DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - - - - - 28.0 - - 30.3 - - 32.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 976 - - 530 - - 184 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1980 - - 1534 - - 1188 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2172 - - 2135 - - 2474 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 103 - - 38 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 18 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 269 - - 262 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 614 - - 235 - - 183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1366 - - 1299 - - 1005 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 281 - - -206 - - -398 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1699 - - 1740 - - 1586 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.0 - - 30.3 - - 32.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.6 - - 28.2 - - 31.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.3 - - 30.6 - - 33.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.3 - - 28.0 - - 31.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 976 - - 530 - - 184 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 93939 75 242 80 239 84 241 93939 86860 56 241 69 242 74 264 86860 81425 44 257 57 245 68 267 81425 76902 54 280 48 276 54 265 76902 73009 62 281 55 292 44 280 73009 69592 50 273 54 296 43 294 69592 66509 40 278 57 295 47 298 66509 63667 45 298 57 292 54 300 63667 61020 54 295 59 293 63 300 61020 58448 54 293 64 297 71 299 58448 55762 60 301 71 298 76 298 55762 52962 72 302 75 300 77 300 52962 50265 78 301 78 302 80 303 50265 47819 79 301 82 302 84 305 47819 45620 80 302 86 301 87 305 45620 43627 81 302 88 300 89 303 43627 41805 80 304 87 300 88 302 41805 40124 83 308 88 303 91 304 40124 38566 94 312 95 306 98 307 38566 37116 103 311 102 306 107 306 37116 35760 103 308 103 306 111 303 35760 34458 100 307 103 307 109 302 34458 33144 97 306 101 306 107 302 33144 31784 92 304 98 305 104 303 31784 30383 87 301 95 305 102 303 30383 28926 85 301 91 304 101 304 28926 27400 83 304 91 303 100 304 27400 25808 83 305 94 301 98 303 25808 24152 85 305 93 300 95 301 24152 22433 86 306 90 299 94 296 22433 20650 82 305 88 302 94 295 20650 18792 76 303 84 304 91 293 18792 16853 70 303 79 302 86 287 16853 14872 62 304 78 300 84 287 14872 12961 57 300 76 298 82 290 12961 11224 55 297 69 296 78 291 11224 9685 50 292 61 294 70 292 9685 8324 47 289 55 291 59 291 8324 7124 45 287 51 289 51 290 7124 6067 41 290 46 283 48 289 6067 5133 37 286 42 280 47 289 5133 4310 34 281 40 276 47 289 4310 3582 33 280 37 272 45 286 3582 2930 29 277 34 270 43 283 2930 2353 27*274 31 267 39 280 2353 1871 23*271 27*265 34 276 1871 1502 21 270 23*263 30 274 1502 1248 19 269 20 262 25*273 1248 1093 16 268 17 262 22*272 1093 1005 12 267 12 261 15 271 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