DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 80.6 - - 75.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 162 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2931 - - 5620 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2369 - - 4324 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3671 - - 6360 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1077 - - 1622 - - 5286 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 325 - - 397 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 29 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 219 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -733 - - -52 - - -4710 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4404 - - 6413 - - 5439 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3238 - - -819 - - -8593 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6909 - - 7179 - - 9322 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 89 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 530 - - 980 - - 690 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 80.6 - - 75.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 54.9 - - 54.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.3 - - 80.0 - - 77.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 54.5 - - 54.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 162 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2931 - - 5620 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 57 - - 54 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96584 35 247 40 259 47 265 96584 89193 27 243 30 249 35 262 89193 83594 26 246 27 231 26 254 83594 79011 25 248 24 252 23 257 79011 75065 19 246 23 260 22 274 75065 71575 15 263 18 254 22 280 71575 68408 22 272 20 263 20 264 68408 65480 27 262 29 279 25 274 65480 62769 31 259 36 267 32 278 62769 60149 32 266 39 267 34 266 60149 57398 41 274 40 267 31 265 57398 54518 51 269 46 278 48 270 54518 51769 57 268 57 274 55 271 51769 49299 62 268 62 264 60 269 49299 47093 62 262 59 258 62 265 47093 45104 56 263 55 263 60 264 45104 43303 54 276 55 271 57 271 43303 41668 58 280 61 278 60 275 41668 40166 59 272 65 280 64 274 40166 38759 54 267 64 281 67 272 38759 37426 55 267 60 278 62 272 37426 36133 57 267 60 272 54 272 36133 34813 59 268 59 269 52 273 34813 33436 59 269 57 271 52 274 33436 32007 56 267 52 275 50 274 32007 30508 54 263 49 276 47 275 30508 28932 48 262 49 276 40 278 28932 27281 44 264 45 269 35 277 27281 25551 40 269 38 264 33 274 25551 23745 36 269 31 271 29 277 23745 21863 31 271 29 277 27 287 21863 19903 27 274 28 276 28 296 19903 17856 25 275 26 269 25 294 17856 15761 27 276 27 271 21 293 15761 13736 30 274 28 274 22 301 13736 11886 28 270 28 270 23 303 11886 10235 31 264 31 269 21 290 10235 8766 39 237 37 258 23 267 8766 7459 36 223 35*240 30 249 7459 6299 33 225 31*224 35 232 6299 5272 33 239 31 222 36 225 5272 4365 33*235 31 220 38 217 4365 3565 30*224 30 219 38 213 3565 2847 29 218 30 217 38 210 2847 2212 28 217 29 216 37 207 2212 1682 27 216 28 216 34 204 1682 1275 26 215 28 215 31 202 1275 995 24 215 26 215 26 200 995 825 22 214 24 214 22*200 825 728 18 214 19 214 16*198 728 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