DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/31 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.4 - - 85.2 - - 85.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 161 - - 238 - - 64 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3424 - - 5954 - - 6417 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2971 - - 5083 - - 4489 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - 4428 - - 6958 - - 7421 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2788 - - 1541 - - 1372 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 338 - - 464 - - 317 - - - W* B/S - - - 12 - - 9 - - 6 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - 209 - - 184 - - 178 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 2 - - -7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1087 - - -248 - - -461 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5515 - - 7206 - - 7882 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2830 - - -2849 - - -3821 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - 7258 - - 9807 - - 11242 - - - blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 94 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.4 - - 85.2 - - 85.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 59.7 - - 57.0 - - 54.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.5 - - 83.9 - - 85.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 59.1 - - 56.1 - - 53.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 161 - - 238 - - 64 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3424 - - 5954 - - 6417 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 29 - - 77 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 9 - - 9 - - - 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] 99736 39 097 39 081 36 079 99736 92256 33 090 33 082 29 079 92256 86477 28 090 25 098 22 090 86477 81669 26 086 22 098 20 099 81669 77525 19 073 18 096 20 096 77525 73861 13 079 14 077 15 085 73861 70538 13 094 12 072 9 080 70538 67481 12 073 12 091 4 131 67481 64652 11 049 8 077 8 152 64652 61922 8 065 2 124 3 174 61922 59087 7 344 5 262 1 322 59087 56179 12 302 13 280 12 317 56179 53437 24 310 16 311 22 312 53437 50989 36 308 27 297 31 287 50989 48810 28 312 25 274 30 273 48810 46823 22 337 18 290 27 279 46823 44990 40 335 42 312 44 305 44990 43298 56 324 51 310 49 293 43298 41721 54 310 49 300 43 289 41721 40231 50 311 39 303 39 287 40231 38817 41 315 32 303 40 285 38817 37442 32 307 38 297 42 284 37442 36039 34 305 37 291 41 283 36039 34578 32 308 36 284 39 283 34578 33065 27 307 37 285 35 283 33065 31483 26 303 33 285 30 282 31483 29820 23 294 26 282 27 283 29820 28080 21 301 23 275 26 282 28080 26260 20 293 24 269 29 282 26260 24361 21 281 28 263 34 282 24361 22387 18 267 27 258 39 280 22387 20334 16 274 16 247 41 276 20334 18202 15 287 9 238 35 267 18202 16058 12 282 13 243 24 210 16058 14021 8 280 12 238 20 182 14021 12172 3 291 8 204 8 182 12172 10523 4 155 9 171 8 177 10523 9057 7 136 13 153 11 165 9057 7758 6 144 11*168 11*168 7758 6602 4 181 10*176 11*170 6602 5576 5 210 10 179 10 173 5576 4668 8*208 10 181 10 176 4668 3864 8*209 10 184 10 178 3864 3143 7 209 10 185 10 179 3143 2504 5 209 9 187 9 182 2504 1971 4 209 9 188 9 182 1971 1561 4 210 9 190 9 183 1561 1278 3 209 8 190 8 183 1278 1106 3 210 8 190 8 184 1106 1008 3 210 7 190 7 184 1008 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