DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - - - - - 76.3 - - 75.7 - - 73.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 326 - - 124 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5934 - - 4811 - - 408 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5212 - - 3835 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6938 - - 5815 - - 1412 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1175 - - 1046 - - 7694 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 511 - - 349 - - 45 W* B/S - - - - - - 32 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 154 - - 102 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -11 - - 16 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -18 - - -1170 - - -5074 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6956 - - 6985 - - 6486 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4155 - - -3840 - - -6640 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11093 - - 9655 - - 8052 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.3 - - 75.7 - - 73.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.2 - - 48.5 - - 48.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 74.9 - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.1 - - 47.6 - - 47.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 326 - - 124 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5934 - - 4811 - - 408 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 101 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 99132 30 098 31 099 22 083 99132 91579 26 102 29 094 25 095 91579 85743 21 089 22 098 26 085 85743 80917 17 093 17 095 17 074 80917 76798 15 107 12 098 11 068 76798 73175 9 106 11 117 8 074 73175 69892 15 101 12 100 6 086 69892 66866 10 037 7 081 1 031 66866 64051 7 294 4 042 2 343 64051 61325 8 272 11 291 13 299 61325 58504 9 292 16 264 17 269 58504 55588 27 322 18 313 10 284 55588 52811 54 294 45 302 40 302 52811 50329 63 269 62 273 55 280 50329 48109 50 273 62 256 57 267 48109 46091 53 291 43 277 50 262 46091 44247 73 300 69 295 59 271 44247 42557 97 293 86 286 75 272 42557 40993 102 284 91 275 90 263 40993 39523 105 278 87 272 87 256 39523 38130 97 278 83 269 80 253 38130 36780 83 285 81 266 73 251 36780 35404 69 286 76 263 66 250 35404 33975 62 281 72 261 62 247 33975 32493 58 282 66 264 60 251 32493 30943 57 281 62 270 57 258 30943 29313 55 277 59 271 55 261 29313 27603 55 278 53 268 53 261 27603 25816 51 283 44 259 44 263 25816 23956 43 284 40 256 35 264 23956 22024 40 272 38 260 33 265 22024 20015 32 258 41 260 39 257 20015 17926 34 266 40 262 48 235 17926 15804 34 269 32 264 42 230 15804 13771 31 278 22 267 40 221 13771 11932 25 302 24 257 33 211 11932 10311 15 299 22 256 21 193 10311 8882 8 271 17 258 17 184 8882 7609 5*239 12 256 14 163 7609 6477 3*233 3*165 12 140 6477 5473 3 233 6*141 11 130 5473 4585 3 234 6 143 10 120 4585 3799 3 236 7 151 10 113 3799 3094 3 234 8 156 10 109 3094 2470 3 236 8 158 10 106 2470 1948 3 235 8 159 10 104 1948 1547 3 234 8 161 10*103 1547 1271 2 234 8 162 9*102 1271 1103 2 235 8 161 7 103 1103 1007 2 235 7 162 5 102 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