DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 21.4 - - 22.3 - - 22.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1376 - - 1303 - - 627 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 708 - - 707 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2116 - - 2043 - - 1367 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 599 - - 751 - - 1453 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 164 - - 115 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 279 - - 274 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 551 - - 655 - - 231 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1565 - - 1389 - - 1136 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 269 - - 357 - - -36 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1847 - - 1686 - - 1403 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.4 - - 22.3 - - 22.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.4 - - 19.2 - - 20.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.1 - - 22.4 - - 23.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.6 - - 18.7 - - 20.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1376 - - 1303 - - 627 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 103 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] 96269 13 044 21 058 15 068 96269 89125 9 004 8 038 7 057 89125 83603 5 008 7 322 5 052 83603 78994 7 301 9 291 10 311 78994 75012 11 279 15 243 19 281 75012 71465 11 271 17 248 23 270 71465 68219 15 277 18 251 21 263 68219 65208 24 282 18 266 24 276 65208 62415 29 267 26 275 35 272 62415 59722 28 271 31 272 35 268 59722 56923 34 279 37 274 39 275 56923 54021 44 278 42 273 42 269 54021 51247 50 275 48 278 45 268 51247 48747 52 269 55 276 53 274 48747 46513 51 266 62 269 61 267 46513 44492 54 259 60 259 61 256 44492 42638 47 248 50 256 55 259 42638 40918 37 259 49 272 65 273 40918 39322 57 286 59 282 79 272 39322 37842 76 281 72 280 81 272 37842 36464 78 275 80 275 79 276 36464 35150 72 276 80 273 81 284 35150 33829 68 279 75 277 91 286 33829 32465 65 280 75 283 90 285 32465 31051 55 289 77 285 83 281 31051 29570 64 302 73 284 77 285 29570 28010 73 309 67 284 72 286 28010 26373 71 312 62 289 67 285 26373 24653 65 304 61 285 65 288 24653 22856 64 296 56 291 55 282 22856 20989 56 298 50 289 48 273 20989 19042 48 295 45 285 39 271 19042 17013 48 296 40 286 35 277 17013 14942 45 306 36 289 28 281 14942 12943 34 303 28 302 23 278 12943 11129 28 294 24 295 23 279 11129 9529 22 296 23 290 25 289 9529 8122 20 299 21 291 23 296 8122 6885 17 302 19 292 19 295 6885 5795 12 304 16 288 18 292 5795 4835 10 302 14 281 15 288 4835 3993 8 298 11 273 15 276 3993 3257 9 295 12 277 14 257 3257 2611 9*291 12*278 12 237 2611 2045 8*282 11*277 11 231 2045 1573 8 280 9 274 10*226 1573 1211 7 278 8 274 9*220 1211 962 7 277 7 273 7 212 962 811 6 275 7 272 6 207 811 724 6 276 6 272 4 201 724 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