DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.6 - - 73.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 97 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4847 - - 5301 - - 173 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3852 - - 3820 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5587 - - 6041 - - 913 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3338 - - 2864 - - 6568 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 402 - - 343 - - 45 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 355 - - 345 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 750 - - 678 - - -3763 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4837 - - 5363 - - 4676 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -381 - - -323 - - -4839 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5968 - - 6364 - - 5752 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 88 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 110 - - 80 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.6 - - 73.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 55.6 - - 55.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.1 - - 76.1 - - 74.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 54.3 - - 54.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 97 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4847 - - 5301 - - 173 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 74 - - 54 - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 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] 99608 28 087 31 081 34 082 99608 92077 28 091 30 086 32 082 92077 86268 25 098 30 085 25 085 86268 81464 22 085 23 086 22 082 81464 77328 18 077 16 078 21 075 77328 73654 17 089 15 087 19 065 73654 70318 16 081 12 106 11 048 70318 67268 16 082 8 083 7 021 67268 64471 12 066 7 053 6 014 64471 61783 10 009 12 358 12 006 61783 58981 17 343 19 308 19 310 58981 56077 33 321 23 309 25 316 56077 53328 51 302 50 309 47 307 53328 50887 56 299 62 304 59 308 50887 48717 66 308 69 303 69 310 48717 46738 73 305 71 299 69 305 46738 44904 69 300 71 298 68 302 44904 43190 67 299 71 297 67 300 43190 41588 71 298 71 297 71 298 41588 40090 71 296 71 297 85 300 40090 38682 69 297 74 298 95 299 38682 37314 69 296 73 296 95 296 37314 35914 68 297 72 293 92 298 35914 34457 66 298 66 292 77 293 34457 32947 64 298 63 293 75 292 32947 31366 63 294 64 291 74 293 31366 29702 63 294 66 291 72 292 29702 27955 67 297 68 293 71 292 27955 26123 71 298 70 296 68 294 26123 24210 72 301 71 300 67 300 24210 22222 75 303 72 303 68 305 22222 20156 64 303 71 309 63 312 20156 18012 54 303 53 309 45 311 18012 15836 43 306 40 304 36 300 15836 13745 32 303 32 304 38 298 13745 11848 30 294 27 309 31 299 11848 10172 22 286 26 322 20 311 10172 8699 13 311 15 318 16 317 8699 7401 14 316 13 313 12 303 7401 6253 14*322 12*315 10 308 6253 5235 11*337 8*333 8 337 5235 4336 10 354 8 338 8 000 4336 3542 10 356 7 344 9 008 3542 2830 10 358 7 347 9 011 2830 2200 10 359 7 350 10 014 2200 1674 10 360 7 352 10 015 1674 1271 10 000 7 353 9 016 1271 993 10 000 7 354 9*016 993 825 9 000 6 354 8*017 825 728 8 360 6 355 6 018 728 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