DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 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 - - - - - - 7.8 - - 11.2 - - 10.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 199 - - 90 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1715 - - 1935 - - 1667 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1546 - - 707 - - 707 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2455 - - 2675 - - 2407 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 476 - - 606 - - 815 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 225 - - 110 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 070 - - 070 - - 070 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1840 - - -1160 - - -336 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4295 - - 3836 - - 2743 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -21931 - - -20878 - - -19765 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 24386 - - 23553 - - 22172 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 93 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 7.8 - - 11.2 - - 10.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -8.0 - - -2.7 - - 1.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 6.9 - - 10.7 - - 10.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -8.7 - - -2.9 - - 1.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 199 - - 90 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1715 - - 1935 - - 1667 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 70 - - 98 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] 94746 109 251 110 252 113 250 94746 87865 86 251 85 256 94 251 87865 82600 70 251 71 257 82 259 82600 78217 56 256 63 252 73 259 78217 74407 50 263 54 260 64 257 74407 71007 49 264 51 263 59 252 71007 67899 52 259 52 263 53 262 67899 65025 54 255 58 266 60 270 65025 62346 58 260 65 262 67 268 62346 59732 67 262 68 258 72 262 59732 56991 72 259 72 259 75 260 56991 54134 77 259 79 261 82 261 54134 51387 81 259 86 260 88 257 51387 48889 86 261 92 258 93 257 48889 46628 94 261 95 257 102 258 46628 44570 101 260 103 259 105 258 44570 42687 104 258 107 256 105 257 42687 40951 111 255 110 255 107 256 40951 39346 114 253 119 256 114 256 39346 37881 122 257 129 251 124 246 37881 36536 135 253 116 249 113 244 36536 35238 131 253 114 260 104 248 35238 33914 139 263 121 262 106 256 33914 32542 134 254 117 254 110 256 32542 31116 131 251 122 251 113 253 31116 29617 124 254 120 253 118 250 29617 28033 119 254 113 254 118 249 28033 26370 119 250 110 254 105 247 26370 24629 116 251 110 249 102 247 24629 22806 103 253 113 250 99 246 22806 20903 90 255 103 255 95 248 20903 18920 83 254 80 260 91 256 18920 16860 75 252 70 255 74 256 16860 14763 64 248 61 251 57 255 14763 12755 53 248 54 239 48 244 12755 10950 38 249 40 244 42 238 10950 9364 31 244 31 242 31 248 9364 7969 23 243 25 250 21 252 7969 6740 14 249 15 265 13 260 6740 5659 5 261 6 266 5 280 5659 4714 2 108 4 086 3 121 4714 3894 7 109 11 089 13 106 3894 3185 17 096 15*077 18 084 3185 2559 16*088 14*071 17*075 2559 2008 12*073 14 070 16*072 2008 1549 12 071 13 070 15 070 1549 1197 12 070 13 070 14 069 1197 954 11 069 12 070 13 068 954 807 10 069 11 070 11 068 807 723 9 069 10 069 9 068 723 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