DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/03 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 - - - 38.0 - - 40.8 - - 42.6 - - 41.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 30 - - 7 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 275 - - 348 - - 398 - - 120 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 709 - - 709 - - 709 - - 709 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1015 - - 1088 - - 1138 - - 860 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 649 - - 537 - - 745 - - 725 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 33 - - 90 - - 59 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 117 - - 115 - - 175 - - 053 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 238 - - 272 - - 285 - - 134 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 777 - - 816 - - 853 - - 726 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 97 - - 135 - - 130 - - -10080 ODpotential blCL - - - 918 - - 953 - - 1008 - - 10940 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 100 - - 330 - - 530 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.0 - - 40.8 - - 42.6 - - 41.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.4 - - 39.9 - - 41.6 - - 41.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.1 - - 40.6 - - 42.6 - - 42.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.3 - - 39.5 - - 41.3 - - 41.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 30 - - 7 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 275 - - 348 - - 398 - - 120 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96260 16 207 20 228 21 240 23 260 96260 89091 10 241 20 234 22 232 22 262 89091 83564 15 248 22 224 22 250 26 268 83564 78988 19 253 19 244 23 248 26 252 78988 75027 24 278 23 269 23 269 22 270 75027 71520 36 275 38 278 38 285 35 295 71520 68364 33 269 39 275 42 280 41 282 68364 65466 39 280 37 268 36 267 33 270 65466 62753 39 279 33 281 38 284 43 289 62753 60120 50 295 55 286 47 288 58 288 60120 57378 61 290 68 280 60 279 63 286 57378 54512 66 277 71 277 69 277 70 280 54512 51765 66 271 69 270 77 277 73 270 51765 49288 67 273 66 268 77 271 72 272 49288 47061 70 277 68 268 75 267 76 276 47061 45039 77 280 70 269 75 269 79 273 45039 43198 83 277 71 272 78 271 78 274 43198 41519 84 273 79 270 83 272 83 275 41519 39976 90 269 86 267 85 271 87 270 39976 38547 98 269 91 267 85 269 87 268 38547 37208 98 269 94 265 89 271 91 269 37208 35912 90 269 91 263 96 273 98 272 35912 34591 84 271 88 267 96 273 97 274 34591 33215 81 274 85 272 89 271 88 273 33215 31790 73 273 75 271 79 269 80 270 31790 30302 70 269 65 267 70 267 77 268 30302 28735 70 263 62 267 65 266 74 268 28735 27087 69 265 63 266 64 268 70 269 27087 25359 64 266 64 267 66 269 65 269 25359 23552 62 263 60 268 69 265 60 267 23552 21669 58 262 59 265 68 265 60 268 21669 19700 49 267 54 260 66 272 65 266 19700 17642 40 260 49 260 59 277 63 263 17642 15539 40 256 46 253 49 265 49 264 15539 13509 42 255 45 253 52 257 41 268 13509 11658 46 256 42 250 49 249 42 261 11658 10011 47 257 39 253 38 251 43 257 10011 8545 43 259 37 257 34 254 41 258 8545 7243 37 254 31 260 32 265 29 266 7243 6091 29 250 26 265 27 264 21 264 6091 5074 19 254 17 257 22 265 14 252 5074 4184 11 240 11 231 15 259 10 237 4184 3403 11 224 12 218 12 241 6 228 3403 2713 12 216 15 207 14 237 4 256 2713 2111 11 192 14 200 12 227 3 344 2111 1613 9 153 8 186 4 216 6 033 1613 1233 7*135 4*163 2*179 7 049 1233 973 4*122 2*119 1*177 6*052 973 816 4 116 2 115 1 172 5*052 816 726 3 114 1 111 1 176 3 054 726 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