DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/01 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.4 - - 75.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 191 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6234 - - 8129 - - 1415 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5474 - - 6631 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7238 - - 9133 - - 2419 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1114 - - 1075 - - 8483 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 529 - - 477 - - 65 W* B/S - - - - - - 31 - - 23 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 058 - - 044 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 23 - - 20 - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -899 - - -463 - - -5893 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8137 - - 9596 - - 8313 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4815 - - -4003 - - -7025 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12053 - - 13136 - - 9444 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 86 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.4 - - 75.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.8 - - 39.7 - - 42.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.1 - - 77.3 - - 75.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.6 - - 38.4 - - 41.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 191 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6234 - - 8129 - - 1415 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 43 - - 43 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 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] 98510 21 096 14 062 9 073 98510 91052 17 060 11 068 15 051 91052 85333 13 065 13 072 18 038 85333 80587 15 073 17 071 15 050 80587 76493 15 071 17 070 13 050 76493 72870 21 063 18 072 16 055 72870 69583 23 049 17 063 16 039 69583 66559 18 030 14 043 16 030 66559 63749 21 024 12 023 15 013 63749 61022 24 356 21 356 17 007 61022 58180 29 340 28 344 26 344 58180 55250 31 330 33 325 33 332 55250 52471 34 311 38 320 40 320 52471 49978 36 305 42 311 44 304 49978 47747 42 304 45 301 47 299 47747 45720 46 306 47 300 47 299 45720 43863 47 309 48 300 46 306 43863 42151 46 312 48 303 50 313 42151 40569 46 309 49 305 53 314 40569 39099 37 308 48 302 53 310 39099 37723 32 310 43 299 51 308 37723 36399 31 308 41 301 51 309 36399 35051 30 303 41 301 51 309 35051 33650 30 298 42 299 51 309 33650 32197 30 297 43 294 50 308 32197 30677 29 298 43 289 48 308 30677 29079 30 301 42 290 46 308 29079 27402 32 302 41 294 44 307 27402 25647 34 301 36 299 43 305 25647 23815 36 301 35 304 43 307 23815 21915 32 309 36 305 39 315 21915 19942 28 322 32 312 33 318 19942 17890 28 325 24 324 28 315 17890 15800 25 324 17 333 24 313 15800 13786 16 327 17 324 22 327 13786 11960 12 334 16 317 15 002 11960 10349 14 330 8*348 13 028 10349 8920 14 333 5*030 12 034 8920 7644 7*022 5 033 11 042 7644 6505 6*043 5 038 9 046 6505 5494 5 046 4 044 7 050 5494 4601 4 051 4 047 5 054 4601 3810 3 058 3 050 2 062 3810 3102 2 068 3 055 1 197 3102 2474 2 084 3 060 3*215 2474 1951 1 102 2 063 5*213 1951 1549 1 116 2 067 5 212 1549 1272 1 124 2 067 5 211 1272 1104 1 131 2 066 5 210 1104 1007 1 130 2 068 4 208 1007 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