DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 56.7 - - 57.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 12 - - -27 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 524 - - 98 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1264 - - 838 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1037 - - 1947 - - 1304 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 80 - - 24 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 18 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 185 - - 166 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 380 - - -108 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 884 - - 946 - - 727 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 39 - - -719 - - -2133 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1225 - - 1557 - - 2861 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 120 - - 320 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 56.7 - - 57.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 54.7 - - 56.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 57.6 - - 58.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.0 - - 54.5 - - 56.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 12 - - -27 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 524 - - 98 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 96433 57 254 50 263 40 266 96433 89195 36 240 37 259 30 264 89195 83675 23 236 25 254 19 259 83675 79106 18 246 16 242 14 242 79106 75166 17 212 13 228 7 222 75166 71673 13 208 16 242 13 241 71673 68528 13 251 22 251 21 233 68528 65637 13 259 22 256 25 243 65637 62934 40 265 37 253 35 246 62934 60311 39 253 44 254 42 246 60311 57550 39 260 40 249 41 241 57550 54638 48 259 53 252 48 248 54638 51830 59 257 60 241 62 251 51830 49314 66 250 55 252 62 250 49314 47083 63 244 64 250 57 240 47083 45074 60 252 54 244 51 231 45074 43234 78 255 63 258 59 249 43234 41541 80 248 85 254 91 242 41541 39980 79 245 96 246 94 240 39980 38524 82 246 88 243 91 243 38524 37159 88 248 83 242 91 245 37159 35840 85 248 74 241 94 246 35840 34502 72 245 70 241 93 243 34502 33118 62 239 71 241 88 237 33118 31691 63 235 74 241 80 231 31691 30200 67 238 77 241 77 228 30200 28630 68 241 77 242 74 228 28630 26981 64 243 78 244 71 229 26981 25251 56 243 83 244 73 233 25251 23444 55 245 86 240 78 238 23444 21564 61 243 88 231 76 238 21564 19605 60 242 87 223 72 232 19605 17564 56 238 79 220 70 230 17564 15482 55 226 71 220 70 230 15482 13475 45 215 66 217 68 231 13475 11649 42 214 66 203 64 227 11649 10025 38 204 63 199 64 223 10025 8581 34 201 55 192 68 216 8581 7298 32 205 50 186 67 207 7298 6158 30 206 46 185 65 201 6158 5149 29 205 47 187 65 194 5149 4259 33 210 49 187 63 186 4259 3475 39 214 47 181 60 178 3475 2776 39 204 43 173 56 174 2776 2160 37 189 39 170 50 168 2160 1647 35*188 34 168 43 162 1647 1254 31*185 30 167 37 159 1254 984 27 185 26*167 31 156 984 821 24 184 22*166 27*156 821 727 18 184 16 166 19*154 727 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