DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - - - - - 24.1 - - 27.1 - - 25.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 5 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1127 - - 926 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2131 - - 1930 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 510 - - 781 - - 1631 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 157 - - 70 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 234 - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 668 - - 401 - - -183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1463 - - 1529 - - 1187 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 474 - - 92 - - -1040 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1657 - - 1838 - - 2044 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.1 - - 27.1 - - 25.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.5 - - 24.3 - - 23.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.0 - - 27.4 - - 26.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.1 - - 24.1 - - 24.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 5 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1127 - - 926 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96295 3 197 14 303 5 281 96295 89154 5 232 10 288 2 236 89154 83605 6 228 7 267 9 294 83605 78970 15 275 7 254 16 264 78970 74958 19 270 14 269 22 263 74958 71394 25 262 25 262 30 265 71394 68165 23 266 24 267 26 262 68165 65179 24 264 30 266 28 269 65179 62391 33 259 39 249 38 271 62391 59679 40 259 43 250 52 269 59679 56841 47 258 52 254 55 263 56841 53897 53 254 58 253 61 257 53897 51090 64 255 64 254 71 254 51090 48564 72 248 72 250 75 253 48564 46302 74 246 78 247 83 256 46302 44248 79 248 82 250 94 253 44248 42373 88 249 96 255 97 251 42373 40656 95 248 112 253 109 255 40656 39074 96 247 121 248 130 250 39074 37599 96 249 116 244 126 245 37599 36214 98 252 112 249 125 253 36214 34888 100 254 124 256 145 261 34888 33552 101 250 128 254 151 259 33552 32171 103 247 125 253 144 257 32171 30757 103 247 115 252 128 257 30757 29294 101 247 109 252 119 256 29294 27763 99 247 105 252 112 254 27763 26156 97 246 94 250 103 254 26156 24475 96 248 89 247 94 256 24475 22720 90 251 86 248 88 255 22720 20895 78 255 78 254 80 256 20895 18993 67 256 66 253 74 255 18993 17013 63 252 59 257 65 250 17013 14998 53 251 56 255 61 255 14998 13061 47 257 53 251 54 257 13061 11308 50 264 52 259 47 259 11308 9756 52 268 52 266 41 266 9756 8380 47 269 47 264 41 262 8380 7160 39 268 42 261 40 262 7160 6080 34 263 36 258 35 264 6080 5127 33 261 34 258 31 267 5127 4292 33 261 30 262 28 273 4292 3559 33 261 30 263 28 276 3559 2908 31 255 30 254 29 264 2908 2336 22*234 24*239 26 252 2336 1860 21*232 22*236 23 248 1860 1495 19 231 20 235 19 243 1495 1244 17 230 17 233 15 239 1244 1091 15 230 15 233 13 238 1091 1004 12 229 11 232 8*236 1004 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