DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 37.7 - - 32.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 20 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1471 - - 1367 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1418 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2475 - - 2371 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 459 - - 424 - - 483 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 235 - - 130 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 18 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 242 - - 235 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -854 - - -553 - - -318 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3329 - - 2924 - - 1323 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10182 - - -8212 - - -8647 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12657 - - 10583 - - 9652 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 76 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 37.7 - - 32.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.2 - - 28.6 - - 30.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.6 - - 37.8 - - 33.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.0 - - 27.9 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 20 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1471 - - 1367 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 25 - - 2 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 94246 73 256 72 272 60 296 94246 87618 63 267 54 272 52 286 87618 82479 55 276 49 291 47 289 82479 78154 50 281 50 287 48 292 78154 74367 40 281 46 281 46 292 74367 70965 36 280 39 274 45 289 70965 67845 37 284 38 279 42 288 67845 64944 35 278 38 281 39 282 64944 62224 32 272 36 270 37 285 62224 59574 32 274 34 275 35 291 59574 56795 39 279 44 284 33 292 56795 53882 47 276 47 274 39 283 53882 51062 48 270 41 276 40 280 51062 48506 47 271 46 281 56 284 48506 46227 56 275 58 285 63 281 46227 44182 62 275 67 282 62 285 44182 42329 71 276 67 280 65 284 42329 40627 69 272 66 279 64 284 40627 39053 64 278 68 289 64 291 39053 37599 71 284 78 292 68 298 37599 36252 78 284 84 290 73 295 36252 34965 83 281 85 287 74 289 34965 33665 83 277 83 286 70 288 33665 32321 79 275 80 289 67 291 32321 30933 77 272 77 293 67 297 30933 29486 73 274 75 296 68 302 29486 27965 72 279 74 299 67 304 27965 26369 71 281 72 301 65 301 26369 24695 65 279 70 303 67 299 24695 22945 63 272 68 305 67 303 22945 21126 59 280 60 303 64 309 21126 19234 56 284 57 293 57 314 19234 17262 51 286 54 292 46 310 17262 15252 49 288 49 293 45 295 15252 13313 48 290 46 293 46 294 13313 11547 46 292 46 292 40 297 11547 9973 43 297 42 294 38 295 9973 8571 38 295 34 295 36 296 8571 7326 34 288 32 290 33 284 7326 6222 33 287 33 286 33 282 6222 5247 31 287 32 284 32 285 5247 4388 35 279 30 282 30 285 4388 3630 37 267 29 277 29 282 3630 2956 34*257 28*262 32 268 2956 2367 25*247 21*244 32 248 2367 1879 25 246 20 242 30 242 1879 1505 23 245 19 241 26 240 1505 1248 22 245 17 241 19 236 1248 1093 19 245 15 240 16*235 1093 1005 15 244 11 240 8*235 1005 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