DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/08 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 - - - - - - 82.3 - - 84.5 - - 78.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 244 - - 179 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3977 - - 4947 - - 195 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3586 - - 4163 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4981 - - 5951 - - 1199 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2398 - - 1885 - - 4003 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 411 - - 398 - - 38 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 268 - - 271 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -11 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1094 - - -579 - - -4178 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3887 - - 6530 - - 5378 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -122 - - -3514 - - -8257 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5103 - - 9465 - - 9456 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 62 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1810 - - 160 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 84.5 - - 78.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.4 - - 59.3 - - 58.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.1 - - 83.6 - - 79.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.6 - - 58.5 - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 244 - - 179 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3977 - - 4947 - - 195 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 10 - - 10 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] 99715 32 102 24 104 14 075 99715 92179 24 087 17 092 16 073 92179 86340 20 070 15 103 16 064 86340 81491 18 082 19 092 16 086 81491 77317 17 080 20 089 15 090 77317 73638 12 074 15 079 13 093 73638 70322 10 119 6 066 10 064 70322 67279 10 107 1 139 4 026 67279 64455 4 123 4 237 5 320 64455 61727 1 200 8 234 10 281 61727 58905 13 204 12 246 19 267 58905 55990 7 291 13 242 21 240 55990 53205 41 294 20 273 18 254 53205 50704 49 269 37 270 33 274 50704 48482 48 242 49 253 46 267 48482 46473 43 243 50 247 53 261 46473 44627 48 255 52 249 59 257 44627 42914 55 256 56 250 61 251 42914 41314 59 257 58 251 54 249 41314 39813 57 256 56 255 47 251 39813 38401 50 255 52 257 42 255 38401 37042 40 256 46 252 38 263 37042 35667 35 257 39 248 36 270 35667 34243 34 253 34 252 34 274 34243 32770 35 255 35 258 32 273 32770 31230 35 262 36 259 35 264 31230 29612 35 263 34 260 38 259 29612 27915 31 256 33 262 38 258 27915 26138 27 251 34 261 39 258 26138 24281 25 253 36 260 38 259 24281 22352 25 252 35 265 31 272 22352 20346 28 265 32 271 28 282 20346 18254 31 276 32 278 30 292 18254 16118 32 278 32 281 31 294 16118 14060 33 275 29 283 28 293 14060 12189 34 273 28 286 25 289 12189 10528 33 275 25 285 22 288 10528 9055 30 275 21 284 19 283 9055 7746 24 268 19 267 16 283 7746 6585 21 262 17*260 18 278 6585 5557 20*263 17*262 22 272 5557 4650 19*264 17 265 22 273 4650 3849 17 267 17 271 19 282 3849 3130 17 268 18 273 17 292 3130 2496 17 268 18 274 17 295 2496 1965 17 269 17 275 16 296 1965 1557 16 269 17 276 15 296 1557 1276 15 270 16 276 14*296 1276 1105 14 270 15 277 12*296 1105 1008 11 269 12 277 8 296 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