DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 22.5 - - 27.5 - - 31.2 - - 31.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 52 - - 0 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 291 - - 1234 - - 901 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1295 - - 2238 - - 1905 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1131 - - 1145 - - 1193 - - 1890 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 31 - - 166 - - 54 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 21 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 188 - - 208 - - 227 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 12 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -121 - - 911 - - 607 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1416 - - 1327 - - 1298 - - 1004 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8862 - - 404 - - 98 - - -785 ODpotential blCL - - - 10157 - - 1834 - - 1807 - - 1789 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 22.5 - - 27.5 - - 31.2 - - 31.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.9 - - 25.1 - - 28.9 - - 30.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 27.4 - - 31.4 - - 32.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.6 - - 24.5 - - 28.5 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 52 - - 0 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 291 - - 1234 - - 901 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 94 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95859 19 011 33 338 27 006 17 346 95859 89091 19 355 19 337 28 354 16 353 89091 83718 11 314 12 324 25 324 15 349 83718 79167 7 310 4 280 18 286 19 330 79167 75178 16 306 6 223 15 263 20 303 75178 71605 18 297 9 242 18 258 24 285 71605 68334 21 278 11 249 19 253 24 267 68334 65298 21 260 15 259 18 262 22 258 65298 62464 25 250 25 263 22 261 23 259 62464 59704 27 248 27 259 23 247 26 241 59704 56813 32 252 26 259 22 248 28 249 56813 53810 32 250 35 255 35 252 37 249 53810 50927 31 251 50 245 39 246 41 251 50927 48313 36 254 50 247 47 247 55 248 48313 45964 47 251 58 249 58 250 55 239 45964 43833 58 252 64 246 68 248 55 239 43833 41888 63 246 68 244 75 241 56 241 41888 40102 58 240 70 243 68 238 62 246 40102 38450 58 243 67 243 71 240 71 245 38450 36915 59 246 62 241 73 237 73 244 36915 35482 55 250 60 243 67 235 73 242 35482 34112 59 257 61 246 63 240 72 240 34112 32735 65 259 65 248 65 246 72 238 32735 31328 71 255 68 249 70 249 73 235 31328 29902 79 246 69 249 73 247 76 232 29902 28442 76 238 71 249 73 243 82 232 28442 26933 64 239 80 246 82 242 84 234 26933 25369 66 252 92 241 96 242 86 236 25369 23744 70 254 102 238 106 243 90 236 23744 22054 65 250 96 236 108 243 91 236 22054 20298 63 246 87 229 96 244 84 237 20298 18473 62 246 81 224 85 243 59 239 18473 16580 60 245 76 221 69 243 46 240 16580 14655 53 238 66 224 57 246 45 244 14655 12798 49 233 50 239 51 247 43 248 12798 11110 39 236 41 242 46 250 36 250 11110 9613 35 234 44 242 40 253 30 250 9613 8283 36 233 42 245 36 254 27 242 8283 7103 44 236 40 249 31 259 30 244 7103 6056 41 236 40 252 29 268 29 250 6056 5127 32 237 41 248 29 265 29 253 5127 4307 33 236 40 238 30 257 29 254 4307 3580 40 229 36 228 31 251 29 254 3580 2928 40 218 33 221 29 245 29 252 2928 2351 34 206 28*213 25*231 27 245 2351 1870 28 198 26*210 23*229 24 237 1870 1501 23*192 23 208 21 227 20 232 1501 1247 20*189 20 207 18 226 15 226 1247 1092 17 188 18 207 15 226 13*225 1092 1004 12 187 14 206 11 226 8*223 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