DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.2 - - 61.1 - - 55.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 72 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5896 - - 6616 - - 810 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4822 - - 4417 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6636 - - 7356 - - 1550 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2969 - - 2337 - - 3745 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 477 - - 325 - - 53 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 274 - - 270 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 470 - - 1232 - - -1592 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6166 - - 6124 - - 3142 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -687 - - 404 - - -3085 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7323 - - 6952 - - 4635 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 100 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.2 - - 61.1 - - 55.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.6 - - 36.7 - - 44.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.9 - - 60.8 - - 55.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.4 - - 35.8 - - 43.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 72 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5896 - - 6616 - - 810 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 21 - - 90 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 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] 97384 17 247 25 273 21 262 97384 89955 18 237 25 250 19 282 89955 84325 12 232 13 233 14 277 84325 79667 4 214 2 250 10 253 79667 75637 1 240 1 304 7 270 75637 72074 2 275 3 317 4 283 72074 68839 4 359 2 300 2 315 68839 65848 6 326 7 215 8 240 65848 63050 10 306 8 225 11 245 63050 60322 18 255 19 275 26 261 60322 57456 21 250 25 242 23 264 57456 54462 29 283 32 266 33 288 54462 51607 48 269 41 266 46 271 51607 49052 48 262 44 268 51 266 49052 46772 49 269 53 275 57 272 46772 44706 58 272 66 275 63 277 44706 42812 62 272 70 272 70 277 42812 41063 62 273 72 272 79 273 41063 39439 68 276 79 273 87 271 39439 37927 79 278 86 275 91 272 37927 36520 85 277 91 277 95 273 36520 35176 84 277 96 276 100 274 35176 33823 86 276 96 273 102 274 33823 32431 85 274 88 273 98 275 32431 31004 77 273 78 275 88 274 31004 29528 74 275 74 274 79 274 29528 27983 75 279 74 271 77 272 27983 26368 77 282 73 274 75 271 26368 24678 78 285 78 277 78 273 24678 22910 73 288 78 281 79 275 22910 21065 60 287 64 282 71 283 21065 19148 46 288 49 279 52 279 19148 17152 40 287 42 286 43 273 17152 15118 44 291 43 284 37 278 15118 13162 42 288 38 287 34 283 13162 11388 26 286 28 283 32 270 11388 9813 20 294 25 278 26 267 9813 8411 17 308 19*271 23 268 8411 7162 15*308 18*267 25 259 7162 6052 13*302 17 267 26 250 6052 5068 10 286 17 268 25 243 5068 4201 9 274 17 270 24 243 4201 3434 9 267 17 271 22 246 3434 2748 8 265 17 272 20 247 2748 2142 8 264 16 273 17 252 2142 1636 8 263 16 273 12*256 1636 1248 8 262 15 274 9*260 1248 981 7 261 15 274 8 262 981 819 7 261 14 274 7 263 819 727 7 262 12 274 6 263 727 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