DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/23 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 - - - - - - 50.2 - - 50.8 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 20 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2473 - - 2037 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2271 - - 989 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3477 - - 3041 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 899 - - 1465 - - 204 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 300 - - 140 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 289 - - 288 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1051 - - -2312 - - -1256 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4529 - - 5353 - - 2261 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6926 - - -7811 - - -8326 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10403 - - 10852 - - 9331 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 77 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 50.8 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.1 - - 31.1 - - 33.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.5 - - 50.8 - - 42.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.7 - - 30.9 - - 33.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 20 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2473 - - 2037 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 6 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95899 19 286 13 305 18 302 95899 89014 10 002 14 338 17 355 89014 83645 18 043 15 001 15 006 83645 79132 17 028 20 350 16 354 79132 75190 15 030 13 338 15 345 75190 71667 20 353 15 325 18 322 71667 68459 20 316 17 319 17 332 68459 65495 31 280 28 292 26 308 65495 62749 27 291 31 287 29 290 62749 60092 36 290 31 279 35 282 60092 57315 38 284 36 290 39 285 57315 54428 45 292 48 291 51 290 54428 51673 55 288 59 280 58 280 51673 49198 54 279 62 276 58 278 49198 46983 55 297 63 287 63 284 46983 44976 69 298 73 291 67 289 44976 43143 72 290 75 293 72 290 43143 41460 75 302 82 295 82 287 41460 39906 91 300 90 292 87 288 39906 38463 95 295 90 289 90 291 38463 37111 92 296 87 291 86 292 37111 35807 93 299 88 294 79 290 35807 34481 99 299 90 296 78 290 34481 33104 101 296 92 297 81 286 33104 31677 100 297 94 296 80 283 31677 30182 99 298 94 296 79 284 30182 28609 96 300 94 296 78 288 28609 26959 93 303 88 297 77 292 26959 25226 87 303 80 301 74 294 25226 23414 80 300 78 299 66 294 23414 21530 78 297 77 295 64 292 21530 19567 76 296 73 293 66 289 19567 17524 70 298 68 295 61 292 17524 15445 59 296 59 299 53 303 15445 13446 48 295 50 301 43 302 13446 11639 42 299 40 299 33 299 11639 10043 39 304 33 301 27 299 10043 8631 38 308 32 306 25 305 8631 7378 38 312 31 313 25 313 7378 6268 37 316 30 316 24 316 6268 5288 32 317 27 314 23 312 5288 4427 27 312 24 308 22 309 4427 3669 22*303 22*305 20 309 3669 2991 19*294 17*291 18 310 2991 2394 18 292 16 289 15 302 2394 1897 18 291 16 289 14 294 1897 1516 17 291 15 288 14 294 1516 1254 17 291 14 288 13 294 1254 1095 15 290 13 287 11*292 1095 1005 12 290 10 287 5*288 1005 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