DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - - - - - 80.2 - - 81.3 - - 77.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 256 - - 138 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5314 - - 5617 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4374 - - 4283 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6054 - - 6357 - - 729 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 806 - - 824 - - 6663 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 462 - - 389 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 206 - - 187 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -380 - - 273 - - -3938 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6435 - - 6084 - - 4667 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6691 - - -5046 - - -4931 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12745 - - 11403 - - 5660 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 78 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.2 - - 81.3 - - 77.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 57.2 - - 60.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.7 - - 80.5 - - 78.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.7 - - 56.3 - - 59.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 256 - - 138 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5314 - - 5617 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 11 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 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] 98783 8 139 7 100 10 120 98783 91248 18 097 12 081 10 080 91248 85490 16 115 12 070 15 062 85490 80738 14 139 15 061 17 055 80738 76632 15 122 14 091 16 057 76632 73007 16 093 11 107 13 067 73007 69748 18 076 7 114 11 079 69748 66762 18 064 2 106 8 053 66762 63984 11 030 3 062 6 008 63984 61292 10 337 6 060 5 350 61292 58484 13 309 6 030 9 323 58484 55576 12 279 10 316 13 302 55576 52820 10 267 18 294 12 280 52820 50354 13 242 19 257 14 270 50354 48154 14 221 21 233 27 259 48154 46190 14 237 23 216 31 230 46190 44416 17 255 21 220 28 219 44416 42773 19 253 22 220 32 217 42773 41233 24 234 31 226 35 215 41233 39784 29 224 36 225 40 214 39784 38412 31 222 35 226 38 219 38412 37074 31 221 32 229 37 221 37074 35706 32 222 29 232 37 219 35706 34278 32 223 27 235 38 217 34278 32795 31 222 26 238 37 217 32795 31243 30 219 26 242 35 219 31243 29607 30 219 30 238 33 225 29607 27889 30 227 36 236 33 232 27889 26088 29 229 36 231 34 233 26088 24207 28 224 34 232 32 233 24207 22254 29 223 33 238 32 239 22254 20223 30 231 30 243 30 242 20223 18106 27 237 27 246 27 240 18106 15945 22 236 24 243 23 234 15945 13861 20 229 20 238 19 233 13861 11967 18 218 19 228 17 231 11967 10285 16 213 18 220 16 207 10285 8795 14 214 14 218 16 212 8795 7481 14 217 17*212 20 225 7481 6319 12*214 17*207 22 222 6319 5289 12*213 16 207 20 212 5289 4380 12 213 16 207 18 205 4380 3576 12 212 15 206 18 200 3576 2855 12 212 15 206 17 197 2855 2218 12 211 14 206 16 194 2218 1686 12 211 14 206 16 192 1686 1277 11 211 13 206 14 191 1277 997 11 210 13 206 13 189 997 826 10 210 12 206 11*188 826 728 9 210 10 206 7*187 728 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