DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.8 - - 95.7 - - 90.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 47 - - -64 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 5434 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2844 - - 3524 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4286 - - 6174 - - 731 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1195 - - 1943 - - 5122 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 353 - - 300 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 244 - - 242 - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -217 - - 166 - - -4191 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4503 - - 6008 - - 4923 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3905 - - -3455 - - -7453 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8191 - - 9629 - - 8184 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 77 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3630 - - 2790 - - 2390 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.8 - - 95.7 - - 90.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.9 - - 71.5 - - 71.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.9 - - 95.6 - - 93.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 70.4 - - 70.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 47 - - -64 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 5434 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 7 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99499 42 091 38 101 28 089 99499 91968 33 090 29 095 30 088 91968 86128 27 093 25 079 28 072 86128 81312 27 106 23 094 20 068 81312 77203 26 095 25 096 17 093 77203 73569 23 085 21 083 19 096 73569 70267 19 083 17 088 14 098 70267 67237 18 063 17 085 10 076 67237 64444 14 028 15 057 10 068 64444 61763 10 012 12 002 10 019 61763 58998 10 002 12 330 10 357 58998 56151 16 346 17 325 13 336 56151 53448 26 334 28 326 26 329 53448 51027 38 330 41 328 39 327 51027 48858 48 327 50 326 46 329 48858 46879 54 325 56 325 51 327 46879 45052 57 325 57 324 52 325 45052 43351 57 326 56 329 53 325 43351 41755 62 332 61 333 58 326 41755 40252 71 334 67 334 61 325 40252 38830 77 334 71 333 63 324 38830 37453 80 335 70 332 65 324 37453 36053 78 338 68 332 66 325 36053 34601 71 340 65 334 66 326 34601 33098 62 340 63 335 61 327 33098 31528 57 341 59 333 57 330 31528 29878 43 332 54 331 53 327 29878 28152 39 317 46 325 50 319 28152 26350 40 314 41 317 51 316 26350 24472 38 319 41 316 46 319 24472 22520 36 328 37 317 38 323 22520 20490 30 330 29 320 29 316 20490 18377 27 325 28 325 23 305 18377 16223 21 315 28 320 20 305 16223 14142 12 297 22 295 20 312 14142 12240 14 269 18 264 23 296 12240 10543 17 268 18 256 25 291 10543 9032 21 271 25 268 27 291 9032 7688 21 271 26 267 27 283 7688 6493 18 271 20*251 28 269 6493 5434 18 268 19*247 27 259 5434 4499 17*261 18 244 26 255 4499 3670 15*251 18 243 25 253 3670 2927 14 247 17 241 24 250 2927 2269 14 243 17 240 23 248 2269 1719 13 242 16 239 21 246 1719 1297 12 240 16 239 19 244 1297 1007 12 239 15 238 15 240 1007 830 11 239 14 238 12*238 830 730 10 238 11 237 8*236 730 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