DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 42.1 - - 37.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 225 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3002 - - 3205 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2649 - - 2671 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3742 - - 3945 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 625 - - 595 - - 3186 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 395 - - 361 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 061 - - 058 - - 069 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -747 - - -2323 - - -4244 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4489 - - 6269 - - 4970 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10128 - - -10656 - - -13968 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13870 - - 14601 - - 14694 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 92 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 42.1 - - 37.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.8 - - 17.6 - - 18.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.1 - - 40.9 - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.8 - - 17.4 - - 18.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 225 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3002 - - 3205 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 66 - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96427 14 142 9 182 7 213 96427 89229 9 151 11 207 3 194 89229 83666 10 201 12 207 8 225 83666 79030 11 216 10 233 8 242 79030 75008 16 238 18 232 19 266 75008 71441 18 265 14 261 22 260 71441 68203 18 261 19 270 23 280 68203 65227 22 281 29 275 33 281 65227 62476 23 271 28 271 34 283 62476 59814 28 295 34 290 37 285 59814 57018 41 292 44 292 41 289 57018 54102 48 284 49 290 50 291 54102 51320 48 284 51 288 58 289 51320 48822 50 287 57 286 62 285 48822 46587 58 290 59 285 63 286 46587 44561 64 286 60 286 65 288 44561 42712 66 282 64 287 68 289 42712 41015 71 282 67 286 70 288 41015 39460 69 276 73 284 73 287 39460 38031 66 279 76 278 75 284 38031 36706 70 284 78 278 72 284 36706 35432 71 281 76 279 81 286 35432 34130 73 280 74 279 96 283 34130 32772 73 279 74 279 104 280 32772 31359 70 279 75 280 99 283 31359 29878 69 280 76 280 92 283 29878 28315 70 280 76 282 91 277 28315 26669 70 280 75 282 87 273 26669 24942 70 281 71 282 78 274 24942 23136 70 283 73 282 71 273 23136 21256 69 286 70 284 61 268 21256 19300 69 289 64 284 51 272 19300 17260 66 294 58 285 51 274 17260 15177 62 294 53 284 50 270 15177 13171 58 298 51 276 42 269 13171 11349 52 307 44 274 41 271 11349 9729 41 304 38 293 38 268 9729 8294 34 295 36 312 32 290 8294 7025 32 305 34 311 19 317 7025 5906 25 325 22 319 16 327 5906 4925 15 019 9 027 7 026 4925 4075 14*060 11*058 14 083 4075 3333 14*061 11*059 17 078 3333 2671 14 061 12 059 17 075 2671 2088 14 061 12 058 17 073 2088 1601 14 061 12 058 16 071 1601 1227 13 061 12 057 15 070 1227 970 12 061 11 057 13 070 970 814 12 060 11 057 11*069 814 725 11 061 10 057 7*069 725 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