DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/09 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 - - - - - - 80.1 - - 82.5 - - 80.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1805 - - 2906 - - 316 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 712 - - 712 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2545 - - 3646 - - 1056 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1715 - - 2096 - - 4482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 189 - - 52 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 235 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 17 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1164 - - 1591 - - -355 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1381 - - 2055 - - 1411 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 438 - - 149 - - -1446 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2107 - - 3497 - - 2502 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 97 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2420 - - 2460 - - 2950 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.1 - - 82.5 - - 80.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 75.3 - - 76.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.7 - - 82.7 - - 81.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.8 - - 74.0 - - 75.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1805 - - 2906 - - 316 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 87 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 20 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] 98906 26 093 21 105 14 079 98906 91416 19 083 22 100 20 099 91416 85669 18 092 14 094 21 092 85669 80915 16 097 12 088 17 074 80915 76833 12 093 16 067 16 063 76833 73234 12 096 16 062 17 058 73234 69988 14 087 12 059 18 046 69988 67015 14 088 10 084 12 018 67015 64274 11 078 9 077 5 340 64274 61634 6 041 8 047 2 059 61634 58893 4 018 5 003 5 359 58893 56064 7 297 6 292 7 272 56064 53372 8 282 8 276 13 256 53372 50952 25 286 20 280 21 270 50952 48786 27 277 30 270 27 266 48786 46813 27 287 28 267 32 259 46813 44990 39 298 30 273 35 255 44990 43290 47 297 33 278 35 257 43290 41692 49 298 36 285 35 261 41692 40181 46 292 37 288 36 265 40181 38750 37 272 34 288 37 265 38750 37363 31 234 32 281 35 259 37363 35958 21 213 40 264 34 249 35958 34506 21 227 41 252 39 246 34506 33004 27 240 40 247 38 244 33004 31436 30 245 36 244 35 257 31436 29789 32 245 32 242 35 265 29789 28062 32 246 31 245 35 267 28062 26254 32 250 33 263 32 270 26254 24365 30 246 28 269 33 282 24365 22402 21 238 25 274 34 280 22402 20359 12 244 21 282 21 283 20359 18231 12 233 18 301 19 314 18231 16071 13 227 17 297 23 321 16071 13996 10 256 11 307 19 322 13996 12105 15 277 13 320 15 319 12105 10417 20 260 13 304 15 310 10417 8914 21 258 11 272 19 284 8914 7580 19 257 11 246 19 270 7580 6398 19 251 14 247 19 269 6398 5352 20 242 18 246 19 262 5352 4431 20 237 18*243 18 261 4431 3617 18 236 17*241 17 262 3617 2887 15*235 16 238 15 262 2887 2241 14*234 15 234 13 261 2241 1701 12 231 15 233 11 260 1701 1287 11 230 14 232 10*259 1287 1002 10 229 13 232 9*258 1002 828 9 229 12 231 8 257 828 729 8 228 10 231 5 257 729 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