DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.6 - - 19.6 - - 17.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 68 - - 36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2023 - - 2241 - - 2288 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1294 - - 708 - - 707 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2763 - - 2981 - - 3028 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 751 - - 665 - - 561 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 234 - - 217 - - 176 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 26 - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 298 - - 305 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 465 - - 562 - - 775 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2298 - - 2419 - - 2253 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 309 - - 463 - - 721 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2454 - - 2518 - - 2307 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.6 - - 19.6 - - 17.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 12.4 - - 11.9 - - 10.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.4 - - 19.5 - - 16.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 11.8 - - 11.4 - - 9.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 68 - - 36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2023 - - 2241 - - 2288 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95631 33 289 46 289 44 271 95631 88562 26 285 35 268 41 261 88562 83067 25 289 28 262 39 262 83067 78513 25 289 29 267 37 265 78513 74609 17 264 25 266 28 248 74609 71121 12 279 21 257 26 261 71121 67914 31 290 33 272 37 271 67914 64939 45 268 44 259 41 270 64939 62166 50 254 45 259 51 265 62166 59477 45 253 50 257 53 263 59477 56666 44 265 51 247 55 267 56666 53730 55 271 47 259 58 269 53730 50920 60 273 55 269 68 274 50920 48397 69 272 65 271 69 270 48397 46135 76 265 73 269 67 273 46135 44082 74 260 70 269 73 273 44082 42203 71 270 77 271 73 270 42203 40471 78 272 79 270 67 274 40471 38862 79 270 76 269 67 279 38862 37365 76 271 75 272 68 283 37365 35969 66 273 75 274 69 285 35969 34633 62 283 71 279 63 286 34633 33294 67 284 71 281 56 287 33294 31929 65 284 60 281 51 292 31929 30537 62 286 55 297 48 299 30537 29096 58 287 57 307 50 303 29096 27579 55 290 56 313 52 303 27579 25982 58 293 55 315 54 301 25982 24305 62 293 55 316 55 301 24305 22548 64 292 55 314 55 301 22548 20714 59 296 56 308 53 304 20714 18796 51 308 58 305 53 308 18796 16788 50 313 58 303 54 313 16788 14737 50 311 56 301 51 314 14737 12764 48 312 53 301 49 308 12764 10977 46 316 51 305 49 310 10977 9395 47 317 50 310 46 319 9395 8001 51 317 45 314 41 327 8001 6775 50 321 42 316 37 327 6775 5694 41 326 37 320 35 323 5694 4747 36 325 34 324 34 323 4747 3925 36 321 33 321 32 318 3925 3214 32*311 28*308 28*308 3214 2582 29*300 28*307 27*307 2582 2025 28 299 27 306 26 305 2025 1560 27 297 27 305 25 304 1560 1204 26 296 25 304 24 304 1204 958 24 295 24 303 22 303 958 809 22 295 21 303 19 303 809 724 17 294 16 302 15 302 724 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