DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - - - - 81.0 - - 82.1 - - 80.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 307 - - 92 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4609 - - 4558 - - 388 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4159 - - 3464 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5613 - - 5562 - - 1392 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 878 - - 1193 - - 4245 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 463 - - 315 - - 51 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 208 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -835 - - -1211 - - -3636 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6448 - - 6773 - - 5028 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7828 - - -8273 - - -7926 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13441 - - 13835 - - 9318 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 95 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.0 - - 82.1 - - 80.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 55.8 - - 61.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.1 - - 81.6 - - 81.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 55.1 - - 61.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 307 - - 92 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4609 - - 4558 - - 388 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 80 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 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] 99552 37 090 31 097 22 088 99552 92017 30 089 29 097 27 081 92017 86210 25 100 24 080 27 080 86210 81385 25 092 20 080 20 073 81385 77226 18 081 18 081 17 061 77226 73564 13 099 10 079 11 049 73564 70259 10 093 11 077 7 069 70259 67227 8 081 6 073 5 031 67227 64422 13 025 7 037 4 022 64422 61711 19 353 13 351 10 336 61711 58902 23 324 21 333 15 330 58902 55999 29 309 26 307 23 310 55999 53247 38 313 39 307 38 302 53247 50796 54 302 55 304 50 296 50796 48603 56 296 65 301 61 298 48603 46611 54 309 67 305 68 304 46611 44779 77 315 77 308 79 308 44779 43080 89 309 85 305 86 304 43080 41495 87 303 77 298 87 296 41495 40008 81 307 72 295 83 293 40008 38599 75 309 74 295 78 293 38599 37233 72 311 74 298 74 295 37233 35839 59 312 72 303 73 297 35839 34390 48 303 60 304 71 299 34390 32891 45 293 48 297 66 296 32891 31328 40 280 49 286 56 286 31328 29688 24 292 48 286 51 278 29688 27974 29 278 45 286 51 278 27974 26183 34 284 42 291 52 281 26183 24318 33 287 36 299 49 285 24318 22379 27 282 34 304 46 291 22379 20365 24 280 31 307 36 295 20365 18271 19 282 33 290 31 298 18271 16140 17 277 28 283 31 306 16140 14087 17 280 25 287 34 319 14087 12217 14 294 22 295 33 315 12217 10554 11 292 16 305 28 298 10554 9076 9 273 12 290 19 297 9076 7760 8 264 11 251 13 281 7760 6593 8*247 12*214 13 255 6593 5564 8*221 12*207 18 228 5564 4658 9 218 12 208 18 220 4658 3857 9 218 12 207 18 218 3857 3138 9 218 12 208 17 217 3138 2501 9 218 12 208 17 215 2501 1969 9 219 12 209 16 214 1969 1559 8 218 11 209 15*213 1559 1277 8 218 11 209 13*212 1277 1106 7 219 10 209 11 212 1106 1008 7 219 8 209 8 211 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