DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 74.9 - - 79.5 - - 75.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 38 - - 22 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 676 - - 1715 - - 161 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 992 - - 992 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1680 - - 2719 - - 1165 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 762 - - 1120 - - 2655 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 126 - - 166 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 253 - - 200 - - 238 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - 14 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 625 - - 547 - - -89 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1055 - - 2172 - - 1254 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 175 - - -3742 - - -899 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1505 - - 6461 - - 2064 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2710 - - 3090 - - 2690 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.9 - - 79.5 - - 75.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 72.8 - - 72.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 79.6 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 71.8 - - 72.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 38 - - 22 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 676 - - 1715 - - 161 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 97 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 18 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] 99504 19 110 15 095 17 078 99504 91983 15 098 14 092 12 064 91983 86177 13 101 8 087 11 056 86177 81356 9 084 8 076 9 054 81356 77187 8 059 8 045 9 043 77187 73493 6 020 6 064 8 024 73493 70158 4 356 6 027 5 018 70158 67112 2 010 5 016 6 021 67112 64290 10 345 5 350 10 334 64290 61551 14 299 11 290 18 305 61551 58715 18 277 18 268 23 290 58715 55784 22 294 19 278 21 291 55784 52994 33 292 37 304 43 306 52994 50508 43 293 57 294 50 290 50508 48298 45 289 58 280 49 281 48298 46301 52 282 57 280 51 284 46301 44475 58 267 61 277 57 281 44475 42792 62 252 64 269 62 271 42792 41231 56 252 64 260 64 266 41231 39768 48 253 62 256 64 263 39768 38385 44 251 60 256 58 263 38385 37045 43 256 58 258 51 267 37045 35680 43 261 55 263 51 268 35680 34259 45 267 53 268 44 273 34259 32785 46 271 51 274 44 275 32785 31243 47 275 48 277 49 274 31243 29620 44 277 47 279 50 276 29620 27915 41 279 51 281 51 279 27915 26130 41 283 54 280 45 284 26130 24270 40 283 53 281 35 289 24270 22339 37 281 46 287 30 296 22339 20330 35 280 42 296 25 309 20330 18242 37 278 37 311 24 316 18242 16123 39 280 36 318 27 319 16123 14084 39 282 40 310 27 314 14084 12225 35 278 40 302 26 304 12225 10569 30 268 38 294 25 297 10569 9095 26 258 41 287 25 287 9095 7783 24 251 38 287 25 278 7783 6615 22 253 26 280 24 270 6615 5578 20 268 15 262 22 260 5578 4665 20 279 13 236 22 253 4665 3858 20 281 17 218 19 250 3858 3137 17 273 18*206 17 250 3137 2499 13 266 17*203 17 252 2499 1967 11*263 16 200 15 247 1967 1559 8*259 15 198 14 242 1559 1277 6 252 13 198 12*240 1277 1106 5 250 12 197 10*239 1106 1008 4 248 9 199 6 238 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