DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.1 - - 16.2 - - 5.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 33 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1198 - - 3208 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 707 - - 707 - - 707 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1938 - - 3948 - - 724 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1356 - - 957 - - 78 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 189 - - 194 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 011 - - 011 - - 340 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -954 - - 569 - - -1462 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2892 - - 3379 - - 2187 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7152 - - -1996 - - -4453 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9090 - - 5944 - - 5177 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 88 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.1 - - 16.2 - - 5.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.4 - - 4.3 - - -1.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 13.6 - - 16.1 - - 9.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 3.2 - - 3.3 - - 1.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 33 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1198 - - 3208 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 50 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95283 91 234 85 235 97 240 95283 88043 81 245 77 252 84 256 88043 82596 76 253 72 259 75 260 82596 78041 71 266 72 264 72 266 78041 74075 69 270 69 268 70 272 74075 70540 71 274 72 280 69 278 70540 67335 74 272 76 279 70 281 67335 64384 70 269 72 274 72 284 64384 61646 67 279 69 275 72 282 61646 58984 69 283 67 278 68 278 58984 56186 74 281 68 281 64 279 56186 53257 77 279 73 282 63 281 53257 50437 74 278 75 279 65 284 50437 47881 70 278 72 277 68 286 47881 45579 68 278 67 276 67 285 45579 43490 66 278 61 279 64 285 43490 41584 64 279 59 280 60 281 41584 39832 63 281 53 278 50 278 39832 38205 62 282 52 281 46 286 38205 36686 63 282 55 284 48 290 36686 35263 66 280 57 284 47 289 35263 33896 67 276 60 281 45 285 33896 32518 69 273 64 276 43 282 32518 31102 74 275 67 269 40 284 31102 29651 78 275 69 265 38 287 29651 28153 75 271 74 263 38 288 28153 26599 72 266 77 261 36 283 26599 24996 74 263 78 262 33 273 24996 23344 75 265 73 263 32 266 23344 21640 69 265 65 266 30 265 21640 19880 64 269 53 269 29 265 19880 18054 57 278 41 273 26 267 18054 16154 48 280 36 273 22 279 16154 14221 37 280 34 275 17 301 14221 12357 28 274 30 280 14 325 12357 10664 24 280 25 281 11 335 10664 9164 20 292 22 290 10 356 9164 7839 18 296 18 307 11 018 7839 6669 15 305 14 328 15 036 6669 5635 15 329 10 351 19 049 5635 4723 12 351 9*012 19 054 4723 3921 11 007 11*017 15 050 3921 3213 10 007 11 015 13 034 3213 2581 11 008 11 013 13 021 2581 2023 12*010 11 010 14 010 2023 1558 12*011 10 009 14 003 1558 1201 11 011 10 007 13 357 1201 956 11 010 10 006 12 352 956 808 10 010 9 006 10*346 808 723 9 010 8 006 7*340 723 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