DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - - - - - 47.5 - - 49.0 - - 46.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 57 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 968 - - 1179 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1972 - - 2183 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 682 - - 745 - - 1511 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 177 - - 167 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 227 - - 216 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 502 - - 569 - - -49 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1470 - - 1614 - - 1055 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 358 - - 387 - - -720 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1614 - - 1796 - - 1726 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.5 - - 49.0 - - 46.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.7 - - 45.5 - - 44.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 47.1 - - 48.9 - - 47.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.3 - - 45.3 - - 44.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 57 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 968 - - 1179 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 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] 96774 19 086 22 096 22 086 96774 89647 16 106 16 099 11 088 89647 84082 11 131 10 099 5 067 84082 79408 9 135 1 207 7 073 79408 75354 4 158 4 271 4 346 75354 71766 2 357 3 169 3 281 71766 68510 13 294 10 268 10 306 68510 65513 9 298 11 265 13 278 65513 62732 16 303 18 293 12 295 62732 60030 29 287 29 278 30 278 60030 57214 33 276 35 268 35 279 57214 54278 40 291 45 290 47 289 54278 51470 66 280 66 279 64 276 51470 48966 73 272 72 272 64 275 48966 46736 71 274 66 281 62 290 46736 44700 76 284 74 292 79 294 44700 42830 82 284 86 292 93 289 42830 41125 81 284 94 286 103 288 41125 39567 82 289 94 285 113 289 39567 38130 93 293 98 288 122 291 38130 36783 104 293 109 292 123 290 36783 35481 108 292 115 293 115 292 35481 34159 105 290 114 292 113 296 34159 32788 101 288 110 291 111 296 32788 31370 97 288 106 291 107 293 31370 29890 94 289 104 291 104 290 29890 28336 85 290 99 291 99 289 28336 26708 75 286 92 289 93 290 26708 25008 72 285 83 286 87 289 25008 23236 67 285 78 285 81 283 23236 21394 56 283 73 284 75 281 21394 19479 53 285 66 284 67 283 19479 17485 50 289 53 284 55 285 17485 15452 43 286 43 283 42 272 15452 13490 39 282 37 280 34 273 13490 11702 36 278 34 283 29 276 11702 10109 30 278 32 286 26 276 10109 8693 28 273 26 271 26 275 8693 7433 27 271 27 266 27 273 7433 6315 25 269 30 271 26 271 6315 5326 24 265 31 264 28 271 5326 4455 25 261 32 255 31 263 4455 3686 27 253 33 246 34 255 3686 3001 26 244 30 240 34 248 3001 2399 22*233 23*230 32 232 2399 1901 19*227 22*228 28 224 1901 1519 16 223 20 227 25 220 1519 1256 15 221 18 226 21 218 1256 1097 14 220 16 225 18*217 1097 1006 11 220 12 225 11*216 1006 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