DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/23 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 0659z - - 0959z - - 1334z - - 1603z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 68.5 - - 79.5 - - 82.9 - - 84.6 - - 80.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 7 - - 98 - - 165 - - 72 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2638 - - 5357 - - 5199 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 711 - - 1952 - - 4227 - - 3660 - - 712 Hcrit BL Top 729 - - 3378 - - 6097 - - 5939 - - 730 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 209 - - 3141 - - 1040 - - 1508 - - 5638 Hgt.Variab. W* 22 - - 277 - - 413 - - 329 - - 21 W* B/S 2 - - 22 - - 18 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 026 - - 035 - - 337 - - 346 - - 019 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 1 - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1621 - - -3214 - - -209 - - -983 - - -4481 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2351 - - 6592 - - 6306 - - 6922 - - 5211 sfcLCL ODpotential -4964 - - -10670 - - -6467 - - -7180 - - -7537 ODpotential blCL 5693 - - 14048 - - 12564 - - 13119 - - 8267 blCL maxRH 63 - - 69 - - 67 - - 69 - - 52 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 68.5 - - 79.5 - - 82.9 - - 84.6 - - 80.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 60.7 - - 53.2 - - 57.7 - - 56.8 - - 60.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 68.7 - - 78.9 - - 81.7 - - 84.2 - - 82.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 60.2 - - 51.9 - - 56.4 - - 55.5 - - 59.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 7 - - 98 - - 165 - - 72 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2638 - - 5357 - - 5199 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 11 - - 8 - - 9 - - 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] 98811 22 072 29 105 30 093 25 089 27 079 98811 91271 28 081 29 103 25 101 20 088 23 082 91271 85476 29 081 28 089 25 092 23 096 23 089 85476 80703 22 082 28 086 26 091 25 096 22 096 80703 76621 20 086 26 087 21 086 21 097 19 084 76621 73027 21 094 21 076 19 094 17 094 20 079 73027 69770 16 095 17 088 17 095 14 092 18 077 69770 66772 11 080 14 080 12 118 8 099 12 068 66772 63995 10 059 5 107 10 121 7 114 2 050 63995 61316 8 022 3 106 4 100 6 076 1 127 61316 58543 5 227 10 218 11 259 9 296 8 287 58543 55680 11 321 6 293 15 248 18 266 21 292 55680 52957 26 306 24 301 23 294 27 285 30 291 52957 50523 30 285 35 284 36 283 42 284 39 286 50523 48363 33 293 41 279 43 268 45 274 44 281 48363 46406 48 300 45 285 43 284 49 282 50 286 46406 44602 53 294 56 292 55 293 58 287 55 287 44602 42926 54 286 57 290 63 295 63 287 57 289 42926 41357 60 284 61 294 66 295 65 290 61 293 41357 39883 65 280 65 293 69 293 67 291 66 291 39883 38493 58 285 66 289 68 290 68 290 69 288 38493 37143 54 293 66 290 68 290 67 289 68 284 37143 35760 53 294 60 289 68 293 67 290 68 282 35760 34317 55 293 54 286 64 292 66 292 69 287 34317 32823 53 291 55 285 57 293 62 295 64 296 32823 31266 47 286 54 288 46 298 47 299 45 301 31266 29631 45 283 45 283 42 292 38 297 34 297 29631 27913 50 288 39 277 40 289 41 295 32 294 27913 26110 48 290 37 290 36 293 39 298 26 302 26110 24229 39 287 34 297 30 295 30 303 19 312 24229 22273 31 301 26 298 27 297 27 305 20 311 22273 20239 25 315 17 303 21 298 24 304 20 304 20239 18119 26 320 14 310 20 301 21 309 19 307 18119 15958 27 315 20 319 16 315 18 316 13 317 15958 13878 25 305 21 323 15 337 12 333 8 335 13878 11987 18 305 16 325 15 343 9 343 6 343 11987 10309 13 324 13 317 15 338 9 352 7 345 10309 8826 16 342 17 344 14 349 8 008 7 350 8826 7510 19 346 22 359 14 355 10 354 11 347 7510 6342 18 350 20 001 9*346 8*342 12 338 6342 5308 12 358 14 354 5*337 8*343 10 341 5308 4396 11 006 11 005 5 335 7 344 8 359 4396 3589 12 019 8*024 4 336 7 345 8 008 3589 2866 13 031 4*039 4 336 7 346 8 013 2866 2226 14 037 3 038 4 337 7 347 8 016 2226 1691 12 037 2 034 3 338 7 348 8 018 1691 1281 8 048 2 033 3 339 7 348 8 019 1281 998 9 039 2 029 3 340 7 348 7 020 998 827 8*034 1 030 3 339 6 348 6*019 827 729 2*026 1 030 3 340 6 349 4*019 729 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