DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 79.0 - - 76.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 74 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3784 - - 5779 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2887 - - 4075 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4524 - - 6519 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3617 - - 2101 - - 8222 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 333 - - 340 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 301 - - 293 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -48 - - 611 - - -3767 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4572 - - 5908 - - 4497 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1758 - - -1548 - - -4642 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6282 - - 8067 - - 5371 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 67 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 50 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 79.0 - - 76.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.4 - - 55.6 - - 58.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.6 - - 77.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 54.3 - - 57.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 74 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3784 - - 5779 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 11 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] 98855 25 084 29 088 26 086 98855 91369 20 092 18 088 24 080 91369 85588 22 091 18 082 16 077 85588 80793 16 094 18 087 15 072 80793 76674 17 101 14 079 16 071 76674 73036 15 085 13 079 12 057 73036 69752 10 050 12 085 7 049 69752 66733 1 336 7 031 10 010 66733 63938 10 337 11 342 15 340 63938 61244 17 298 17 280 23 298 61244 58431 16 282 16 281 23 269 58431 55507 28 299 28 289 29 295 55507 52732 40 288 39 289 40 291 52732 50249 51 289 49 289 48 292 50249 48022 59 286 58 287 56 288 48022 45996 65 288 62 286 64 285 45996 44135 69 289 68 283 69 286 44135 42416 69 287 67 285 71 288 42416 40820 66 289 67 289 68 293 40820 39338 67 292 69 294 69 300 39338 37955 71 294 73 295 70 304 37955 36623 70 291 74 293 71 303 36623 35270 66 288 72 292 74 302 35270 33861 62 287 69 293 78 301 33861 32397 61 286 64 293 80 300 32397 30862 61 286 59 292 78 301 30862 29244 61 287 54 292 70 303 29244 27547 59 288 52 295 59 303 27547 25770 56 287 52 296 54 302 25770 23916 53 285 52 297 49 300 23916 21989 50 287 50 298 46 303 21989 19981 47 287 44 296 43 302 19981 17887 43 290 41 292 39 298 17887 15753 42 296 41 293 37 297 15753 13696 40 291 38 292 35 295 13696 11830 37 287 33 288 29 293 11830 10181 33 289 30 284 23 288 10181 8726 28 291 27 282 17 286 8726 7434 22 290 21*286 13 292 7434 6284 17 292 12*288 11 296 6284 5262 16*294 11 291 10 297 5262 4359 14*298 11 292 10 297 4359 3559 10 301 10 294 9 297 3559 2843 10 302 10 294 9 297 2843 2210 9 301 10 295 8 298 2210 1681 9 303 10 296 8 298 1681 1275 8 303 9 297 7 299 1275 995 8 303 9 297 6 299 995 825 7 303 8 296 5*299 825 728 7 303 7 297 4*298 728 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