - 6583 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1559 - - -1364 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10391 - - 7335 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 53.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.8 - - 27.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.8 - - 53.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.7 - - 27.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 183 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8092 - - 5231 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 95 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - 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] 97066 18 237 25 244 97066 89736 40 265 42 267 89736 84178 46 258 46 264 84178 79568 32 250 39 254 79568 75555 26 243 34 234 75555 71968 24 258 30 237 71968 68705 35 261 35 247 68705 65694 41 242 35 243 65694 62882 34 233 39 259 62882 60151 35 261 43 256 60151 57300 43 261 44 263 57300 54338 43 268 49 272 54338 51504 52 269 58 275 51504 48951 60 264 63 271 48951 46656 62 262 62 267 46656 44561 61 265 58 270 44561 42636 59 266 61 278 42636 40868 60 275 66 282 40868 39237 71 280 72 283 39237 37727 81 277 78 283 37727 36324 82 278 80 282 36324 34984 86 282 81 284 34984 33642 93 283 88 286 33642 32271 98 283 94 286 32271 30866 98 285 94 287 30866 29404 100 290 94 288 29404 27866 102 293 93 290 27866 26253 102 294 91 293 26253 24566 99 294 87 294 24566 22805 97 294 84 293 22805 20970 94 294 81 293 20970 19056 89 296 77 294 19056 17058 86 298 73 295 17058 15016 76 299 69 295 15016 13051 56 291 65 293 13051 11278 52 284 57 290 11278 9715 50*282 50 288 9715 8325 42*276 45 286 8325 7088 40 275 36 286 7088 5991 35 271 28*295 5991 5018 30 269 27*301 5018 4161 27 268 26 308 4161 3404 24 268 26 312 3404 2726 22 268 26 314 2726 2126 22 269 26 315 2126 1626 21 269 25 316 1626 1243 20 269 25 316 1243 978 19 269 24 317 978 818 18 269 22 317 818 726 15 269 18 317 726 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