DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - - - - - 73.5 - - 74.4 - - 73.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 56 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3734 - - 5207 - - 173 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2885 - - 3487 - - 711 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4474 - - 5947 - - 913 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2979 - - 1504 - - 6572 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 338 - - 308 - - 43 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 001 - - 352 - - 038 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -434 - - 669 - - -2710 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4908 - - 5279 - - 3623 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1940 - - -1115 - - -3812 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6414 - - 7062 - - 4725 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 80 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 74.4 - - 73.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.7 - - 53.9 - - 60.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.9 - - 74.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.4 - - 52.6 - - 58.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 56 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3734 - - 5207 - - 173 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 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] 99407 37 073 24 086 29 080 99407 91851 26 084 26 080 28 074 91851 86022 19 085 19 072 23 075 86022 81186 21 109 14 097 15 074 81186 77017 20 103 17 109 8 070 77017 73341 13 092 14 095 7 099 73341 70018 8 111 12 086 5 100 70018 66965 6 124 5 094 3 089 66965 64134 3 130 5 192 5 284 64134 61394 5 203 5 199 7 278 61394 58546 8 274 16 297 21 315 58546 55614 20 249 22 272 24 295 55614 52828 18 243 19 260 28 282 52828 50320 26 279 28 283 39 293 50320 48094 40 282 41 284 53 282 48094 46098 46 292 59 287 47 279 46098 44269 58 287 58 288 51 300 44269 42577 62 290 59 301 65 303 42577 41014 64 299 71 306 71 302 41014 39559 70 304 75 306 71 300 39559 38190 75 305 75 304 77 295 38190 36862 78 307 75 302 83 287 36862 35505 76 306 74 302 79 285 35505 34089 67 306 71 298 72 292 34089 32619 67 304 68 297 60 295 32619 31081 69 303 63 298 49 289 31081 29461 63 303 58 296 42 278 29461 27757 56 310 52 297 42 273 27757 25970 47 307 41 296 38 275 25970 24101 42 295 30 299 35 273 24101 22154 39 289 29 292 34 277 22154 20123 32 302 33 291 31 286 20123 18004 24 304 31 300 29 295 18004 15844 21 299 27 305 25 298 15844 13765 21 306 22 303 25 293 13765 11875 19 307 20 311 21 293 11875 10199 16 302 18 311 16 312 10199 8722 11 316 15 329 17 328 8722 7421 13 347 15 337 14 334 7421 6269 15 349 12*336 10 346 6269 5248 14*348 9*343 7 359 5248 4346 11*350 9 347 6 014 4346 3549 8 360 8 350 6 020 3549 2835 7 003 8 353 5 024 2835 2203 7 005 7 355 5 028 2203 1677 6 005 7 356 5 031 1677 1272 6 006 7 358 4 034 1272 994 6 006 7 359 4*036 994 825 5 007 6 000 4*037 825 728 5 008 6 359 3 039 728 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