DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 25.8 - - 27.8 - - 23.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 11 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 838 - - 985 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 708 - - 708 - - 708 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1578 - - 1725 - - 725 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1009 - - 2003 - - 2049 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 144 - - 90 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 129 - - 144 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 278 - - 479 - - -215 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1300 - - 1246 - - 940 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 30 - - 282 - - -921 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1548 - - 1443 - - 1646 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.8 - - 27.8 - - 23.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.2 - - 25.4 - - 22.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 25.6 - - 28.0 - - 25.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.4 - - 25.0 - - 24.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 11 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 838 - - 985 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 98 - - 86 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96218 38 040 33 037 26 042 96218 89126 21 037 18 039 13 034 89126 83634 18 031 17 044 12 040 83634 79032 18 036 20 020 17 029 79032 75014 19 041 21 013 19 021 75014 71415 13 042 15 357 19 355 71415 68126 12 016 9 331 17 327 68126 65097 20 299 20 305 22 307 65097 62291 28 275 26 273 28 280 62291 59573 34 274 31 270 37 273 59573 56735 42 277 42 271 43 267 56735 53790 54 269 51 269 49 270 53790 50985 59 264 59 269 58 270 50985 48475 67 267 69 263 65 264 48475 46236 82 262 75 259 73 259 46236 44209 86 256 79 258 80 257 44209 42351 90 254 85 257 86 254 42351 40639 92 253 94 253 91 251 40639 39060 92 257 98 251 95 246 39060 37595 103 261 104 253 99 244 37595 36225 117 257 112 253 102 242 36225 34913 120 255 117 252 102 242 34913 33594 118 254 118 251 106 244 33594 32236 115 255 114 249 111 243 32236 30833 111 253 108 249 109 240 30833 29367 107 253 105 248 105 238 29367 27822 101 253 101 247 101 237 27822 26199 90 254 95 248 99 238 26199 24498 78 250 92 248 98 238 24498 22719 73 247 90 245 96 238 22719 20864 71 247 84 239 89 241 20864 18928 67 246 78 239 78 241 18928 16906 62 247 73 246 72 238 16906 14841 56 249 62 242 70 236 14841 12852 47 249 53 227 62 236 12852 11053 41 248 40 228 48 235 11053 9473 29 248 33 242 36 236 9473 8083 21 232 26 232 25 236 8083 6858 17 213 16 202 21 243 6858 5779 18 189 12 214 17 239 5779 4831 19 155 12 205 9 220 4831 4002 20 142 13 183 8 211 4002 3275 16 157 11 178 10 183 3275 2627 14 162 9 172 8 170 2627 2056 12*152 8*161 8 154 2056 1580 10*140 7*148 8 141 1580 1214 7 126 6 144 8 132 1214 964 6 124 6 142 7 126 964 811 6 125 5 142 6*120 811 724 5 124 5 141 3*113 724 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