DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/14 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 - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 90 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3620 - - 4751 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2809 - - 3422 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4360 - - 5491 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 915 - - 2252 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 331 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 21 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 320 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1487 - - 1509 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2874 - - 3982 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 146 - - 53 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4214 - - 5438 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 100 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.2 - - 55.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.0 - - 70.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.9 - - 54.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 90 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3620 - - 4751 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 33 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 98853 31 085 29 084 98853 91354 25 077 23 082 91354 85592 19 088 20 095 85592 80820 16 095 12 091 80820 76715 15 077 8 093 76715 73078 9 044 6 060 73078 69782 2 036 6 017 69782 66764 3 119 3 045 66764 63977 3 211 4 299 63977 61281 6 301 6 296 61281 58451 22 299 9 351 58451 55527 38 268 45 281 55527 52775 47 237 50 248 52775 50300 40 256 40 256 50300 48068 57 275 55 272 48068 46043 71 275 65 273 46043 44187 81 277 74 273 44187 42480 89 277 83 273 42480 40901 94 274 89 272 40901 39424 96 271 92 270 39424 38031 98 268 93 268 38031 36681 101 265 89 268 36681 35307 99 265 85 268 35307 33879 91 266 82 268 33879 32400 89 266 81 268 32400 30852 87 266 77 271 30852 29225 83 265 68 282 29225 27520 79 265 64 283 27520 25735 75 267 54 283 25735 23868 71 263 44 288 23868 21921 66 258 39 296 21921 19892 65 258 34 303 19892 17780 57 254 31 308 17780 15634 56 252 31 305 15634 13577 58 267 36 294 13577 11716 49 282 41 290 11716 10068 37 288 41 296 10068 8614 29 288 29 311 8614 7333 31 280 24 320 7333 6196 33 291 23*320 6196 5189 26*313 23*320 5189 4300 21*320 22 320 4300 3514 20 320 22 320 3514 2809 19 319 22 320 2809 2186 19 319 21 320 2186 1665 18 319 21 319 1665 1266 18 319 20 319 1266 991 17 319 19 319 991 823 15 318 18 319 823 727 13 318 14 319 727 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