DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.0 - - 70.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 245 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5424 - - 6290 - - 3522 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4828 - - 5355 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6428 - - 7294 - - 4526 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1315 - - 1443 - - 3737 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 502 - - 476 - - 134 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 19 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 290 - - 297 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 162 - - 94 - - -1347 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6266 - - 7200 - - 5873 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3503 - - -2002 - - -2687 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9931 - - 9296 - - 7213 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 69 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.0 - - 70.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.2 - - 46.8 - - 48.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.9 - - 73.9 - - 70.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.0 - - 45.8 - - 47.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 245 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5424 - - 6290 - - 3522 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98983 28 083 30 093 20 075 98983 91441 19 101 26 065 23 089 91441 85619 20 099 17 062 21 069 85619 80811 20 084 13 095 15 067 80811 76704 13 086 11 097 17 066 76704 73075 13 094 7 084 13 043 73075 69784 5 081 5 073 10 014 69784 66752 6 119 3 120 7 307 66752 63930 8 332 10 008 11 332 63930 61200 14 289 18 291 23 294 61200 58359 14 264 12 264 22 261 58359 55392 25 294 25 295 24 297 55392 52560 40 273 41 277 43 290 52560 50029 45 273 43 273 49 282 50029 47761 51 279 50 280 54 282 47761 45701 58 282 58 280 59 281 45701 43814 65 283 59 281 60 282 43814 42075 69 281 63 287 62 287 42075 40472 69 282 70 289 68 295 40472 38997 75 284 77 287 81 297 38997 37628 82 279 78 283 82 294 37628 36309 81 274 75 280 80 294 36309 34966 76 274 71 281 79 295 34966 33568 74 275 67 288 77 294 33568 32117 77 274 69 291 74 293 32117 30601 80 272 70 291 72 293 30601 29006 80 273 68 290 67 290 29006 27335 76 278 62 290 64 285 27335 25585 71 283 58 292 61 285 25585 23759 63 287 56 290 56 288 23759 21864 56 289 52 288 52 290 21864 19894 50 290 45 284 47 291 19894 17841 44 290 42 279 41 286 17841 15749 38 283 38 279 38 283 15749 13734 35 278 33 278 36 286 13734 11904 33 278 31 279 33 287 11904 10286 32 278 28 281 29 288 10286 8856 31 278 24 281 27 291 8856 7587 30 278 20*281 26 295 7587 6458 25*278 19*284 24 297 6458 5456 23*279 19 286 23 297 5456 4571 23 280 19 288 19*297 4571 3788 23 280 19 290 17*297 3788 3085 23 281 19 291 16 297 3085 2463 22 282 19 293 15 297 2463 1944 22 282 19 293 15 298 1944 1545 21 282 18 294 14 297 1545 1269 20 283 18 294 13 298 1269 1103 19 283 16 295 12 298 1103 1007 15 283 13 294 9 298 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