DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/27 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 - - - - - - 45.2 - - 49.0 - - 50.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 13 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 233 - - 283 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 710 - - 710 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 973 - - 1023 - - 728 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 983 - - 1176 - - 786 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 95 - - 63 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 126 - - 147 - - 135 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 247 - - 297 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 726 - - 726 - - 727 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 185 - - 85 - - -8722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 788 - - 938 - - 9450 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.2 - - 49.0 - - 50.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.7 - - 48.3 - - 50.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.8 - - 49.1 - - 51.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.4 - - 48.2 - - 50.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 13 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 233 - - 283 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 95416 54 262 67 263 61 262 95416 88579 39 262 45 271 41 278 88579 83236 27 283 30 268 35 281 83236 78780 29 287 17 287 24 282 78780 74931 22 273 21 281 19 298 74931 71504 12 279 13 260 16 291 71504 68362 18 291 16 299 18 297 68362 65447 25 260 25 281 18 299 65447 62735 26 259 27 277 22 297 62735 60104 35 268 38 270 33 280 60104 57364 41 272 49 272 48 271 57364 54545 59 270 66 267 62 269 54545 51863 69 268 70 271 64 272 51863 49437 73 269 75 277 73 276 49437 47250 86 273 88 275 89 275 47250 45271 98 268 94 270 97 271 45271 43485 95 266 91 270 95 267 43485 41861 90 271 89 273 93 266 41861 40351 95 277 90 274 93 263 40351 38922 98 278 92 273 89 261 38922 37566 97 277 91 273 85 260 37566 36248 95 276 89 273 83 260 36248 34901 91 275 85 271 78 262 34901 33498 88 274 83 267 74 265 33498 32042 85 274 80 269 71 266 32042 30521 83 275 75 270 66 265 30521 28921 81 276 74 269 62 263 28921 27247 79 276 75 268 64 260 27247 25496 73 277 75 269 66 260 25496 23670 68 276 70 270 66 265 23670 21768 61 273 64 272 66 269 21768 19785 55 268 57 274 62 272 19785 17716 52 264 52 271 55 274 17716 15604 44 262 52 270 49 276 15604 13567 38 254 43 265 44 272 13567 11711 31 246 35 251 42 269 11711 10064 23 245 30 240 37 259 10064 8606 18 246 23 234 30 246 8606 7313 13 250 14 222 27 237 7313 6165 7 246 14 188 27 217 6165 5146 9 211 18 186 27 205 5146 4250 13 205 21 186 29 196 4250 3462 13 199 21 181 33 193 3462 2762 14 179 23 173 32 187 2762 2145 15 163 21 162 31 171 2145 1635 13 136 18 155 26 151 1635 1246 12 130 16*151 22 142 1246 980 11*127 13*148 17 137 980 818 10*126 12 147 15*136 818 727 8 125 9 146 10*135 727 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