DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.6 - - 72.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -22 - - -1 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1415 - - 1802 - - 407 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 712 - - 712 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2155 - - 2542 - - 1147 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4347 - - 3812 - - 1607 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 113 - - 120 - - 54 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 214 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1466 - - -848 - - -422 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3621 - - 3391 - - 1569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3326 - - -2626 - - -2264 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5481 - - 5168 - - 3411 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 640 - - 1230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.6 - - 72.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.7 - - 64.1 - - 67.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.2 - - 77.0 - - 73.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.4 - - 62.7 - - 67.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -22 - - -1 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1415 - - 1802 - - 407 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 15 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] 99120 38 085 23 089 30 066 99120 91628 30 083 31 087 23 076 91628 85856 24 091 27 078 22 081 85856 81057 20 101 19 069 22 069 81057 76912 12 100 15 078 15 063 76912 73248 11 100 9 077 9 078 73248 69930 10 100 6 113 4 067 69930 66882 10 065 7 141 1 300 66882 64054 10 348 6 046 2 340 64054 61320 7 285 8 346 9 343 61320 58477 14 304 20 304 18 327 58477 55534 27 276 29 278 31 295 55534 52739 27 283 31 282 49 282 52739 50239 49 285 50 275 54 269 50239 48010 58 273 57 267 51 268 48010 45993 52 273 48 279 52 284 45993 44158 64 291 65 288 76 284 44158 42486 76 294 72 287 82 280 42486 40936 86 289 73 284 80 279 40936 39481 91 284 77 281 76 276 39481 38104 76 279 82 278 74 273 38104 36767 73 278 79 277 78 272 36767 35404 68 285 75 278 81 272 35404 33984 64 290 68 279 77 273 33984 32509 58 290 65 279 65 275 32509 30969 47 280 60 277 57 277 30969 29350 41 273 58 273 52 280 29350 27652 39 273 49 276 51 282 27652 25873 38 277 43 271 48 276 25873 24015 36 280 38 271 46 275 24015 22084 34 280 36 278 40 274 22084 20072 35 280 36 280 36 274 20072 17977 32 289 33 280 35 278 17977 15845 32 295 26 275 31 287 15845 13792 27 290 27 276 28 293 13792 11924 23 274 30 276 23 286 11924 10266 20 259 28 267 21 277 10266 8791 20 246 27 257 22 277 8791 7478 21 246 24 253 23 268 7478 6312 21 246 21 252 23 260 6312 5279 20 239 21 250 22 247 5279 4369 17 228 20 243 21 229 4369 3565 16 222 18 229 21 215 3565 2845 15 217 16*221 19 206 2845 2209 14*216 14*218 17 203 2209 1680 13*214 12 215 14 200 1680 1274 12 213 10 213 11*191 1274 995 12 212 9 211 9*183 995 825 10 211 8 210 8 179 825 728 8 210 6 209 6 177 728 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