DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/05 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 - - - - - - 39.2 - - 40.9 - - 34.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -1 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1005 - - 911 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2009 - - 1915 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 571 - - 687 - - 584 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 139 - - 54 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 253 - - 261 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 237 - - 243 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1773 - - 1672 - - 1005 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9877 - - -8878 - - -10666 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11886 - - 10793 - - 11671 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 90 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.2 - - 40.9 - - 34.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.0 - - 37.1 - - 33.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.2 - - 41.3 - - 37.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.0 - - 36.5 - - 36.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -1 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1005 - - 911 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 61 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 96020 58 250 50 259 54 258 96020 88894 39 262 34 272 30 269 88894 83405 26 260 26 273 31 276 83405 78856 22 278 23 280 30 280 78856 74935 26 298 21 276 25 282 74935 71442 29 302 23 295 26 289 71442 68258 34 293 33 291 28 294 68258 65318 32 291 34 287 33 291 65318 62574 38 307 37 291 36 294 62574 59905 50 305 44 293 37 299 59905 57107 52 288 46 291 45 291 57107 54189 49 279 51 287 45 279 54189 51391 44 287 53 288 52 285 51391 48881 59 290 64 285 70 275 48881 46661 63 284 67 279 69 275 46661 44662 68 289 69 282 74 281 44662 42842 81 290 84 283 86 278 42842 41176 83 285 89 278 91 279 41176 39640 88 289 84 282 113 283 39640 38211 100 293 92 288 124 283 38211 36865 108 295 100 286 120 283 36865 35561 104 293 99 283 107 282 35561 34236 95 288 93 281 93 277 34236 32861 90 281 90 279 85 274 32861 31438 85 278 90 278 89 276 31438 29955 85 279 91 278 92 277 29955 28398 85 280 92 279 90 277 28398 26765 85 281 91 280 84 279 26765 25054 83 281 87 282 81 279 25054 23274 78 281 79 280 78 274 23274 21427 72 282 75 278 73 271 21427 19502 64 281 72 277 69 269 19502 17497 53 279 65 276 63 269 17497 15456 45 279 59 282 50 274 15456 13488 40 282 49 289 41 280 13488 11691 40 283 38 287 37 278 11691 10090 38 281 35 283 37 277 10090 8666 37 281 34 282 34 281 8666 7402 37 283 32 282 27 285 7402 6284 36 284 29 284 20 286 6284 5295 35 281 26 289 15 292 5295 4423 34 269 26 286 15 290 4423 3654 29 257 28 274 15 280 3654 2971 24 262 24 263 16 258 2971 2377 21*258 18*258 16 232 2377 1886 14*253 14*259 13 224 1886 1510 14 253 12 261 8 223 1510 1251 13 253 11 262 5 218 1251 1094 12 253 10 262 3 204 1094 1005 9 253 7 263 2*176 1005 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