DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 Kendallville_IN 1004ft pt36929@-85.191,41.477,942ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 degF SPONSORED BY: Bryan Soaring 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 - - - - - - 27.6 - - 29.3 - - 27.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 15 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1928 - - 1937 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2932 - - 2941 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 572 - - 683 - - 2132 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 159 - - 129 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 211 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 762 - - 756 - - -374 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2170 - - 2185 - - 1378 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 470 - - 434 - - -913 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2462 - - 2507 - - 1917 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.6 - - 29.3 - - 27.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.0 - - 23.6 - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.5 - - 29.3 - - 28.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.1 - - 22.9 - - 24.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 15 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1928 - - 1937 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95828 60 259 47 256 54 246 95828 88717 33 267 34 262 36 267 88717 83281 17 262 27 263 33 278 83281 78755 16 285 22 259 30 277 78755 74822 25 284 22 264 27 271 74822 71325 26 289 24 274 26 281 71325 68147 31 291 30 287 28 294 68147 65210 33 287 35 285 30 293 65210 62473 34 290 35 279 32 283 62473 59808 40 285 37 279 36 287 59808 57018 41 285 45 277 43 287 57018 54114 45 286 45 280 49 286 54114 51328 51 292 56 285 57 279 51328 48816 63 287 62 288 57 282 48816 46567 64 286 69 286 64 289 46567 44528 60 292 67 283 66 286 44528 42668 68 293 62 289 65 288 42668 40963 80 296 77 292 75 290 40963 39392 89 292 88 283 84 287 39392 37944 87 297 87 280 87 281 37944 36604 97 302 89 281 80 279 36604 35323 101 301 97 282 77 278 35323 34025 99 302 94 283 78 275 34025 32673 93 303 76 286 67 269 32673 31268 92 297 71 282 62 272 31268 29796 80 299 74 280 68 277 29796 28245 72 297 72 281 65 282 28245 26616 72 294 67 281 62 287 26616 24910 67 298 64 283 60 292 24910 23131 64 302 60 282 58 293 23131 21278 60 302 54 285 52 290 21278 19347 53 303 48 290 50 279 19347 17336 46 302 43 295 45 281 17336 15283 44 300 39 295 38 287 15283 13304 40 304 36 296 34 296 13304 11505 35 305 32 297 33 300 11505 9911 32 304 29 297 29 295 9911 8500 32 310 25 298 24 292 8500 7251 29 313 22 299 20 295 7251 6143 20 310 19 294 18 292 6143 5162 11 303 14 275 14 273 5162 4303 10 293 11 250 12 246 4303 3559 5*290 10*218 10 215 3559 2909 2*264 9*212 10 189 2909 2338 2 258 8 211 10 177 2338 1862 2 247 7 211 11 172 1862 1496 2 243 6 211 11 166 1496 1244 1 239 5 211 10 160 1244 1091 1 240 5 210 8 156 1091 1004 1 239 4 210 5*152 1004 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