DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - - - - 80.3 - - 82.2 - - 78.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 268 - - 163 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4862 - - 5716 - - 122 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4300 - - 4697 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5866 - - 6720 - - 1126 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1533 - - 1056 - - 5774 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 452 - - 407 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 20 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 012 - - 360 - - 003 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2127 - - -1761 - - -6106 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7993 - - 8481 - - 7233 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9990 - - -9250 - - -14021 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15856 - - 15970 - - 15147 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 57 - - 59 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.3 - - 82.2 - - 78.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.7 - - 48.5 - - 50.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.8 - - 81.2 - - 80.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.4 - - 47.2 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 268 - - 163 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4862 - - 5716 - - 122 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 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] 99577 24 083 33 081 29 089 99577 92075 26 091 28 086 28 083 92075 86304 29 089 24 086 22 079 86304 81524 27 087 23 096 15 085 81524 77400 20 088 20 091 12 090 77400 73741 14 088 14 089 11 088 73741 70421 12 105 10 086 9 082 70421 67372 10 093 5 095 6 097 67372 64549 4 050 6 071 5 102 64549 61830 4 035 2 347 4 320 61830 59009 4 340 4 357 3 320 59009 56089 8 316 15 309 15 330 56089 53319 14 310 16 305 17 318 53319 50834 17 299 14 315 21 318 50834 48604 23 325 31 317 28 301 48604 46578 35 329 38 318 33 312 46578 44720 40 334 40 320 40 322 44720 43006 40 332 36 321 40 321 43006 41417 36 335 35 325 33 318 41417 39934 36 340 36 327 27 320 39934 38538 36 338 36 328 24 331 38538 37186 31 329 37 324 26 339 37186 35808 26 321 33 318 29 343 35808 34375 24 315 29 303 29 339 34375 32893 20 320 29 286 25 328 32893 31346 22 322 24 286 22 321 31346 29721 24 338 22 294 18 311 29721 28020 29 345 22 307 17 295 28020 26240 29 354 23 317 15 296 26240 24379 31 010 19 332 14 319 24379 22439 23 001 14 359 12 341 22439 20413 17 341 13 355 11 354 20413 18297 14 326 13 349 13 008 18297 16140 14 321 12 336 13 012 16140 14065 14 330 12 337 11 359 14065 12179 11 359 10 350 11 006 12179 10507 11 022 8 010 8 036 10507 9026 10 009 7 020 5 069 9026 7717 11 355 4*007 1 031 7717 6562 9*012 3*005 1 067 6562 5542 8*014 3 004 2 043 5542 4640 8 014 3 004 3 027 4640 3841 8 013 4 001 3 019 3841 3126 8 013 4 358 4 012 3126 2492 8 011 4 358 4 008 2492 1962 8 011 4 355 4 006 1962 1555 8 010 4 354 4 005 1555 1275 7 010 4 355 4*004 1275 1105 7 010 4 355 4*004 1105 1008 6 009 4 354 3 002 1008 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