DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/12 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.6 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 84 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2080 - - 1605 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 711 - - 711 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2820 - - 2345 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1859 - - 2353 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 210 - - 221 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 103 - - 115 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -12 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2753 - - 321 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5574 - - 2024 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4662 - - -1079 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7482 - - 3424 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 770 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.6 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 63.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.2 - - 69.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.4 - - 62.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 84 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2080 - - 1605 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 95 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - - 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] 97879 18 217 18 255 97879 90481 3 244 7 211 90481 84787 3 266 3 202 84787 80062 11 250 6 282 80062 76017 8 256 6 298 76017 72464 5 311 5 353 72464 69252 7 275 7 337 69252 66294 7 254 9 289 66294 63544 8 222 14 271 63544 60866 8 210 16 259 60866 58069 8 236 13 238 58069 55183 9 263 9 219 55183 52433 11 249 12 228 52433 49945 18 224 19 224 49945 47701 17 219 17 208 47701 45660 14 229 13 193 45660 43792 15 230 7 182 43792 42071 18 199 7 196 42071 40476 20 170 8 175 40476 38997 22 148 11 150 38997 37617 24 122 13 133 37617 36289 22 106 12 123 36289 34943 24 084 13 137 34943 33551 25 077 18 160 33551 32112 22 087 24 158 32112 30607 19 111 19 162 30607 29020 19 138 16 154 29020 27350 13 133 19 143 27350 25596 14 114 21 139 25596 23761 18 118 20 135 23761 21850 20 135 19 133 21850 19858 19 146 21 131 19858 17783 21 148 23 132 17783 15667 21 145 21 132 15667 13629 23 138 20 132 13629 11778 24 134 21 129 11778 10135 26 118 22 132 10135 8677 24 105 22 136 8677 7381 21 100 20 137 7381 6231 20 094 20 134 6231 5213 19 089 20 130 5213 4316 17 087 20 124 4316 3524 14*086 18 118 3524 2815 10*096 17*116 2815 2189 10 102 17*115 2189 1668 10 103 16 115 1668 1267 9 105 16 114 1267 991 9 105 15 114 991 824 8 105 14 114 824 728 7 105 12 114 728 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