DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.9 - - 82.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 83 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4155 - - 4166 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3334 - - 2953 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4895 - - 4906 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1319 - - 1035 - - 3621 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 382 - - 310 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 26 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 212 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 251 - - -334 - - -2953 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4644 - - 5240 - - 3683 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5236 - - -5277 - - -8218 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10131 - - 10183 - - 8948 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 71 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 530 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.9 - - 82.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.9 - - 65.1 - - 68.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.9 - - 85.3 - - 84.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.6 - - 63.8 - - 67.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 83 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4155 - - 4166 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 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] 99443 37 098 26 100 28 079 99443 91926 32 086 29 091 27 091 91926 86115 27 085 30 084 28 078 86115 81307 23 091 25 084 21 071 81307 77179 19 090 20 076 15 074 77179 73533 16 092 16 067 15 053 73533 70237 16 074 12 086 10 036 70237 67218 14 069 9 081 7 055 67218 64428 13 046 10 047 9 047 64428 61744 15 005 11 019 9 017 61744 58967 16 328 14 322 11 317 58967 56113 21 311 25 307 24 305 56113 53424 35 309 34 312 37 309 53424 51015 43 309 45 308 46 308 51015 48848 46 304 51 303 54 306 48848 46874 53 310 58 304 59 304 46874 45049 60 316 65 309 63 305 45049 43349 65 316 67 311 69 308 43349 41759 61 311 64 311 69 308 41759 40267 59 307 66 310 57 304 40267 38861 49 299 68 307 57 304 38861 37496 49 297 60 303 59 302 37496 36100 49 305 56 305 59 304 36100 34644 50 313 55 313 60 311 34644 33130 50 317 56 315 61 314 33130 31547 35 317 55 313 58 312 31547 29884 28 299 45 303 54 306 29884 28143 33 299 39 296 51 302 28143 26321 30 300 34 283 47 299 26321 24422 32 308 27 282 41 300 24422 22451 30 296 26 292 40 299 22451 20407 23 296 25 305 31 297 20407 18285 15 306 24 301 25 317 18285 16124 16 316 24 314 23 331 16124 14038 17 320 28 328 23 336 14038 12136 18 323 25 335 22 329 12136 10441 18 330 20 341 23 323 10441 8932 17 334 19 344 20 307 8932 7590 15 327 15 340 13 290 7590 6400 11 318 8 300 11 278 6400 5350 6*301 10*223 14 263 5350 4428 3*262 10*218 17 246 4428 3615 3 249 10 215 16 235 3615 2886 3 243 10 212 15 231 2886 2240 3 238 9 211 15 228 2240 1701 2 234 9 208 14 225 1701 1286 2 233 9 208 13 223 1286 1001 2 230 8 207 11 220 1001 828 2 230 8 207 9*218 828 729 2 230 7 206 6*215 729 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