DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/17 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 - - - - - - 37.6 - - 39.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 34 - - 2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1363 - - 1402 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 989 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2367 - - 2406 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 243 - - 260 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 150 - - 65 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 3 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 296 - - 238 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 1 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 853 - - 683 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1514 - - 1723 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 335 - - 133 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2032 - - 2273 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.6 - - 39.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.6 - - 35.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.5 - - 39.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.0 - - 34.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 34 - - 2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1363 - - 1402 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 97 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 95811 35 325 22 333 95811 88939 30 310 31 302 88939 83565 22 293 30 283 83565 79050 15 287 22 263 79050 75072 21 286 21 263 75072 71511 26 267 26 264 71511 68294 23 262 28 268 68294 65344 19 279 28 269 65344 62596 27 267 29 265 62596 59922 32 266 38 248 59922 57113 39 259 33 267 57113 54176 40 267 56 283 54176 51375 50 277 73 272 51375 48854 63 266 72 271 48854 46592 61 264 69 278 46592 44540 61 273 71 277 44540 42664 69 276 71 273 42664 40937 74 271 68 269 40937 39339 69 269 67 265 39339 37862 65 272 67 260 37862 36502 68 272 68 261 36502 35214 75 262 70 263 35214 33917 78 255 70 264 33917 32574 79 257 67 267 32574 31183 81 261 64 271 31183 29727 81 262 61 272 29727 28193 76 263 57 273 28193 26583 71 266 53 273 26583 24897 68 268 49 273 24897 23138 64 274 43 278 23138 21308 61 287 39 290 21308 19397 60 293 34 291 19397 17402 58 295 34 284 17402 15368 56 296 35 285 15368 13407 54 292 39 285 13407 11622 51 284 39 287 11622 10037 48 282 35 287 10037 8628 44 287 32 286 8628 7372 38 292 30 286 7372 6256 31 293 26 288 6256 5268 27 292 22 290 5268 4401 28 293 18 297 4401 3637 27 297 16 302 3637 2959 20*299 5*278 2959 2371 15*297 3*243 2371 1884 14 296 3 240 1884 1509 13 297 3 238 1509 1251 12 296 3 234 1251 1095 11 296 3 235 1095 1005 9 295 2 232 1005 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