DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - - - - 17.8 - - 22.8 - - 15.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 559 - - 1414 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1563 - - 2418 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 518 - - 507 - - 1401 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 143 - - 153 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 240 - - 209 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -225 - - 193 - - -509 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1788 - - 2225 - - 1513 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7481 - - -4943 - - -7705 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9044 - - 7361 - - 8709 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 94 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 17.8 - - 22.8 - - 15.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.0 - - 17.0 - - 12.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.5 - - 22.6 - - 17.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 13.0 - - 16.1 - - 15.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 559 - - 1414 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 56 - - 78 - - 100 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] 95705 77 226 93 234 80 239 95705 88435 79 239 75 243 71 252 88435 82852 60 235 60 239 66 253 82852 78254 40 234 44 248 49 255 78254 74282 39 254 37 255 34 267 74282 70733 40 264 42 273 36 283 70733 67505 39 266 43 276 39 288 67505 64531 34 275 39 286 41 283 64531 61755 35 285 39 296 31 285 61755 59044 36 293 41 304 28 307 59044 56209 38 299 44 303 40 315 56209 53271 40 302 44 304 47 313 53271 50461 41 305 45 312 49 315 50461 47925 41 309 51 316 49 318 47925 45649 42 312 50 315 51 322 45649 43586 40 316 45 317 52 324 43586 41705 40 320 41 321 51 322 41705 39978 42 319 41 327 49 316 39978 38389 41 321 43 329 40 324 38389 36931 41 328 42 327 42 335 36931 35586 42 335 36 338 41 330 35586 34302 47 342 44 353 29 353 34302 33011 49 347 47 350 36 009 33011 31681 50 349 43 352 37 000 31681 30306 49 347 42 356 33 359 30306 28866 48 347 41 352 31 002 28866 27351 45 346 40 349 31 359 27351 25763 43 345 36 349 28 351 25763 24105 37 347 31 346 23 343 24105 22376 27 346 27 335 22 329 22376 20579 22 342 24 330 20 330 20579 18710 18 336 19 328 16 332 18710 16763 14 327 13 319 12 325 16763 14782 11 313 12 296 8 308 14782 12882 12 301 11 282 9 266 12882 11160 14 299 11 272 12 248 11160 9631 14 302 13 271 11 248 9631 8276 13 306 13 274 10 249 8276 7073 11 308 11 277 10 246 7073 6010 10 314 10 279 10 241 6010 5072 10 313 9 275 10 235 5072 4247 8 302 10 260 11 225 4247 3522 7 303 9 243 12 214 3522 2876 8 321 7*241 11 222 2876 2311 8 322 7*241 11 232 2311 1844 8*295 6 239 11 229 1844 1485 7*287 6 239 10 224 1485 1239 6 286 6 239 9 219 1239 1089 6 285 6 240 7*213 1089 1003 5 285 5 239 4*209 1003 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