DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.1 - - 93.9 - - 91.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 208 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4885 - - 5256 - - 5915 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4281 - - 4480 - - 993 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5889 - - 6260 - - 6919 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2161 - - 4925 - - 3944 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 441 - - 427 - - 138 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 259 - - 258 - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - -2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 727 - - 5 - - 1096 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5162 - - 6256 - - 5824 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -766 - - -1530 - - -230 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6655 - - 7790 - - 7149 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 69 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3110 - - 2930 - - 2740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.1 - - 93.9 - - 91.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 69.7 - - 69.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.7 - - 92.7 - - 92.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.0 - - 69.2 - - 68.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 208 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4885 - - 5256 - - 5915 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 18 - - 0 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99479 34 091 31 086 29 072 99479 91912 29 088 25 086 24 069 91912 86100 25 085 21 099 20 065 86100 81290 20 076 17 084 19 069 81290 77152 16 069 16 060 16 081 77152 73505 13 056 15 058 11 080 73505 70215 7 092 11 053 9 055 70215 67189 7 109 4 089 7 022 67189 64377 4 004 0 078 5 339 64377 61663 4 309 4 350 0 287 61663 58853 9 243 7 301 3 239 58853 55966 18 215 20 247 19 279 55966 53248 18 199 25 233 27 263 53248 50835 9 230 19 234 23 241 50835 48679 16 257 19 258 20 246 48679 46719 17 249 21 259 21 256 46719 44921 19 240 20 246 23 258 44921 43250 21 243 19 250 23 254 43250 41683 23 246 21 265 23 257 41683 40204 25 241 25 267 26 261 40204 38802 21 224 28 263 27 275 38802 37440 22 222 25 251 28 285 37440 36050 21 234 24 242 29 288 36050 34604 16 246 19 243 28 282 34604 33104 13 251 15 243 25 260 33104 31538 13 242 16 247 23 249 31538 29895 18 231 20 247 24 249 29895 28177 23 229 22 247 23 247 28177 26383 23 243 21 256 20 254 26383 24513 24 263 21 258 19 256 24513 22568 26 267 21 256 19 249 22568 20547 27 259 22 259 20 254 20547 18452 33 251 28 259 25 260 18452 16320 37 247 34 256 31 253 16320 14260 38 247 34 253 32 248 14260 12386 31 249 29 249 27 248 12386 10721 30 250 22 245 23 245 10721 9238 27 247 20 245 21 242 9238 7916 22 251 19 246 20*241 7916 6735 20*256 18*248 18*243 6735 5685 19*257 17*251 18 245 5685 4756 16 258 16 255 17 246 4756 3932 15 259 15 257 17 248 3932 3194 14 259 15 259 16 249 3194 2540 14 259 15 261 16 250 2540 1994 13 260 14 262 15 251 1994 1574 12 260 14 262 15 251 1574 1285 12 260 13 263 13 252 1285 1109 11 260 12 263 12 252 1109 1009 9 260 10 263 9 251 1009 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