DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 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 - - - - - - 26.7 - - 27.2 - - 26.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1496 - - 658 - - 154 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2500 - - 1662 - - 1158 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 869 - - 1576 - - 1426 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 172 - - 50 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 140 - - 131 - - 137 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 856 - - 360 - - 52 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1644 - - 1302 - - 1106 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 275 - - 6 - - -408 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2225 - - 1656 - - 1566 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 98 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.7 - - 27.2 - - 26.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.6 - - 25.5 - - 25.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.7 - - 27.5 - - 27.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.8 - - 25.3 - - 25.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1496 - - 658 - - 154 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 91 - - 89 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] 95872 28 011 30 023 50 032 95872 88869 17 344 22 022 30 013 88869 83390 10 344 14 340 19 336 83390 78800 4 356 12 321 20 309 78800 74812 6 323 10 319 18 294 74812 71267 16 289 12 305 16 295 71267 68035 21 268 19 277 17 282 68035 65040 24 259 22 272 21 283 65040 62251 31 254 30 273 28 275 62251 59540 35 253 41 264 34 273 59540 56699 40 259 43 267 45 270 56699 53757 44 261 56 262 55 260 53757 50956 48 257 56 254 53 252 50956 48434 49 252 52 251 49 252 48434 46178 51 248 53 255 48 254 46178 44139 50 253 57 260 49 259 44139 42274 57 265 59 263 57 257 42274 40558 74 262 69 256 64 256 40558 38975 86 257 75 241 74 247 38975 37520 100 251 75 242 81 234 37520 36181 101 244 88 248 80 233 36181 34905 86 241 97 243 85 232 34905 33619 83 241 89 240 88 222 33619 32289 80 243 86 235 85 217 32289 30909 75 246 84 234 85 219 30909 29463 70 246 80 234 83 217 29463 27938 67 245 74 236 79 215 27938 26332 60 245 65 241 72 215 26332 24645 55 247 59 244 64 215 24645 22880 55 250 59 244 57 213 22880 21039 59 251 57 240 53 211 21039 19120 62 250 60 230 48 211 19120 17121 55 243 54 227 40 219 17121 15086 50 240 41 224 41 231 15086 13129 40 238 42 231 50 237 13129 11352 35 241 43 227 60 230 11352 9776 32 246 34 210 58 222 9776 8386 27 239 31 204 46 216 8386 7165 21 224 30 204 40 204 7165 6091 22 223 28 194 38 186 6091 5142 25 205 26 184 37 172 5142 4306 26 171 29 175 38 170 4306 3568 23 154 31 156 41 168 3568 2913 20*144 28 141 41 157 2913 2339 18*141 25 135 35 146 2339 1861 17 140 24*134 31 142 1861 1496 16 140 21*132 27 139 1496 1244 14 140 18 131 22*138 1244 1091 13 140 16 130 19*137 1091 1004 10 139 12 130 13 137 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