DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 46.1 - - 48.1 - - 50.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 28 - - 0 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 379 - - 163 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1119 - - 903 - - 727 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 447 - - 605 - - 522 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 91 - - 10 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 089 - - 078 - - 086 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 373 - - 177 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 746 - - 726 - - 726 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 234 - - -20 - - -5822 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 885 - - 923 - - 6549 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 140 - - 300 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.1 - - 48.1 - - 50.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.5 - - 47.7 - - 49.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.1 - - 48.5 - - 51.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.1 - - 47.7 - - 50.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 28 - - 0 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 379 - - 163 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96249 24 253 26 270 25 270 96249 89079 21 254 27 252 31 271 89079 83558 27 270 29 262 31 269 83558 78982 24 259 27 269 36 282 78982 75056 28 268 37 271 40 267 75056 71578 38 270 32 264 43 284 71578 68435 39 271 40 285 50 285 68435 65557 47 281 53 289 48 286 65557 62875 54 283 54 286 55 288 62875 60266 57 280 58 281 60 285 60266 57528 57 278 61 274 65 280 57528 54661 59 276 64 271 68 276 54661 51901 64 270 68 270 70 273 51901 49405 68 269 71 269 70 270 49405 47165 73 266 72 269 68 269 47165 45133 72 268 73 271 69 270 45133 43281 73 270 71 269 71 265 43281 41601 75 271 68 267 70 262 41601 40067 80 267 69 266 74 260 40067 38648 84 261 70 263 79 248 38648 37320 85 255 71 258 82 237 37320 36034 85 249 79 248 79 232 36034 34719 82 245 78 240 74 230 34719 33346 76 241 72 236 73 231 33346 31917 76 240 72 238 72 231 31917 30420 75 242 74 242 68 232 30420 28842 72 243 72 248 64 234 28842 27184 69 246 67 252 60 238 27184 25443 67 249 61 255 58 241 25443 23621 66 252 57 259 55 241 23621 21721 67 259 54 262 54 242 21721 19740 57 266 50 266 51 248 19740 17678 40 267 34 259 41 256 17678 15574 32 258 26 246 30 263 15574 13545 33 255 24 252 26 248 13545 11702 32 250 27 252 31 236 11702 10061 32 243 25 245 32 234 10061 8606 33 240 22 244 35 233 8606 7314 30 240 25 236 36 234 7314 6166 29 243 31 233 34 239 6166 5151 30 246 32 235 32 239 5151 4258 21 245 31 238 29 230 4258 3471 15 219 27 241 26 221 3471 2769 16 207 20 237 21 215 2769 2151 11 188 14 224 15 208 2151 1638 11 111 6 166 12 191 1638 1247 10*099 6 110 9 157 1247 980 7*090 5*083 7 130 980 819 7 089 5*079 5*117 819 726 6 087 4 077 2*086 726 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