DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1009z - - 1331z - - 1559z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 56.8 - - 68.9 - - 72.3 - - 70.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 20 - - 194 - - 100 - - 117 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 99 - - 3441 - - 6223 - - 4365 - - 625 BL Depth Hcrit 704 - - 2817 - - 4524 - - 3247 - - 704 Hcrit BL Top 839 - - 4181 - - 6963 - - 5105 - - 1365 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 298 - - 2525 - - 3327 - - 3827 - - 3212 Hgt.Variab. W* 52 - - 362 - - 366 - - 338 - - 76 W* B/S 1 - - 8 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 8 - - 20 - - 22 - - 13 BL Wind Direction 258 - - 278 - - 279 - - 275 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 6 - - 15 - - 12 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 5 - - 17 - - -2 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1402 - - -1121 - - 643 - - 115 - - -1807 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2241 - - 5302 - - 6320 - - 4990 - - 3172 sfcLCL ODpotential -4518 - - -3638 - - -674 - - -886 - - -3383 ODpotential blCL 5357 - - 7819 - - 7637 - - 5991 - - 4748 blCL maxRH 80 - - 65 - - 90 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 20 - - 100 - - 350 - - 470 CAPE Temp@2m 56.8 - - 68.9 - - 72.3 - - 70.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 49.8 - - 48.3 - - 47.2 - - 51.3 - - 54.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.7 - - 67.8 - - 71.7 - - 69.9 - - 65.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 49.4 - - 47.0 - - 45.4 - - 50.1 - - 53.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 20 - - 194 - - 100 - - 117 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 99 - - 3441 - - 6223 - - 4365 - - 625 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 19 - - 0 - - 60 - - 73 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 9 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] 98896 34 081 27 092 29 102 23 095 24 096 98896 91412 24 092 20 098 18 092 22 097 17 091 91412 85647 20 101 15 109 13 088 17 089 14 105 85647 80854 11 095 11 118 11 076 11 100 13 089 80854 76719 8 081 8 112 7 077 7 106 11 065 76719 73071 6 082 4 103 4 018 7 120 2 067 73071 69769 2 352 1 109 5 257 7 331 4 065 69769 66721 5 275 5 335 7 230 11 290 9 334 66721 63897 17 289 11 300 11 260 12 271 18 275 63897 61161 23 269 16 294 10 271 12 294 14 277 61161 58297 29 290 32 294 31 294 32 296 26 304 58297 55337 40 274 47 267 46 274 50 285 50 294 55337 52529 39 259 44 266 49 256 59 272 59 273 52529 49998 50 284 48 275 50 267 59 263 55 267 49998 47710 60 285 54 278 57 277 57 265 56 273 47710 45624 59 282 64 276 66 279 60 273 61 275 45624 43710 64 284 71 279 71 278 65 276 64 275 43710 41945 74 286 77 284 72 278 68 280 68 276 41945 40311 86 287 83 284 73 279 73 284 74 279 40311 38794 98 284 87 282 75 281 82 286 85 281 38794 37378 106 281 87 279 79 283 92 285 96 280 37378 36020 107 279 85 276 84 286 99 283 103 278 36020 34651 103 277 83 276 90 288 99 281 102 276 34651 33241 99 276 83 276 95 288 98 279 97 275 33241 31794 95 275 83 279 98 289 99 280 94 275 31794 30287 89 275 82 287 96 288 98 280 94 276 30287 28704 83 274 81 289 86 285 89 277 89 276 28704 27051 76 271 81 285 81 281 80 272 80 274 27051 25325 71 270 74 287 78 278 79 267 72 272 25325 23527 62 276 60 289 73 276 81 266 68 273 23527 21652 56 281 48 282 69 280 79 270 64 278 21652 19691 52 288 40 274 66 283 76 282 57 283 19691 17640 41 292 38 280 56 277 61 293 47 290 17640 15547 37 292 39 284 50 277 48 294 36 292 15547 13531 37 288 37 285 39 280 37 292 27 297 13531 11698 36 287 33 286 25 302 30 297 25 302 11698 10071 32 297 28 288 22 304 25 292 29 296 10071 8627 33 304 25 297 25 287 27 285 30 294 8627 7340 36 307 25 310 29*287 27 283 28 292 7340 6196 29 307 23 312 28*285 28 281 27 287 6196 5182 20 300 22 316 23 280 27*278 26 287 5182 4289 18 294 17*317 21 278 26*274 26 288 4289 3500 14 285 11*298 20 278 24 274 26 291 3500 2794 13 270 9 277 20 277 24 274 26 295 2794 2171 15 259 9 275 19 277 23 275 25 298 2171 1652 15 252 8 274 18 276 22 276 21*299 1652 1255 14 256 8 273 18 276 21 276 16*299 1255 981 11*259 7 273 17 276 19 276 13 297 981 816 10*259 7 271 15 276 17 277 11 297 816 721 6 257 7 272 13 275 14 276 8 297 721 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