DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 75.8 - - 75.9 - - 76.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - -34 - - -80 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 974 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 712 - - 712 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1714 - - 729 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1274 - - 2414 - - 2257 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 174 - - 25 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 31 - - 14 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 169 - - 209 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -15 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 113 - - -825 - - -582 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1601 - - 1554 - - 1311 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4648 - - -2754 - - -2743 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6362 - - 3483 - - 3472 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 94 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2260 - - 2060 - - 2190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 75.9 - - 76.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 70.6 - - 72.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.8 - - 77.0 - - 78.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 69.9 - - 71.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - -34 - - -80 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 974 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 74 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 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] 98961 32 094 24 100 25 089 98961 91423 29 096 27 099 14 081 91423 85641 20 108 22 088 19 085 85641 80853 12 096 15 077 22 077 80853 76726 7 055 11 097 14 061 76726 73082 5 053 11 106 2 123 73082 69794 8 098 6 077 2 128 69794 66776 5 042 5 048 4 092 66776 63978 7 320 10 284 8 334 63978 61275 10 309 12 273 13 315 61275 58461 18 292 19 284 30 310 58461 55561 34 295 31 292 41 283 55561 52796 39 285 40 293 44 279 52796 50300 38 290 45 281 61 294 50300 48078 41 285 44 294 73 297 48078 46073 36 303 82 305 82 293 46073 44247 75 310 97 301 87 292 44247 42566 92 302 97 301 90 292 42566 40996 77 294 92 298 89 290 40996 39519 77 290 83 292 85 288 39519 38124 77 286 76 286 82 283 38124 36772 75 288 73 284 77 277 36772 35395 74 291 70 280 76 274 35395 33961 74 291 69 277 76 275 33961 32475 70 287 69 278 76 274 32475 30923 62 284 71 283 77 274 30923 29292 53 283 72 286 77 274 29292 27583 44 280 70 290 75 272 27583 25797 40 273 66 291 76 271 25797 23938 40 270 63 284 78 273 23938 22009 41 269 64 273 79 274 22009 20005 42 268 69 271 78 277 20005 17930 45 269 68 261 75 276 17930 15830 51 272 67 252 69 272 15830 13799 57 271 68 253 63 267 13799 11944 57 267 68 257 59 253 11944 10290 54 259 64 259 62 249 10290 8817 51 246 59 251 59 250 8817 7506 51 233 54 238 58 242 7506 6341 50 224 52 226 59 233 6341 5308 48 218 51 218 58 227 5308 4396 44 212 48 214 56 224 4396 3589 41 203 45 214 54 223 3589 2865 39 190 41 215 50 224 2865 2225 38*180 38 218 47 225 2225 1691 36*173 33 216 41 223 1691 1281 33 169 27 213 35 223 1281 998 31 167 22 211 29 223 998 827 27 166 19*210 24*223 827 728 21 165 14*209 17*223 728 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