DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/18 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.7 - - 83.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 111 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2573 - - 3713 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 992 - - 3033 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3577 - - 4717 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2983 - - 1988 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 214 - - 319 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 296 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 827 - - 1072 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2750 - - 3646 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -273 - - 67 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3850 - - 4650 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 92 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3490 - - 1950 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.7 - - 83.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 70.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.7 - - 82.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.7 - - 69.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 111 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2573 - - 3713 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 68 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 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] 99615 27 089 26 087 99615 92075 26 079 23 084 92075 86252 24 076 23 083 86252 81434 23 098 18 073 81434 77299 25 084 12 065 77299 73639 18 047 15 081 73639 70316 8 046 12 072 70316 67264 9 027 11 043 67264 64446 5 310 11 358 64446 61731 3 326 9 340 61731 58914 18 333 23 327 58914 56021 24 305 30 279 56021 53261 17 287 21 291 53261 50763 36 313 39 308 50763 48534 52 294 51 302 48534 46522 48 279 55 293 46522 44689 47 280 57 284 44689 43003 50 284 59 278 43003 41428 53 285 60 276 41428 39948 53 288 59 273 39948 38551 52 291 55 275 38551 37198 49 289 53 273 37198 35821 47 284 55 270 35821 34388 47 281 57 273 34388 32902 45 280 56 276 32902 31349 45 276 53 277 31349 29716 43 275 50 276 29716 28005 44 276 48 277 28005 26214 41 280 46 281 26214 24347 39 283 45 290 24347 22408 37 282 44 298 22408 20394 32 281 37 302 20394 18302 25 280 29 298 18302 16175 22 283 27 295 16175 14128 23 291 24 285 14128 12262 25 292 27 284 12262 10599 26 288 32 286 10599 9117 26 282 36 284 9117 7799 27 278 33 281 7799 6630 28 278 28 282 6630 5595 28 278 25*289 5595 4683 27 277 22*296 4683 3876 25*273 22 296 3876 3152 22*269 21 296 3152 2511 21 267 21 297 2511 1976 20 266 20 297 1976 1563 19 265 20 297 1563 1279 18 265 18 297 1279 1107 15 265 17 296 1107 1008 12 265 13 296 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