DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/21 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.5 - - 29.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 175 - - 40 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1723 - - 1397 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1772 - - 988 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2727 - - 2401 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 386 - - 330 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 272 - - 157 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 291 - - 264 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -750 - - -624 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3477 - - 3025 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6556 - - -5304 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9283 - - 7705 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 84 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.5 - - 29.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.2 - - 20.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.5 - - 29.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.4 - - 19.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 175 - - 40 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1723 - - 1397 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 35 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 95776 42 254 46 257 95776 88769 33 250 39 252 88769 83347 30 248 30 250 83347 78826 18 253 23 259 78826 74896 20 255 24 260 74896 71395 22 258 23 256 71395 68216 20 271 20 267 68216 65275 27 274 29 274 65275 62524 33 274 35 271 62524 59844 40 269 44 275 59844 57026 44 263 53 267 57026 54086 58 257 50 270 54086 51281 52 269 57 273 51281 48753 67 275 56 276 48753 46481 72 272 58 281 46481 44411 69 272 64 281 44411 42512 68 275 70 282 42512 40761 71 276 77 283 40761 39139 76 277 83 284 39139 37631 82 278 83 284 37631 36223 87 276 87 283 36223 34872 86 272 88 282 34872 33507 84 269 86 281 33507 32100 86 269 84 283 32100 30659 88 272 83 286 30659 29172 92 276 83 289 29172 27629 98 279 85 291 27629 26025 103 280 86 291 26025 24356 103 281 86 291 24356 22620 103 281 90 289 22620 20819 97 282 90 288 20819 18942 86 284 82 290 18942 16985 70 284 73 291 16985 14993 56 286 55 290 14993 13078 49 290 44 288 13078 11338 41 293 39 293 11338 9792 36 297 38 303 9792 8421 34 301 38 309 8421 7204 33 306 37 316 7204 6122 32 310 31 319 6122 5164 30 312 24 313 5164 4320 26 317 20 304 4320 3577 19 311 16 288 3577 2916 10*291 11*258 2916 2341 9*290 9*261 2341 1864 9 290 9 263 1864 1497 9 291 8 265 1497 1245 8 291 8 267 1245 1092 8 291 7 267 1092 1004 7 291 6 268 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