DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/07 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 - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.7 - - 82.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 283 - - 174 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5120 - - 5879 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4523 - - 4862 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6124 - - 6883 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1196 - - 1494 - - 6446 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 468 - - 420 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 21 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 044 - - 077 - - 090 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -883 - - -1546 - - -6765 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7008 - - 8429 - - 7774 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5488 - - -6759 - - -10903 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11612 - - 13642 - - 11911 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 69 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 85.7 - - 82.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.7 - - 52.2 - - 52.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.3 - - 84.5 - - 84.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.5 - - 51.0 - - 51.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 283 - - 174 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5120 - - 5879 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 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] 98699 20 096 21 095 20 074 98699 91254 19 084 22 082 20 075 91254 85563 21 069 21 064 19 077 85563 80818 13 069 12 088 16 062 80818 76725 12 060 7 093 15 047 76725 73127 10 067 4 108 9 057 73127 69873 11 079 7 030 10 041 69873 66884 12 062 9 007 13 359 66884 64134 12 046 7 023 12 341 64134 61480 13 357 11 010 12 353 61480 58707 14 342 12 344 15 350 58707 55828 20 335 16 333 17 334 55828 53086 26 328 23 325 21 326 53086 50620 29 314 25 309 22 307 50620 48409 26 312 26 297 25 298 48409 46411 31 304 31 295 29 292 46411 44595 41 298 36 296 33 286 44595 42931 41 294 38 298 30 282 42931 41385 40 292 40 301 32 293 41385 39926 39 291 36 301 51 287 39926 38539 39 294 32 300 46 291 38539 37191 40 302 32 302 34 304 37191 35813 37 302 33 297 25 299 35813 34379 37 291 34 292 21 291 34379 32892 34 290 32 291 20 295 32892 31336 24 299 23 298 22 287 31336 29702 19 323 15 298 15 294 29702 27993 14 329 9 290 7 314 27993 26206 8 322 6 280 3 285 26206 24344 7 307 7 291 4 276 24344 22408 9 297 8 300 5 277 22408 20391 9 308 8 313 3 261 20391 18284 11 315 7 315 1 285 18284 16135 10 315 5 326 1 056 16135 14072 11 306 3 352 3 278 14072 12204 13 313 2 010 5 295 12204 10547 14 317 2 342 8 294 10547 9074 9 315 3 292 9 260 9074 7765 6 350 1*355 7 247 7765 6603 6*013 2*069 2 127 6603 5574 5*034 3 072 6 095 5574 4666 5 037 3 074 7 093 4666 3862 5 042 4 076 8 093 3862 3141 5 045 4 077 9 092 3141 2503 5 047 4 080 9 091 2503 1969 5 050 4 081 9 091 1969 1560 5 051 4 082 9 091 1560 1278 4 053 4 081 8 090 1278 1106 4 054 4 082 7*091 1106 1008 4 054 4 083 5*090 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