DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.1 - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 280 - - 93 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5762 - - 5763 - - 5524 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5011 - - 4322 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6766 - - 6767 - - 6528 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 765 - - 1028 - - 896 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 483 - - 339 - - 116 W* B/S - - - - - - 39 - - 24 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 103 - - 219 - - 226 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1136 - - -1312 - - -489 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7903 - - 8080 - - 7017 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8171 - - -9118 - - -9715 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14937 - - 15885 - - 16243 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 88 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.1 - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.7 - - 45.3 - - 48.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.5 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.4 - - 44.2 - - 47.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 280 - - 93 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5762 - - 5763 - - 5524 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 50 - - 2 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] 99643 37 085 35 097 27 088 99643 92111 33 091 30 081 29 079 92111 86311 26 091 24 075 28 073 86311 81500 25 083 19 082 22 069 81500 77359 23 079 20 089 17 076 77359 73704 22 081 18 084 14 066 73704 70403 18 075 15 072 9 065 70403 67365 15 031 16 056 10 057 67365 64551 9 320 11 023 10 029 64551 61842 6 327 8 346 12 010 61842 59031 16 315 14 318 17 329 59031 56134 21 302 22 287 24 295 56134 53385 22 305 21 280 30 294 53385 50928 33 310 31 306 41 303 50928 48740 43 302 49 300 50 292 48740 46746 49 306 51 301 48 291 46746 44902 56 309 56 304 53 302 44902 43183 62 301 61 302 59 303 43183 41577 61 292 61 298 60 298 41577 40074 55 282 58 293 59 292 40074 38661 53 275 51 283 54 292 38661 37295 55 271 38 273 49 291 37295 35904 53 274 31 262 48 285 35904 34457 47 279 36 263 46 284 34457 32958 41 273 41 268 42 293 32958 31394 39 270 45 271 42 300 31394 29748 38 269 47 275 42 300 29748 28021 37 269 46 285 44 303 28021 26214 37 271 44 299 40 308 26214 24330 39 272 34 305 32 310 24330 22373 34 270 27 302 26 311 22373 20335 20 288 24 307 21 299 20335 18211 16 308 13 313 19 296 18211 16047 12 257 14 263 17 299 16047 13973 11 229 21 265 9 283 13973 12096 9 255 14 289 11 255 12096 10430 7 219 10 255 10 297 10430 8956 6 191 9 225 6 246 8956 7660 4*111 3*173 4*182 7660 6517 3*095 2*181 3*184 6517 5505 3 094 2 191 3 198 5505 4610 2 098 2 206 4 214 4610 3817 2 100 3 220 4 227 3817 3107 2 106 3 227 4 234 3107 2478 2 109 3 234 5 239 2478 1953 2 118 3 237 5 241 1953 1551 2 117 3 239 5 243 1551 1273 2 120 3 241 5 242 1273 1104 2 123 3 242 5 243 1104 1007 2 125 3 241 4 243 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