DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/18 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 - - - - - - 50.6 - - 51.2 - - 52.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -44 - - -48 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 239 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1006 - - 1006 - - 1243 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1557 - - 1776 - - 2399 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 21 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 185 - - 181 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1218 - - 0 - - 237 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2224 - - 1006 - - 1006 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6643 - - -740 - - -289 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7649 - - 1746 - - 1532 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 50 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.6 - - 51.2 - - 52.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.0 - - 50.2 - - 51.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.9 - - 52.4 - - 53.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - 50.2 - - 51.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -44 - - -48 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 239 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 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] 96138 24 269 25 275 13 293 96138 89205 19 273 20 260 19 277 89205 83771 19 264 16 261 21 238 83771 79187 20 257 20 264 23 247 79187 75200 21 246 20 256 25 265 75200 71645 21 219 21 237 23 260 71645 68393 13 232 22 242 15 249 68393 65401 20 260 25 251 16 266 65401 62648 27 232 23 239 14 252 62648 59979 14 252 18 243 15 252 59979 57178 35 256 31 247 31 252 57178 54267 52 242 44 235 42 240 54267 51474 61 232 43 236 45 230 51474 48934 57 243 65 239 50 221 48934 46636 82 243 86 229 70 227 46636 44540 88 233 88 217 80 217 44540 42622 75 223 68 229 63 214 42622 40865 76 227 80 237 70 231 40865 39249 88 227 95 233 89 226 39249 37751 82 222 94 219 103 218 37751 36350 58 216 100 215 112 210 36350 35008 63 215 101 211 107 208 35008 33670 64 211 89 203 100 207 33670 32314 63 209 83 203 96 205 32314 30924 62 208 79 202 94 202 30924 29473 60 205 79 205 87 203 29473 27948 60 205 71 211 83 204 27948 26348 62 208 61 213 82 204 26348 24672 63 208 62 211 76 204 24672 22923 64 208 64 208 72 204 22923 21101 65 211 65 205 72 201 21101 19204 61 209 65 204 74 199 19204 17229 58 204 65 204 73 197 17229 15220 53 203 63 206 65 196 15220 13292 55 207 61 208 55 197 13292 11541 50 209 60 211 53 200 11541 9986 55 204 61 210 47 203 9986 8603 69 199 61 211 43 209 8603 7373 68 200 63 216 40 216 7373 6279 67 206 65 215 40 223 6279 5309 64 212 69 205 40 227 5309 4452 62 212 69 198 39 229 4452 3694 60 209 67 194 38 230 3694 3015 56 202 61 189 37 231 3015 2414 48 196 56 187 35 230 2414 1912 39 191 47 185 32 230 1912 1526 34 189 42 184 29 229 1526 1260 28 187 35 183 25*228 1260 1098 24*186 30 182 21*227 1098 1006 16*185 21*181 16 227 1006 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