DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.1 - - 83.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 44 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2825 - - 3719 - - 90 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2141 - - 2254 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3565 - - 4459 - - 830 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2179 - - 1725 - - 4350 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 292 - - 260 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 163 - - 173 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 894 - - 1882 - - -987 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2672 - - 2577 - - 1817 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 85 - - 621 - - -2206 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3480 - - 3838 - - 3036 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 98 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2290 - - 3510 - - 4290 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.1 - - 83.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 75.6 - - 77.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.2 - - 84.9 - - 84.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 74.3 - - 76.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 44 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2825 - - 3719 - - 90 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 92 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 20 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] 99163 34 088 22 097 25 056 99163 91620 24 066 24 073 23 077 91620 85843 18 061 19 075 22 070 85843 81076 18 070 18 083 19 065 81076 76972 15 090 16 084 12 075 76972 73352 14 090 17 074 13 097 73352 70072 11 100 10 066 15 075 70072 67047 8 108 4 115 7 045 67047 64254 3 095 2 162 3 359 64254 61565 5 073 4 216 5 271 61565 58768 9 277 11 267 7 291 58768 55898 16 245 23 250 21 249 55898 53196 18 247 22 263 20 253 53196 50780 37 267 36 271 40 275 50780 48611 44 258 42 268 53 266 48611 46642 41 267 39 267 53 259 46642 44844 39 277 33 270 40 248 44844 43185 32 284 25 279 32 212 43185 41631 26 298 22 296 20 211 41631 40163 24 318 21 301 13 220 40163 38772 25 327 13 311 8 224 38772 37419 27 335 10 338 2 215 37419 36035 27 342 10 334 6 004 36035 34594 27 313 12 312 12 332 34594 33099 31 308 17 319 16 309 33099 31535 34 312 23 327 24 290 31535 29893 38 310 27 307 32 285 29893 28171 38 303 29 301 36 284 28171 26366 38 296 31 292 37 287 26366 24479 36 290 36 288 33 293 24479 22515 28 294 39 290 28 299 22515 20470 22 289 24 287 25 309 20470 18348 26 284 23 286 16 290 18348 16189 24 296 21 295 12 284 16189 14108 24 315 20 298 14 288 14108 12206 21 309 20 296 16 287 12206 10506 15 292 19 295 15 295 10506 8988 13 282 15 288 13 303 8988 7637 15 268 9 255 10 297 7637 6440 9 259 8 235 9 235 6440 5385 7 229 8*207 13 206 5385 4457 6 215 9*193 15 191 4457 3637 6*192 9 185 15 184 3637 2902 6*169 8 169 15 176 2902 2252 6 164 8 167 14 167 2252 1708 6 163 8 166 14 162 1708 1291 6 160 8 164 13 159 1291 1003 6 159 7 163 11*155 1003 829 5 159 7 163 9*154 829 729 5 158 6 163 7 152 729 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