DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 - - - - - - 74.4 - - 76.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 41 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4481 - - 5210 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3326 - - 3345 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5221 - - 5950 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2136 - - 1834 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 294 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 314 - - 282 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 242 - - 611 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4979 - - 5339 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1898 - - -2214 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7119 - - 8164 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 71 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 76.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.1 - - 55.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.9 - - 76.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.8 - - 54.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 41 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4481 - - 5210 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 98901 25 083 21 073 98901 91401 20 092 19 079 91401 85630 22 091 16 082 85630 80841 18 079 16 084 80841 76725 13 082 10 087 76725 73093 7 089 10 100 73093 69799 6 107 6 119 69799 66775 5 074 9 131 66775 63975 6 298 5 063 63975 61252 12 249 11 304 61252 58425 12 252 21 282 58425 55521 22 283 26 275 55521 52749 31 284 35 276 52749 50244 42 276 41 269 50244 47989 42 274 44 274 47989 45945 59 278 57 287 45945 44081 76 273 75 281 44081 42376 82 270 88 272 42376 40805 83 271 91 267 40805 39339 84 271 90 270 39339 37961 85 276 92 272 37961 36628 87 279 88 273 36628 35269 87 279 84 274 35269 33852 86 280 83 275 33852 32379 85 281 82 275 32379 30836 83 281 78 277 30836 29212 84 281 76 280 29212 27507 84 282 77 282 27507 25720 83 286 80 287 25720 23856 79 292 81 291 23856 21924 73 296 76 299 21924 19917 58 300 64 300 19917 17829 49 316 48 303 17829 15708 39 312 35 308 15708 13664 30 303 31 306 13664 11806 27 302 28 302 11806 10158 23 300 24 293 10158 8700 20 299 19 292 8700 7407 20 305 16 301 7407 6259 19 315 14*294 6259 5241 18*317 12*285 5241 4342 17*317 12 284 4342 3547 13 314 11 282 3547 2834 12 313 11 282 2834 2203 12 313 10 281 2203 1676 11 313 10 281 1676 1272 11 313 9 281 1272 994 10 313 9 280 994 825 10 313 9 280 825 728 8 313 7 281 728 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