DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.5 - - 27.0 - - 19.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - 80 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1949 - - 3124 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1693 - - 1953 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2689 - - 3864 - - 725 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1327 - - 991 - - 321 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 289 - - 255 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 198 - - 157 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3750 - - -3145 - - -4444 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6439 - - 7009 - - 5170 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12721 - - -11636 - - -16534 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15410 - - 15500 - - 17259 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 90 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.5 - - 27.0 - - 19.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -3.0 - - -1.1 - - 0.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.7 - - 26.8 - - 22.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -3.5 - - -1.4 - - -0.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - 80 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1949 - - 3124 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 63 - - 60 - - 4 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] 95657 26 267 23 262 31 262 95657 88607 25 279 24 275 24 265 88607 83135 26 269 30 273 31 284 83135 78572 31 271 39 274 36 279 78572 74595 38 259 39 272 44 273 74595 71043 37 263 43 280 45 279 71043 67816 43 275 50 282 51 281 67816 64843 51 277 51 275 49 272 64843 62053 56 274 51 269 48 270 62053 59322 59 271 55 271 56 278 59322 56476 63 271 64 275 66 275 56476 53537 73 272 73 272 70 270 53537 50730 80 269 78 266 73 268 50730 48201 82 268 77 265 74 268 48201 45936 83 271 81 270 78 273 45936 43890 86 272 87 273 84 276 43890 42029 91 271 91 274 89 277 42029 40324 93 269 99 272 100 276 40324 38753 93 268 106 268 112 271 38753 37295 90 269 105 266 112 268 37295 35935 88 273 100 267 111 271 35935 34635 93 278 99 270 118 273 34635 33321 104 279 101 274 121 272 33321 31958 108 277 103 277 117 270 31958 30547 106 274 102 277 113 268 30547 29074 102 272 97 277 108 270 29074 27529 98 272 96 279 100 276 27529 25912 92 274 94 278 93 281 25912 24226 84 275 82 279 90 283 24226 22475 79 276 76 285 78 282 22475 20657 75 278 74 289 69 279 20657 18756 71 278 70 290 63 277 18756 16769 63 280 67 286 63 280 16769 14743 56 285 62 281 59 283 14743 12798 52 288 58 276 57 285 12798 11035 52 285 53 275 53 284 11035 9475 50 282 45 276 48 280 9475 8096 47 281 43 277 41 275 8096 6872 40 282 36 273 36 266 6872 5789 36 274 31 253 31 260 5789 4834 29 276 26 229 33 245 4834 4000 18 270 22*203 32 234 4000 3271 15*237 21*201 31 211 3271 2622 15*232 21 199 29 195 2622 2052 14 217 20 198 27 190 2052 1577 13 214 19 197 24 183 1577 1212 13 213 19 196 21 176 1212 962 13 213 18 196 17 169 962 810 12 212 16 196 14*165 810 724 10 212 13 195 7*157 724 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