DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 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 - - - - - - 52.1 - - 56.5 - - 52.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 17 - - 51 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 293 - - 889 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 710 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1033 - - 1629 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 973 - - 665 - - 1188 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 71 - - 151 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 257 - - 159 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 307 - - 629 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 726 - - 1000 - - 726 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 216 - - 421 - - -875 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 817 - - 1208 - - 1602 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 56.5 - - 52.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 54.6 - - 52.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 56.1 - - 53.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.5 - - 53.8 - - 52.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 17 - - 51 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 293 - - 889 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96186 20 244 30 261 32 263 96186 89031 28 267 28 269 27 273 89031 83565 26 254 26 262 26 274 83565 79053 18 277 21 255 20 252 79053 75155 34 274 31 287 25 300 75155 71721 39 257 38 270 35 283 71721 68621 27 260 31 261 32 270 68621 65741 40 282 44 280 42 275 65741 63051 54 281 50 277 51 280 63051 60441 60 279 54 279 58 280 60441 57713 62 278 62 277 65 276 57713 54868 61 277 68 272 70 274 54868 52126 61 273 66 268 71 270 52126 49639 57 272 62 270 64 265 49639 47397 55 273 60 272 55 265 47397 45353 55 274 62 271 55 272 45353 43477 54 273 65 268 61 276 43477 41750 58 269 63 263 65 272 41750 40164 66 266 61 261 61 266 40164 38705 74 262 60 262 62 263 38705 37349 77 257 64 261 68 260 37349 36045 78 256 67 260 70 258 36045 34720 80 256 69 260 72 259 34720 33339 82 254 68 262 72 260 33339 31906 83 252 63 264 67 262 31906 30405 79 254 57 264 62 266 30405 28828 77 258 52 263 55 267 28828 27177 78 259 49 264 46 265 27177 25446 77 258 47 268 42 262 25446 23632 74 258 44 270 38 259 23632 21738 74 260 38 272 34 258 21738 19756 64 258 36 275 29 261 19756 17683 45 245 32 280 25 250 17683 15569 42 240 25 279 23 241 15569 13530 41 240 24 269 22 239 13530 11679 40 247 28 262 21 256 11679 10039 23 241 21 264 22 252 10039 8587 20 228 14 265 19 241 8587 7295 23 227 17 251 19 233 7295 6148 24 235 20 247 20 227 6148 5133 24 236 18 243 20 240 5133 4243 14 232 15 239 18 253 4243 3459 8 250 14 241 12 211 3459 2762 6 252 11 252 11 196 2762 2149 5 278 7 255 8 190 2149 1639 6 315 5*257 6 191 1639 1249 7*316 5*256 6 173 1249 982 7*316 4 256 5 166 982 819 6 315 4 257 4*165 819 726 5 316 4 257 3*159 726 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