DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.1 - - 15.4 - - 11.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 27 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1457 - - 3521 - - 1702 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2461 - - 4525 - - 2706 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2696 - - 1987 - - 2654 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 202 - - 186 - - 52 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 084 - - 000 - - 351 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 6 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 8 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -7 - - 1564 - - -395 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2468 - - 2962 - - 3101 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1045 - - 922 - - -1404 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3506 - - 3603 - - 4110 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.1 - - 15.4 - - 11.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.3 - - 6.4 - - 2.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.6 - - 15.4 - - 12.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 5.3 - - 5.3 - - 1.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 27 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1457 - - 3521 - - 1702 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 104 - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95091 87 228 94 230 109 235 95091 87876 86 240 86 243 91 246 87876 82382 82 250 81 253 81 255 82382 77790 80 256 74 263 77 263 77790 73804 78 264 73 271 77 267 73804 70264 77 267 73 270 70 272 70264 67055 73 270 73 270 72 277 67055 64107 67 272 72 269 72 275 64107 61366 66 273 68 270 68 270 61366 58689 68 272 67 274 63 270 58689 55872 70 270 70 276 61 272 55872 52933 70 271 73 274 60 277 52933 50118 72 273 70 272 58 276 50118 47581 71 273 63 274 54 275 47581 45305 65 273 59 273 53 275 45305 43237 59 274 53 272 50 277 43237 41340 55 273 49 271 48 277 41340 39592 53 273 47 271 45 274 39592 37976 52 275 46 271 39 271 37976 36474 53 274 46 270 34 268 36474 35071 55 271 45 270 30 269 35071 33727 55 268 45 270 28 272 33727 32375 58 268 48 267 28 273 32375 30986 64 268 52 263 29 270 30986 29566 73 265 57 262 27 267 29566 28102 82 262 64 259 22 267 28102 26587 86 258 68 256 18 274 26587 25020 85 259 66 256 17 279 25020 23398 80 263 55 259 18 276 23398 21717 66 266 39 261 18 276 21717 19977 52 264 32 262 18 281 19977 18167 43 265 30 263 16 298 18167 16286 37 269 27 270 10 317 16286 14374 30 274 22 282 5 000 14374 12532 26 277 17 292 10 021 12532 10854 21 283 13 301 12 020 10854 9364 16 293 9 304 14 024 9364 8045 12 311 9 333 17 017 8045 6880 13 329 11 343 16 356 6880 5855 8 344 10 345 10 338 5855 4955 4 002 9*347 7 337 4955 4165 4 351 8*350 9 344 4165 3468 2 006 7 353 12 349 3468 2844 3*084 5 358 15*351 2844 2292 5*084 4 007 17*351 2292 1832 5 084 4 011 17 351 1832 1478 5 084 3 014 17 351 1478 1235 5 084 3 016 16 350 1235 1088 5 084 3 015 14 350 1088 1003 4 085 3 017 10 350 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