DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/01 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 - - - - - - 72.1 - - 78.3 - - 73.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -7 - - 67 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 270 - - 1502 - - 611 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1274 - - 2506 - - 1615 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1376 - - 4675 - - 3393 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 52 - - 196 - - 61 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 17 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 044 - - 061 - - 098 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 10 - - 8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1296 - - -2268 - - -377 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2570 - - 4774 - - 1992 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3868 - - -3626 - - -1589 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5142 - - 6132 - - 3204 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 560 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.1 - - 78.3 - - 73.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.9 - - 60.5 - - 67.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 78.0 - - 73.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.3 - - 60.1 - - 66.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -7 - - 67 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 270 - - 1502 - - 611 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 14 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] 99619 29 094 26 090 32 065 99619 92132 29 090 28 080 27 073 92132 86340 29 090 25 081 25 082 86340 81524 26 077 23 077 24 091 81524 77388 19 077 22 086 16 093 77388 73735 16 088 14 094 14 092 73735 70409 15 085 12 133 8 068 70409 67340 12 060 15 119 4 107 67340 64499 6 030 4 100 2 106 64499 61753 7 309 2 138 1 333 61753 58904 9 250 4 252 5 266 58904 55968 10 233 8 262 6 256 55968 53178 14 264 24 249 21 276 53178 50680 31 251 27 234 31 237 50680 48444 37 219 31 228 40 216 48444 46398 33 215 37 227 32 212 46398 44511 46 231 47 234 29 230 44511 42767 67 227 57 228 40 231 42767 41151 62 216 58 220 41 227 41151 39649 68 203 50 213 37 222 39649 38248 71 196 49 208 46 213 38248 36898 66 194 46 206 45 208 36898 35525 63 193 36 211 34 216 35525 34098 62 197 31 215 28 226 34098 32619 57 206 29 211 29 225 32619 31072 41 216 27 207 24 224 31072 29445 21 219 25 206 19 224 29445 27740 14 208 23 205 16 218 27740 25957 15 209 22 205 16 206 25957 24100 11 211 19 203 19 193 24100 22173 9 227 13 196 19 178 22173 20173 14 228 7 170 14 169 20173 18097 17 226 5 209 9 166 18097 15990 19 214 9 264 8 173 15990 13960 20 191 14 240 8 185 13960 12109 21 166 20 210 6 186 12109 10461 20 155 23 169 11 158 10461 8996 23 147 28 150 15 143 8996 7692 27 138 29 133 16 127 7692 6537 27 131 28 119 18 095 6537 5518 26 124 26 112 21 086 5518 4619 25 114 25 106 20 087 4619 3825 24 104 23 098 19 091 3825 3113 23 095 22*085 18 095 3113 2483 21 084 20*071 17 095 2483 1957 18 071 19 060 15*097 1957 1552 15*056 18 058 13*097 1552 1274 12*046 17 057 12 098 1274 1105 10 043 15 056 10 098 1105 1007 7 042 12 054 7 098 1007 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