DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.8 - - 83.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3547 - - 4187 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2964 - - 3483 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4551 - - 5191 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2738 - - 2505 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 323 - - 352 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 296 - - 286 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 13 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 537 - - 524 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4014 - - 4667 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -55 - - -64 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4606 - - 5255 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 86 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 650 - - 950 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.8 - - 83.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.3 - - 66.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.1 - - 82.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.8 - - 65.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 134 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3547 - - 4187 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 45 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - - 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] 99557 32 080 29 103 99557 92023 23 107 26 082 92023 86230 26 104 21 088 86230 81417 26 085 19 096 81417 77254 23 072 23 087 77254 73584 18 081 22 081 73584 70282 11 083 15 065 70282 67263 10 075 11 068 67263 64463 12 034 10 045 64463 61761 15 027 13 017 61761 58944 24 360 16 003 58944 56027 40 335 32 343 56027 53271 45 315 47 327 53271 50800 39 305 48 322 50800 48589 48 337 67 325 48589 46585 75 335 74 315 46585 44737 81 325 73 318 44737 43016 73 324 80 322 43016 41412 71 328 80 324 41412 39912 76 329 79 324 39912 38506 77 323 77 320 38506 37154 76 316 76 315 37154 35777 74 312 76 311 35777 34341 74 312 70 306 34341 32851 73 313 68 305 32851 31294 71 319 66 311 31294 29661 68 324 62 318 29661 27951 63 319 58 318 27951 26163 59 312 64 314 26163 24299 56 310 67 316 24299 22362 51 313 63 316 22362 20350 48 314 56 319 20350 18255 54 318 52 318 18255 16125 57 321 52 323 16125 14076 50 323 42 337 14076 12215 39 326 28 340 12215 10562 33 329 20 328 10562 9090 27 331 23 326 9090 7782 19 325 21 315 7782 6621 17 323 18 308 6621 5590 16 323 16*305 5590 4679 12*316 11*295 4679 3872 8*301 8 287 3872 3149 8 297 6 284 3149 2509 8 296 6 283 2509 1974 7 294 6 283 1974 1562 7 293 5 282 1562 1279 7 292 5 281 1279 1107 6 293 5 282 1107 1008 6 293 4 282 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