DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/30 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 26.1 - - 28.4 - - 32.8 - - 28.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 12 - - 47 - - -18 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1006 - - 1116 - - 412 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2010 - - 2120 - - 1416 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1099 - - 731 - - 3697 - - 3676 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 97 - - 155 - - 36 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 30 - - 25 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 247 - - 256 - - 282 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 15 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 373 - - 618 - - -542 - - -316 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1637 - - 1502 - - 1958 - - 1320 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 14 - - 298 - - -1177 - - -1276 ODpotential blCL - - - 1996 - - 1822 - - 2593 - - 2280 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 101 - - 86 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 26.1 - - 28.4 - - 32.8 - - 28.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.7 - - 25.6 - - 28.1 - - 26.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 28.3 - - 34.1 - - 30.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.4 - - 25.0 - - 27.7 - - 26.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 12 - - 47 - - -18 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1006 - - 1116 - - 412 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 103 - - 45 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96104 35 020 29 035 28 015 32 017 96104 89037 28 027 26 027 30 021 30 023 89037 83500 27 034 27 026 28 023 26 034 83500 78836 22 020 15 017 24 014 27 021 78836 74788 19 334 2 324 12 310 16 341 74788 71199 20 294 15 309 15 340 17 341 71199 67946 29 273 23 275 27 286 32 285 67946 64968 25 251 21 247 25 242 28 262 64968 62185 18 248 14 229 16 261 25 269 62185 59460 38 280 38 283 40 276 35 278 59460 56601 62 260 56 266 56 266 47 275 56601 53628 54 249 56 253 61 253 54 263 53628 50790 46 249 52 246 56 250 58 260 50790 48239 49 254 52 251 59 257 65 260 48239 45965 54 258 60 260 67 260 70 262 45965 43918 62 259 71 262 76 262 74 263 43918 42054 71 258 81 261 82 262 76 262 42054 40338 81 259 88 259 84 260 78 264 40338 38748 92 258 90 257 83 259 84 266 38748 37265 98 255 91 256 84 262 88 266 37265 35879 100 252 92 254 87 264 91 267 35879 34547 103 250 93 254 91 265 92 268 34547 33207 107 248 95 254 93 265 93 269 33207 31830 108 247 99 254 95 264 94 269 31830 30415 104 247 101 253 96 262 97 269 30415 28947 97 249 97 252 95 259 100 268 28947 27409 92 251 91 253 94 259 99 268 27409 25799 91 253 90 253 93 260 98 268 25799 24117 92 254 88 254 89 260 95 269 24117 22370 93 255 86 257 86 260 87 270 22370 20561 92 256 81 259 79 261 79 271 20561 18688 86 258 70 260 69 261 64 273 18688 16751 73 260 56 262 54 263 47 276 16751 14786 59 260 44 268 42 268 41 285 14786 12895 48 264 46 267 35 276 40 287 12895 11177 41 267 39 264 30 289 35 282 11177 9657 36 262 34 282 32 295 27 282 9657 8314 30 270 35 302 31 294 24 297 8314 7121 34 285 34 308 31 294 29 315 7121 6062 38 278 32 307 32 294 27 329 6062 5126 39 272 30 299 33 295 25 342 5126 4302 40 270 31 289 33 299 24 347 4302 3575 42 266 34 278 34 298 22 344 3575 2925 42 259 35 270 32 294 22 340 2925 2349 39*251 32*260 29 290 21 336 2349 1869 36*249 30*258 26 288 19 329 1869 1500 33 247 27 256 23*285 17 320 1500 1246 29 246 24 256 20*283 13 309 1246 1092 25 246 21 255 17 282 11 306 1092 1004 18 245 15 255 12 281 6*303 1004 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