DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.2 - - 39.4 - - 41.5 - - 36.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 122 - - 12 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1854 - - 4228 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 708 - - 1421 - - 709 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - 725 - - 2594 - - 4968 - - 726 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 813 - - 2800 - - 3531 - - 3921 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 14 - - 250 - - 163 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 18 - - 23 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 230 - - 264 - - 261 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 8 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -761 - - 434 - - 653 - - -1546 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1486 - - 2160 - - 4315 - - 2272 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5646 - - -29 - - -223 - - -2537 ODpotential blCL - - - 6371 - - 2623 - - 5191 - - 3263 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 93 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 20 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.2 - - 39.4 - - 41.5 - - 36.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.3 - - 32.4 - - 25.0 - - 29.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 29.4 - - 38.9 - - 41.6 - - 37.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.4 - - 31.6 - - 24.3 - - 28.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 122 - - 12 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1854 - - 4228 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 97 - - 72 - - 101 - - 77 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 95949 25 010 22 325 31 360 11 018 95949 89145 15 019 17 341 25 352 12 025 89145 83762 9 045 13 000 13 335 10 331 83762 79223 9 351 3 037 8 257 23 315 79223 75244 14 288 2 016 13 242 23 294 75244 71680 16 268 5 296 14 240 17 282 71680 68417 15 259 12 261 19 261 20 295 68417 65390 13 278 18 219 20 269 20 271 65390 62565 19 293 14 248 16 267 17 235 62565 59809 28 278 20 281 25 286 18 271 59809 56910 31 255 37 265 29 268 25 252 56910 53878 27 261 36 255 33 261 39 268 53878 50979 32 271 46 259 48 252 54 253 50979 48376 55 267 53 253 52 252 46 241 48376 46038 63 252 62 253 64 252 43 254 46038 43913 59 242 71 245 68 246 51 254 43913 41968 53 248 75 237 63 248 62 253 41968 40179 58 259 66 250 66 252 69 251 40179 38525 65 266 73 257 72 251 71 246 38525 36985 78 267 76 254 72 246 70 242 36985 35542 91 260 72 254 68 244 67 241 35542 34157 93 253 75 257 67 247 66 240 34157 32765 78 253 84 256 72 251 69 238 32765 31341 74 250 91 254 77 251 67 237 31341 29894 72 251 92 254 82 249 64 237 29894 28407 76 255 92 254 88 244 64 238 28407 26869 88 258 95 253 94 241 65 240 26869 25282 98 256 103 251 99 240 64 240 25282 23640 96 253 110 249 103 238 61 239 23640 21942 92 251 110 247 105 236 53 238 21942 20186 93 252 109 245 104 237 44 238 20186 18361 87 250 111 250 90 244 37 244 18361 16460 75 247 85 254 63 248 36 250 16460 14515 67 246 53 254 40 249 37 248 14515 12638 63 240 46 255 38 258 31 254 12638 10937 54 235 45 259 39 259 29 263 10937 9433 57 250 42 261 37 265 29 261 9433 8095 42 257 40 259 31 266 28 259 8095 6901 38 257 40 260 30 266 28 258 6901 5838 34 254 33 271 30*266 28 257 5838 4895 34 256 28 278 29*265 27 255 4895 4063 31 263 26 276 25 262 26 253 4063 3327 29 268 25 273 24 261 26 251 3327 2668 27 274 23*270 23 260 26 248 2668 2086 27 271 21*267 22 260 26 245 2086 1600 27 255 19 264 22 259 24 241 1600 1227 25 243 18 264 20 259 23 238 1227 971 19 235 17 263 19 258 20 236 971 814 17*233 16 263 17 258 17*235 814 725 10*230 13 263 13 258 11*233 725 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