DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - - - - 86.9 - - 88.6 - - 84.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 46 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3573 - - 3626 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2692 - - 2290 - - 713 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4313 - - 4366 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1131 - - 1454 - - 4783 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 266 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 19 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 194 - - 191 - - 187 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1064 - - 685 - - -1599 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3249 - - 3681 - - 2329 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5204 - - -5246 - - -2802 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9517 - - 9612 - - 3532 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 82 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3150 - - 3340 - - 3930 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.9 - - 88.6 - - 84.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.6 - - 74.4 - - 76.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.4 - - 88.4 - - 86.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 73.3 - - 75.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 46 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3573 - - 3626 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 37 - - 28 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 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] 99054 29 100 23 077 38 072 99054 91605 30 094 25 089 26 081 91605 85879 27 084 28 094 15 092 85879 81105 21 080 25 088 14 071 81105 76993 17 070 21 078 11 067 76993 73370 13 067 16 063 12 081 73370 70089 8 066 13 051 14 062 70089 67063 2 215 11 029 9 051 67063 64278 5 112 5 235 3 334 64278 61603 8 343 5 197 2 326 61603 58824 17 284 14 270 10 313 58824 55972 23 252 22 260 19 279 55972 53284 20 254 22 270 21 277 53284 50873 27 265 31 276 27 281 50873 48711 28 266 32 273 28 282 48711 46748 22 269 25 270 25 278 46748 44945 19 272 19 271 15 268 44945 43266 17 267 17 261 13 282 43266 41694 19 263 18 257 19 277 41694 40216 26 263 32 260 28 268 40216 38826 31 265 34 260 31 259 38826 37480 34 268 30 255 32 259 37480 36106 32 262 30 256 36 264 36106 34672 26 258 30 259 36 262 34672 33181 23 261 29 259 34 256 33181 31620 21 257 28 248 33 251 31620 29980 22 251 26 244 30 248 29980 28261 21 250 22 250 23 242 28261 26460 19 260 17 252 18 243 26460 24577 18 267 14 256 13 250 24577 22616 14 269 13 266 11 249 22616 20571 14 268 12 260 12 229 20571 18439 14 253 12 228 15 212 18439 16262 15 230 15 216 15 214 16262 14156 15 219 17 217 17 224 14156 12234 18 220 19 222 19 232 12234 10524 19 226 20 226 20 237 10524 9005 19 231 20 233 22 241 9005 7654 21 225 22 234 23 242 7654 6455 21 217 23 222 25 230 6455 5398 17 207 21 204 27 210 5398 4470 15*201 20*196 27 204 4470 3647 15*198 20*194 26 201 3647 2909 15 195 20 192 25 198 2909 2257 15 193 19 191 24 196 2257 1712 14 192 19 190 22 194 1712 1293 14 191 18 190 19 192 1293 1004 13 191 17 189 16 190 1004 829 12 190 16 189 14*189 829 729 10 190 12 189 9*187 729 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