DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/18 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1556z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.5 - - 73.9 - - 73.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 23 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3403 - - 755 - - 628 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2846 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4407 - - 1759 - - 1632 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2447 - - 2020 - - 2726 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 316 - - 115 - - 58 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 232 - - 164 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -8 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 557 - - 392 - - 518 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3850 - - 1367 - - 1114 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -646 - - -1437 - - -216 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5053 - - 3196 - - 1848 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1200 - - 1320 - - 1540 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.5 - - 73.9 - - 73.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.6 - - 70.6 - - 71.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.9 - - 73.9 - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.6 - - 70.1 - - 71.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 23 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3403 - - 755 - - 628 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 17 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] 99002 22 118 22 088 16 091 99002 91500 23 102 17 084 15 072 91500 85728 21 099 19 097 15 072 85728 80944 16 093 17 119 10 058 80944 76824 13 089 13 118 7 045 76824 73177 8 093 6 121 4 092 73177 69868 8 105 7 172 3 146 69868 66832 7 124 10 179 3 239 66832 64038 7 198 6 212 8 264 64038 61353 13 236 8 238 11 277 61353 58554 21 243 15 240 17 256 58554 55660 33 228 25 254 26 236 55660 52921 28 213 35 244 30 238 52921 50464 27 226 36 227 32 250 50464 48260 35 237 41 217 50 243 48260 46273 43 236 45 233 52 220 46273 44470 55 227 62 237 57 226 44470 42804 53 217 62 228 64 230 42804 41240 47 206 62 221 63 222 41240 39763 40 194 55 214 60 214 39763 38368 40 198 53 211 51 205 38368 37018 45 206 52 216 45 204 37018 35642 43 210 47 217 41 203 35642 34211 36 221 37 218 39 206 34211 32725 36 234 32 220 40 213 32725 31171 39 236 35 221 44 214 31171 29537 44 231 37 224 48 216 29537 27825 51 229 36 224 44 213 27825 26036 52 228 36 225 45 215 26036 24171 48 229 38 225 47 219 24171 22232 41 234 40 225 47 216 22232 20214 35 234 41 224 47 214 20214 18115 34 238 41 224 52 218 18115 15991 37 239 38 225 56 221 15991 13958 34 238 39 225 54 223 13958 12111 32 240 38 225 50 223 12111 10471 28 240 36 225 48 217 10471 9011 31 242 34 223 47 209 9011 7712 26 251 31 223 45 201 7712 6559 20 264 28 224 42 193 6559 5537 16 255 25 224 39 186 5537 4636 14*240 23 224 36 181 4636 3838 12*225 20 225 34 178 3838 3122 11 223 17 228 32 176 3122 2489 11 221 14 233 31 176 2489 1961 11 221 12*234 26*170 1961 1555 10 220 9*233 23*166 1555 1275 10 220 8 231 20 164 1275 1105 9 219 7 232 17 163 1105 1008 8 219 5 231 12 162 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