DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/17 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 - - - - - - 88.7 - - 84.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 232 - - 47 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4349 - - 2998 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3838 - - 1891 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5353 - - 4002 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3178 - - 2738 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 414 - - 237 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 212 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 259 - - 960 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5095 - - 3042 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -776 - - -586 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6129 - - 4588 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 96 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1980 - - 2940 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.7 - - 84.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 74.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.3 - - 84.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.0 - - 73.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 232 - - 47 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4349 - - 2998 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 57 - - 84 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - - 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] 99650 34 101 25 102 99650 92083 32 091 26 079 92083 86286 27 088 23 073 86286 81495 24 088 18 083 81495 77345 25 074 15 103 77345 73661 19 062 16 089 73661 70337 14 073 15 075 70337 67298 16 057 14 078 67298 64487 15 030 12 071 64487 61767 14 348 9 037 61767 58952 14 301 19 330 58952 56076 13 304 24 312 56076 53362 20 314 25 307 53362 50926 36 318 32 322 50926 48744 41 302 40 308 48744 46769 39 288 42 294 46769 44961 36 291 39 287 44961 43280 37 308 35 285 43280 41705 40 310 31 289 41705 40222 33 307 30 288 40222 38820 30 301 28 285 38820 37460 30 294 25 289 37460 36073 30 285 24 296 36073 34629 30 277 27 297 34629 33132 28 277 28 292 33132 31567 26 281 26 282 31567 29922 22 277 23 280 29922 28197 22 268 20 275 28197 26394 27 268 23 269 26394 24516 27 265 24 265 24516 22565 25 271 23 266 22565 20537 26 276 22 269 20537 18426 23 276 21 271 18426 16274 17 275 17 252 16274 14199 10 257 16 248 14199 12316 11 249 15 250 12316 10647 9 217 15 244 10647 9162 12 175 16 231 9162 7840 10 178 15 233 7840 6665 9 192 14 241 6665 5624 8*198 13 238 5624 4707 8*199 12*234 4707 3895 8 198 11*226 3895 3166 8 199 10 214 3166 2521 8 199 9 210 2521 1981 8 198 9 209 1981 1567 7 198 8 207 1567 1281 7 198 8 206 1281 1108 7 198 7 206 1108 1009 6 198 6 205 1009 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