DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1009z - - 1331z - - 1559z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 57.4 - - 64.4 - - 68.5 - - 65.7 - - 62.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 36 - - 193 - - 167 - - -23 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 310 - - 5496 - - 6285 - - 336 - - 1242 BL Depth Hcrit 983 - - 4619 - - 5160 - - 983 - - 983 Hcrit BL Top 1314 - - 6500 - - 7289 - - 1340 - - 2246 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2056 - - 1672 - - 3957 - - 8178 - - 3554 Hgt.Variab. W* 93 - - 422 - - 427 - - 57 - - 93 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 21 - - 18 - - 13 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 274 - - 286 - - 272 - - 272 - - 292 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 17 - - 11 - - 5 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - -5 - - -1 - - -1 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -958 - - 2134 - - 740 - - -4098 - - -1380 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2272 - - 4367 - - 6549 - - 5438 - - 3626 sfcLCL ODpotential -2369 - - 831 - - -458 - - -4855 - - -2899 ODpotential blCL 3683 - - 5669 - - 7747 - - 6195 - - 5145 blCL maxRH 81 - - 83 - - 92 - - 100 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 120 - - 270 - - 110 - - 250 - - 480 CAPE Temp@2m 57.4 - - 64.4 - - 68.5 - - 65.7 - - 62.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 51.0 - - 48.8 - - 43.2 - - 45.5 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 57.2 - - 63.2 - - 67.5 - - 66.0 - - 62.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 50.7 - - 47.6 - - 41.3 - - 44.5 - - 49.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 36 - - 193 - - 167 - - -23 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 310 - - 5496 - - 6285 - - 336 - - 1242 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 25 - - 30 - - 69 - - 101 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 6 - - 5 - - 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] 99009 30 085 24 097 26 100 20 096 20 091 99009 91591 23 083 19 103 20 086 17 099 18 084 91591 85848 16 098 16 109 11 079 17 099 14 089 85848 81065 16 103 13 096 6 090 13 089 11 106 81065 76940 9 091 9 102 6 126 6 096 7 083 76940 73290 3 115 6 100 4 165 1 092 4 060 73290 69976 2 181 3 040 6 184 5 274 5 340 69976 66923 8 267 8 277 5 215 6 252 6 291 66923 64094 12 237 10 265 12 263 13 268 12 278 64094 61340 15 284 15 258 16 231 14 263 14 246 61340 58445 30 268 31 277 31 278 33 283 25 276 58445 55451 37 256 44 252 37 255 39 269 30 270 55451 52594 35 250 34 249 39 267 43 257 37 278 52594 50015 39 269 43 269 49 259 43 259 52 274 50015 47706 52 274 51 268 53 249 53 265 59 267 47706 45613 61 270 52 265 47 253 62 263 61 261 45613 43696 64 266 53 262 53 269 63 260 59 259 43696 41928 64 262 53 264 65 271 60 258 57 260 41928 40287 64 260 57 269 71 265 58 259 57 261 40287 38758 62 260 65 272 70 257 58 261 59 264 38758 37327 62 265 71 271 62 253 59 263 62 266 37327 35954 70 271 73 268 54 258 61 264 64 267 35954 34571 82 270 73 262 53 267 64 265 65 268 34571 33151 88 266 69 257 58 273 65 266 64 269 33151 31701 87 262 65 259 65 274 67 267 62 270 31701 30207 80 259 63 267 69 272 69 266 60 271 30207 28653 73 258 67 273 71 270 71 264 61 271 28653 27032 64 261 70 275 73 271 69 264 63 271 27032 25333 57 266 69 277 74 272 67 265 63 271 25333 23556 52 265 64 277 74 276 64 267 61 271 23556 21702 46 265 55 276 66 281 61 270 58 272 21702 19771 45 267 46 271 50 282 55 272 47 274 19771 17754 45 269 45 264 40 277 45 270 38 277 17754 15689 41 273 47 265 42 269 39 266 37 272 15689 13694 36 270 45 273 45 271 38 268 36 266 13694 11880 34 271 37 278 43 277 39 268 34 266 11880 10270 31 277 33 278 39 281 33 268 31 264 10270 8839 30 280 32 286 34 283 31 276 31 263 8839 7562 27 276 31*293 27*281 27 276 31 266 7562 6428 25 279 28*293 23*278 23 273 30 271 6428 5422 25 289 25 292 19 272 21 273 28 274 5422 4536 25 296 24 289 19 272 20 273 26 277 4536 3754 26 303 20 282 19 272 20 273 25 281 3754 3055 25 304 19 281 18 271 19 273 23 286 3055 2438 23 292 18 280 18 271 18 273 21*289 2438 1924 21 285 17 280 17 271 18 273 18*292 1924 1530 20*283 16 279 16 270 17*272 16 292 1530 1259 14*275 15 279 16 271 15*272 14 292 1259 1094 12 274 14 279 15 270 13 271 12 292 1094 1000 9 273 12 278 12 270 10 271 8 290 1000 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