DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/25 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 - - - - - - 52.1 - - 54.8 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - 27 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 536 - - 1018 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1276 - - 1758 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 599 - - 1037 - - 1488 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 95 - - 124 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 086 - - 104 - - 103 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4374 - - -4171 - - -3439 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5650 - - 5930 - - 4166 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12957 - - -11298 - - -9602 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14233 - - 13056 - - 10329 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 54.8 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.5 - - 31.9 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 54.8 - - 53.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.2 - - 31.7 - - 36.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - 27 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 536 - - 1018 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 97048 51 265 54 268 48 261 97048 89815 34 254 40 253 42 265 89815 84236 30 237 36 254 38 266 84236 79615 24 249 29 250 34 265 79615 75634 24 248 21 257 22 264 75634 72104 19 249 17 264 14 252 72104 68892 19 243 20 274 13 262 68892 65924 18 258 24 276 18 279 65924 63170 18 272 25 272 22 285 63170 60504 18 289 22 265 24 277 60504 57725 24 294 23 275 25 275 57725 54836 30 280 29 277 31 279 54836 52080 35 270 37 275 36 272 52080 49606 41 266 43 276 37 274 49606 47398 45 264 55 268 43 274 47398 45418 54 257 65 251 48 250 45418 43633 48 263 45 259 41 263 43633 42002 64 298 68 298 45 286 42002 40487 85 295 70 288 63 266 40487 39059 87 283 69 278 58 267 39059 37706 80 277 67 274 51 277 37706 36390 74 274 62 274 49 278 36390 35042 69 271 61 265 51 271 35042 33633 65 267 59 264 50 265 33633 32169 64 261 58 265 48 269 32169 30634 62 257 57 265 43 271 30634 29017 60 256 56 264 41 268 29017 27317 57 260 49 264 39 262 27317 25537 55 259 46 257 36 264 25537 23681 51 257 44 257 29 285 23681 21750 44 266 38 275 26 296 21750 19737 39 275 29 288 23 307 19737 17638 34 279 23 284 16 298 17638 15504 25 269 17 269 11 263 15504 13460 17 254 13 248 11 250 13460 11611 9 271 10 263 6 264 11611 9973 12 236 15 251 8 318 9973 8521 16 217 13 246 7 300 8521 7235 16 213 8 235 7 244 7235 6097 9 204 9 195 5 206 6097 5092 6 159 9 157 2 161 5092 4210 9 144 11 142 6 145 4210 3435 12 144 11 134 12 138 3435 2746 13 133 14 123 16 133 2746 2138 15 121 15*116 18 124 2138 1633 14*113 13*109 16 114 1633 1246 12*092 11 104 14 107 1246 980 10 085 10 102 12 105 980 818 9 083 9 101 10*104 818 726 8 082 8 101 5*103 726 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