DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - - - - 43.4 - - 45.4 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - -23 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 540 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 709 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1280 - - 727 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 443 - - 1157 - - 934 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 121 - - 14 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 172 - - 167 - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2783 - - -3178 - - -2702 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4063 - - 3905 - - 3429 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -15046 - - -14569 - - -14946 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16326 - - 15296 - - 15673 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.4 - - 45.4 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.7 - - 31.3 - - 31.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - 46.6 - - 45.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.6 - - 30.4 - - 30.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - -23 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 540 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95673 58 274 59 279 54 277 95673 88736 37 261 45 261 49 277 88736 83348 31 258 38 264 44 272 83348 78842 28 284 24 269 38 257 78842 74935 31 278 22 284 26 261 74935 71505 35 274 28 277 26 285 71505 68420 43 271 31 286 30 300 68420 65577 41 297 44 296 38 293 65577 62927 52 304 53 289 44 276 62927 60329 56 294 54 281 60 272 60329 57606 60 291 64 282 70 273 57606 54769 66 293 72 285 74 276 54769 52039 74 296 78 289 74 280 52039 49570 84 294 89 292 83 292 49570 47354 91 293 100 291 96 294 47354 45341 97 291 105 289 107 292 45341 43497 102 289 105 288 109 292 43497 41804 102 285 103 289 104 291 41804 40252 91 280 95 288 95 288 40252 38821 80 278 78 285 87 286 38821 37483 76 283 70 286 77 283 37483 36185 75 288 68 289 73 285 36185 34861 76 288 68 289 72 288 34861 33479 75 290 69 289 73 289 33479 32041 74 292 71 289 72 289 32041 30532 73 292 72 289 70 288 30532 28940 70 292 70 289 72 289 28940 27267 66 292 68 288 73 289 27267 25512 63 288 66 288 69 286 25512 23677 60 285 59 289 65 282 23677 21766 54 283 52 284 57 280 21766 19772 49 285 49 280 47 275 19772 17689 48 278 40 275 44 278 17689 15565 44 266 39 275 37 279 15565 13519 40 259 38 273 33 284 13519 11652 41 256 36 265 32 286 11652 9987 42 241 36 254 28 277 9987 8511 44 220 40 245 33 259 8511 7208 42 221 41 231 35 250 7208 6064 42 218 37 225 31 239 6064 5061 38 214 34 230 25 239 5061 4181 37 209 38 225 27 235 4181 3406 36 207 37 219 33 227 3406 2717 34 203 35 213 35 218 2717 2114 31 194 31 199 31 198 2114 1617 26*184 24 181 28 183 1617 1236 18*174 19 173 25 179 1236 974 17 172 16 170 18 172 974 816 15 171 13*169 16*171 816 726 12 171 8*167 9*169 726 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