DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 79.5 - - 77.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 134 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4652 - - 5431 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3443 - - 4109 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5392 - - 6171 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 966 - - 819 - - 5701 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 343 - - 378 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 186 - - 213 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -636 - - -745 - - -4623 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6028 - - 6917 - - 5352 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9560 - - -8175 - - -9298 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14952 - - 14346 - - 10027 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 79.5 - - 77.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 51.8 - - 56.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 78.8 - - 78.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.9 - - 50.5 - - 56.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 134 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4652 - - 5431 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 100 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 10 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] 99562 45 093 41 097 27 089 99562 92040 31 087 30 083 31 081 92040 86229 24 086 24 080 27 071 86229 81413 20 092 23 087 22 076 81413 77277 23 091 20 088 19 080 77277 73630 23 073 20 089 19 089 73630 70337 22 063 17 078 19 069 70337 67323 15 026 16 064 13 050 67323 64547 7 007 11 033 9 035 64547 61870 7 011 8 006 9 354 61870 59083 11 340 9 326 11 336 59083 56216 15 318 17 312 18 313 56216 53510 18 316 21 297 21 304 53510 51085 26 312 27 296 30 301 51085 48915 29 314 30 296 33 294 48915 46942 40 325 35 308 33 294 46942 45118 49 325 43 312 35 299 45118 43414 54 319 49 308 41 301 43414 41814 54 308 51 302 43 300 41814 40303 50 298 52 296 44 298 40303 38873 46 292 51 289 45 292 38873 37487 44 289 50 284 47 287 37487 36079 42 287 48 283 43 287 36079 34619 42 284 43 282 37 284 34619 33109 41 285 41 282 31 287 33109 31530 39 287 39 288 27 296 31530 29868 39 282 40 290 24 299 29868 28125 35 282 37 293 21 305 28125 26302 33 282 36 295 21 309 26302 24396 30 276 31 299 21 305 24396 22409 31 279 24 302 22 301 22409 20337 31 285 24 289 21 302 20337 18181 28 289 27 289 22 307 18181 15986 29 292 24 290 23 296 15986 13880 25 290 24 291 23 288 13880 11968 21 275 23 286 17 289 11968 10274 15 301 15 275 14 293 10274 8780 14 351 8 294 16 298 8780 7459 10 331 8 268 13 286 7459 6295 3*275 7*232 9 245 6295 5269 4*197 6*227 8 229 5269 4364 4 193 6 224 7 217 4364 3563 4 189 5 217 6 201 3563 2846 4 186 5 212 6 187 2846 2211 4 182 4 206 6 175 2211 1682 4 180 4 201 6 169 1682 1275 4 178 4 197 6 167 1275 995 4 177 3 195 6 163 995 825 4 176 3 194 5*161 825 728 4 177 3 193 4*160 728 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