DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 10/11 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 67.3 - - 61.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 45 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1516 - - 2015 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1303 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2520 - - 3019 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 726 - - 885 - - 2574 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 227 - - 189 - - 1 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 002 - - 010 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 334 - - 398 - - -496 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2186 - - 2622 - - 1504 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3358 - - -54 - - -1593 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5878 - - 3073 - - 2600 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 97 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 67.3 - - 61.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.9 - - 59.1 - - 58.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.4 - - 66.9 - - 63.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 58.6 - - 58.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 45 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1516 - - 2015 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 86 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 11 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] 97506 26 291 31 286 29 284 97506 90296 18 286 15 279 31 278 90296 84711 11 268 20 280 26 285 84711 80066 14 273 29 278 23 294 80066 76063 18 274 24 263 24 294 76063 72538 20 287 20 263 30 286 72538 69372 19 294 19 276 26 284 69372 66476 19 296 23 288 20 291 66476 63787 23 284 28 289 19 291 63787 61179 25 275 26 289 22 297 61179 58459 24 274 30 286 26 288 58459 55637 28 276 36 283 27 285 55637 52948 33 275 42 277 42 284 52948 50529 36 269 41 273 45 277 50529 48343 38 264 34 275 41 286 48343 46337 37 258 32 287 40 300 46337 44478 34 252 37 294 47 311 44478 42745 33 247 41 294 53 314 42745 41122 33 243 41 289 55 312 41122 39601 30 239 39 287 52 306 39601 38173 28 244 34 282 53 303 38173 36799 22 246 28 280 50 304 36799 35412 18 266 23 290 38 312 35412 33980 12 292 24 304 36 319 33980 32510 17 326 27 313 41 329 32510 30979 21 329 29 319 43 337 30979 29371 20 337 31 323 44 340 29371 27684 18 339 30 327 41 336 27684 25919 20 339 27 327 40 338 25919 24078 19 335 23 331 40 339 24078 22162 13 324 19 336 34 336 22162 20167 11 305 20 336 28 332 20167 18088 11 316 21 337 25 335 18088 15969 6 342 23 335 25 346 15969 13929 8 359 19 331 28 352 13929 12072 3 010 12 332 29 351 12072 10422 3 003 13 344 29 350 10422 8955 6 337 17 350 28 349 8955 7650 5 280 15 347 28 349 7650 6491 3 221 12 335 27 348 6491 5464 1 171 11 322 23 342 5464 4563 4 083 8 330 15 330 4563 3774 8 055 7 351 8 335 3774 3073 8*020 6*357 6 355 3073 2455 7*004 6*003 5 359 2455 1938 7 002 5 006 4 357 1938 1541 6 002 5 013 3 352 1541 1268 6 002 4 015 3 341 1268 1102 5 002 4 016 2*326 1102 1007 5 001 3 017 1*304 1007 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