DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.3 - - 74.6 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 383 - - 248 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5774 - - 6774 - - 4565 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5154 - - 5733 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6778 - - 7778 - - 5569 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 931 - - 1110 - - 3087 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 533 - - 488 - - 144 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 344 - - 330 - - 318 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -61 - - -36 - - -648 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6840 - - 7815 - - 6217 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7944 - - -7117 - - -1494 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14722 - - 14895 - - 7063 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 84 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.3 - - 74.6 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.8 - - 43.7 - - 47.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 73.1 - - 71.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.8 - - 42.7 - - 47.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 383 - - 248 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5774 - - 6774 - - 4565 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 49 - - 34 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 99685 30 095 28 084 29 084 99685 92121 27 090 27 081 28 078 92121 86312 25 083 28 077 28 083 86312 81503 21 088 19 083 24 074 81503 77353 21 075 14 085 20 067 77353 73684 14 077 15 089 14 073 73684 70358 10 078 11 072 13 060 70358 67294 7 100 3 097 7 356 67294 64457 6 108 1 248 10 318 64457 61729 5 350 10 289 13 314 61729 58890 5 322 11 281 20 300 58890 55938 26 322 24 301 28 287 55938 53118 44 300 38 308 39 305 53118 50597 60 294 64 302 62 298 50597 48363 68 285 79 289 76 289 48363 46339 72 286 82 288 79 292 46339 44478 85 294 92 292 92 295 44478 42757 97 296 99 291 98 294 42757 41155 98 289 100 290 96 293 41155 39652 94 287 100 289 96 294 39652 38233 93 287 98 288 98 293 38233 36862 93 288 97 288 98 291 36862 35471 92 288 97 288 95 289 35471 34029 93 290 95 289 91 287 34029 32536 92 292 93 289 90 287 32536 30975 92 293 93 287 91 287 30975 29332 91 292 95 287 91 289 29332 27609 82 290 94 292 91 294 27609 25814 71 287 79 294 72 296 25814 23960 56 284 63 291 51 290 23960 22045 40 282 51 288 38 290 22045 20052 34 275 38 291 33 295 20052 17972 29 269 34 290 32 297 17972 15848 26 272 31 292 30 295 15848 13800 23 276 28 293 29 298 13800 11943 21 276 23 296 24 306 11943 10305 16 290 18 305 21 311 10305 8866 13 322 10*329 7 339 8866 7595 11*345 10*331 6 006 7595 6466 11*344 10 331 6*357 6466 5462 11 344 10 331 9*336 5462 4576 11 344 10 331 11 324 4576 3791 11 344 10 330 13 318 3791 3088 11 344 10 330 13 316 3088 2465 10 343 9 329 13 314 2465 1944 10 344 9 328 13 313 1944 1545 10 344 9 327 13 312 1545 1270 9 344 8 328 13 312 1270 1103 9 343 8 327 11 311 1103 1007 8 343 7 327 9 310 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