DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 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 - - - - - - 75.4 - - 78.8 - - 71.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 186 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4067 - - 5595 - - 375 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3387 - - 4684 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5071 - - 6599 - - 1379 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2900 - - 2348 - - 4218 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 347 - - 422 - - 59 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 273 - - 280 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1399 - - 555 - - -2141 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3672 - - 6044 - - 3520 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 66 - - -313 - - -4027 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5005 - - 6912 - - 5406 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 80 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1020 - - 320 - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 78.8 - - 71.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.5 - - 55.7 - - 59.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.9 - - 77.8 - - 72.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.2 - - 54.7 - - 58.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 186 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4067 - - 5595 - - 375 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 19 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 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] 99227 27 094 22 089 30 067 99227 91723 25 093 21 089 28 081 91723 85923 22 091 23 096 23 091 85923 81109 21 098 23 089 19 081 81109 76967 19 082 20 091 14 093 76967 73306 8 064 17 089 8 094 73306 69982 4 106 8 091 3 136 69982 66918 5 169 4 102 3 063 66918 64081 4 182 2 172 4 324 64081 61337 5 285 9 322 5 343 61337 58482 12 285 24 286 25 306 58482 55538 18 278 32 259 34 273 55538 52727 28 284 26 271 30 268 52727 50185 40 284 43 288 41 280 50185 47915 49 270 52 276 52 277 47915 45875 50 272 55 273 56 283 45875 44025 57 275 65 283 75 293 44025 42345 73 276 88 286 95 279 42345 40804 81 275 96 277 87 278 40804 39355 93 287 87 277 83 284 39355 37982 114 290 103 291 84 290 37982 36653 118 288 107 289 85 289 36653 35297 115 286 103 284 87 286 35297 33883 115 284 104 283 90 284 33883 32415 112 285 106 284 92 284 32415 30878 104 289 106 285 84 285 30878 29264 82 284 102 285 74 286 29264 27572 72 274 83 278 69 278 27572 25804 71 262 83 268 72 270 25804 23958 77 260 81 270 74 272 23958 22039 73 267 75 274 70 276 22039 20043 52 278 67 280 62 279 20043 17973 34 271 48 281 50 282 17973 15871 30 258 37 272 40 286 15871 13852 33 256 34 260 33 277 13852 12016 35 261 31 259 31 268 12016 10387 28 262 27 250 26 259 10387 8941 24 258 23 247 24 259 8941 7654 22 261 20*254 23 260 7654 6511 20 268 19*258 22 265 6511 5496 18*274 16 269 21 274 5496 4601 16*277 14 277 20 283 4601 3810 15 277 13 284 19 290 3810 3102 12 273 13 288 17 301 3102 2475 12 272 13 289 16 307 2475 1951 11 270 13 291 16 308 1951 1549 11 269 12 292 15*310 1549 1272 10 268 12 292 13*311 1272 1104 9 269 11 293 11 311 1104 1007 8 267 10 293 8 311 1007 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