DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 27.4 - - 27.8 - - 20.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 23 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 869 - - 966 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1873 - - 1970 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2371 - - 2302 - - 1135 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 163 - - 117 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 147 - - 135 - - 108 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1107 - - -1206 - - -448 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2980 - - 3176 - - 1452 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2514 - - -5762 - - -2191 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4387 - - 7732 - - 3195 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 88 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.4 - - 27.8 - - 20.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.3 - - 17.8 - - 18.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.0 - - 27.8 - - 22.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.1 - - 16.7 - - 19.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 23 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 869 - - 966 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 57 - - 53 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96157 37 036 36 031 27 029 96157 89076 24 025 22 036 15 018 89076 83586 20 027 18 031 14 037 83586 78975 17 043 17 022 18 015 78975 74958 16 045 16 022 17 011 74958 71361 17 016 18 012 18 013 71361 68062 12 336 16 326 22 340 68062 65013 13 290 20 282 23 299 65013 62193 21 283 23 277 26 279 62193 59459 35 280 32 277 31 274 59459 56603 47 269 42 274 40 266 56603 53640 49 261 51 268 46 263 53640 50824 54 267 57 264 56 265 50824 48306 65 268 64 261 62 262 48306 46059 77 264 71 262 70 261 46059 44029 86 260 80 258 79 257 44029 42178 91 255 85 255 85 255 42178 40479 94 252 86 254 90 253 40479 38910 92 254 87 255 95 250 38910 37452 96 258 96 255 100 248 37452 36094 105 260 109 256 106 246 36094 34802 111 261 117 254 108 246 34802 33503 115 261 117 254 112 245 33503 32161 115 259 118 254 113 245 32161 30767 113 257 115 253 108 245 30767 29310 109 257 109 253 104 244 29310 27778 101 258 97 251 101 243 27778 26170 87 258 87 247 96 243 26170 24485 80 253 82 246 88 242 24485 22722 75 247 76 247 83 240 22722 20883 64 250 67 246 85 240 20883 18964 58 250 60 243 83 240 18964 16960 53 247 53 239 73 239 16960 14921 46 242 48 238 65 231 14921 12967 34 234 40 241 53 226 12967 11200 25 225 32 235 40 235 11200 9641 27 228 23 231 28 232 9641 8273 22 223 22 244 21 229 8273 7070 14 214 17 235 15 219 7070 6011 8 175 11 219 9 208 6011 5078 1 123 8 153 7 195 5078 4260 2 103 9 115 9 172 4260 3540 9 121 11 111 11 157 3540 2896 13 132 12 122 12 150 2896 2328 14*143 11*133 12 147 2328 1854 12*146 9*136 11 140 1854 1491 10 147 8 135 9 127 1491 1241 10 147 7 134 8 121 1241 1090 9 147 7 134 6*119 1090 1004 8 146 6 135 3*108 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