DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/17 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.5 - - 43.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 384 - - 182 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 709 - - 709 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1124 - - 922 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 404 - - 785 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 81 - - 25 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 072 - - 141 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -97 - - -463 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1221 - - 1385 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9160 - - -8171 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10284 - - 9093 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.5 - - 43.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.9 - - 40.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.4 - - 44.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.4 - - 39.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 384 - - 182 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 69 - - 49 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - 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] 95934 28 315 15 304 95934 89062 25 297 17 303 89062 83643 14 276 17 257 83643 79080 9 258 21 248 79080 75114 12 261 21 254 75114 71598 18 270 20 271 71598 68402 19 272 26 266 68402 65445 27 259 27 257 65445 62694 29 267 30 279 62694 60034 29 260 38 257 60034 57254 45 291 37 285 57254 54368 60 280 55 283 54368 51610 65 279 64 273 51610 49106 70 282 62 275 49106 46846 71 281 66 282 46846 44793 71 280 71 280 44793 42922 68 273 70 275 42922 41206 65 272 66 272 41206 39621 64 273 61 273 39621 38149 62 272 59 272 38149 36771 60 274 57 270 36771 35448 61 274 56 269 35448 34117 55 266 56 271 34117 32748 55 264 58 274 32748 31337 68 267 60 273 31337 29864 71 268 59 273 29864 28315 69 270 57 274 28315 26689 66 270 59 275 26689 24984 62 266 61 275 24984 23201 58 268 49 278 23201 21339 49 273 40 275 21339 19394 40 273 34 274 19394 17370 33 267 24 274 17370 15308 34 256 24 249 15308 13321 31 263 20 248 13321 11515 29 280 17 236 11515 9906 29 289 15 255 9906 8473 26 294 11 271 8473 7197 22 291 10 276 7197 6064 16 288 9 258 6064 5063 9 300 7 230 5063 4184 9 320 7 208 4184 3412 7 338 6 181 3412 2722 1 033 9 179 2722 2116 4 158 10 172 2116 1616 5 105 9 156 1616 1236 5*078 6 142 1236 975 5*073 5*142 975 817 5 072 4*141 817 726 4 071 3 140 726 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