DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 91.1 - - 90.8 - - 86.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 52 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4203 - - 3900 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3263 - - 2543 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4943 - - 4640 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1827 - - 1399 - - 3980 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 359 - - 278 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 218 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 422 - - -137 - - -2398 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4521 - - 4777 - - 3129 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3484 - - -4307 - - -7073 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8427 - - 8947 - - 7803 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 73 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2870 - - 2490 - - 3170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.1 - - 90.8 - - 86.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 72.1 - - 74.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.3 - - 90.7 - - 87.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 70.8 - - 73.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 52 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4203 - - 3900 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 19 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] 99395 27 109 31 085 37 072 99395 91816 29 103 22 089 27 085 91816 86024 29 095 22 114 21 092 86024 81227 26 084 20 104 22 096 81227 77085 21 083 14 079 21 089 77085 73436 19 081 9 072 15 083 73436 70155 13 091 10 103 6 077 70155 67150 12 102 12 128 0 149 67150 64361 10 086 13 123 6 207 64361 61668 2 129 3 049 7 152 61668 58882 7 207 4 262 3 112 58882 56031 12 215 10 208 1 279 56031 53353 8 169 13 180 7 241 53353 50968 6 102 15 157 10 218 50968 48823 4 270 11 159 11 190 48823 46859 10 255 7 202 11 181 46859 45044 14 245 10 241 11 193 45044 43360 14 221 10 255 13 205 43360 41788 9 208 7 251 13 220 41788 40310 8 199 7 233 10 229 40310 38908 9 219 9 231 9 247 38908 37546 12 227 11 239 10 256 37546 36155 12 228 12 244 11 250 36155 34704 10 228 13 237 12 241 34704 33198 10 229 17 226 17 229 33198 31623 8 225 20 226 24 225 31623 29972 11 211 22 228 29 234 29972 28243 16 240 29 232 31 240 28243 26431 24 244 33 232 31 240 26431 24541 31 238 33 230 27 242 24541 22576 36 239 29 235 22 248 22576 20534 36 235 27 245 22 254 20534 18407 35 231 31 244 25 252 18407 16239 36 226 33 231 28 239 16239 14147 33 228 34 226 31 230 14147 12236 27 226 27 228 29 226 12236 10532 27 223 24 228 23 226 10532 9016 27 229 24 229 20 228 9016 7667 25 236 23 238 21 233 7667 6468 18 237 20 244 19 234 6468 5408 13*226 17*234 20 225 5408 4475 11*219 16*221 22 214 4475 3651 11 217 16 220 22 210 3651 2913 11 216 16 218 21 208 2913 2259 11 215 15 218 20 207 2259 1713 10 214 15 217 19 205 1713 1293 10 212 14 216 17 204 1293 1005 9 212 14 216 14 202 1005 830 9 211 12 216 12*202 830 729 8 211 10 215 8*200 729 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