DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 29.3 - - 29.5 - - 27.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -3 - - 8 - - -8 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 319 - - 1956 - - 455 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1323 - - 2960 - - 1459 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4572 - - 4200 - - 4920 - - 4447 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 38 - - 118 - - 43 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 22 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 284 - - 288 - - 288 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 14 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -488 - - 877 - - -1351 - - -2170 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1811 - - 2083 - - 2810 - - 3174 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1164 - - 85 - - -1911 - - -2774 ODpotential blCL - - - 2487 - - 2875 - - 3370 - - 3778 blCL maxRH - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 29.3 - - 29.5 - - 27.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.0 - - 24.1 - - 21.2 - - 17.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 28.2 - - 29.5 - - 30.2 - - 28.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.3 - - 23.2 - - 20.3 - - 17.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -3 - - 8 - - -8 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 319 - - 1956 - - 455 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 99 - - 101 - - 78 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95969 25 038 26 040 20 040 15 003 95969 88923 22 046 17 052 16 020 12 009 88923 83415 13 035 6 083 5 313 14 009 83415 78811 3 036 1 228 4 275 14 336 78811 74823 3 290 12 263 12 290 13 313 74823 71275 7 301 9 248 15 267 15 281 71275 68034 14 278 17 276 15 257 19 268 68034 65034 16 285 20 260 22 258 21 251 65034 62232 25 272 24 261 20 264 16 255 62232 59498 26 262 27 276 29 281 29 271 59498 56642 27 269 37 275 36 272 36 272 56642 53677 33 288 42 274 40 275 42 277 53677 50846 42 286 48 276 52 279 51 279 50846 48314 47 283 52 275 55 278 58 276 48314 46068 50 284 52 278 58 278 63 275 46068 44049 52 288 57 283 63 279 65 277 44049 42207 57 297 64 284 67 278 68 279 42207 40508 66 299 66 285 66 281 73 280 40508 38931 76 296 67 289 69 283 76 278 38931 37463 79 296 74 293 74 284 77 282 37463 36098 83 301 81 291 81 285 95 290 36098 34797 89 305 85 289 88 286 108 287 34797 33483 100 306 83 289 90 287 107 286 33483 32123 110 304 83 289 86 288 101 287 32123 30717 114 303 82 288 80 288 98 290 30717 29250 113 304 81 288 74 286 96 292 29250 27710 109 306 79 290 70 290 90 292 27710 26099 107 308 79 295 71 292 81 293 26099 24417 108 311 79 298 68 293 70 293 24417 22664 97 311 75 301 67 296 60 294 22664 20836 76 308 73 302 65 297 57 301 20836 18926 60 307 73 304 63 301 58 305 18926 16933 54 310 64 304 61 304 57 302 16933 14902 49 313 49 302 54 304 52 304 14902 12957 44 314 42 305 43 304 45 306 12957 11208 44 314 38 310 37 309 36 306 11208 9670 40 312 38 317 35 311 30 309 9670 8306 32 309 33 315 32 317 28 315 8306 7094 29 307 27 313 27 314 26 312 7094 6029 30 307 27 309 24 308 23 313 6029 5097 31 307 27 305 24 302 20 313 5097 4280 32 307 27 298 23 299 19 307 4280 3558 32 305 26*293 22 293 19 300 3558 2912 31 302 26*292 22 291 19 295 2912 2340 29 297 24 289 21 290 18 288 2340 1863 26 291 23 288 20 289 18 282 1863 1496 22*287 21 287 18*289 16 276 1496 1245 18*285 19 286 16*288 13 271 1245 1091 16 284 16 286 14 288 11*269 1091 1004 11 283 12 285 10 288 7*266 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