DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 96 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 4992 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 3815 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 5996 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 3282 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 330 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 297 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 489 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5507 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -494 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 6490 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 520 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 57.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 77.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 56.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 96 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 4992 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 46 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 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] 99186 15 095 99186 91716 10 081 91716 85960 9 060 85960 81187 8 077 81187 77061 7 094 77061 73403 5 114 73403 70079 5 125 70079 67017 4 214 67017 64189 8 194 64189 61448 6 226 61448 58582 10 248 58582 55609 13 267 55609 52773 22 285 52773 50225 34 273 50225 47949 37 265 47949 45891 42 266 45891 44013 46 262 44013 42282 47 259 42282 40680 46 259 40680 39191 46 259 39191 37804 46 259 37804 36476 45 258 36476 35132 45 257 35132 33738 46 255 33738 32294 46 253 32294 30783 44 252 30783 29195 39 251 29195 27529 35 250 27529 25788 31 254 25788 23971 28 259 23971 22080 25 264 22080 20111 23 273 20111 18055 22 283 18055 15951 21 291 15951 13920 19 296 13920 12069 14 297 12069 10428 10 299 10428 8980 8 295 8980 7693 8 294 7693 6547 8*295 6547 5529 8*295 5529 4630 8 296 4630 3834 8 297 3834 3120 8 297 3120 2488 8 298 2488 1960 8 298 1960 1554 8 297 1554 1275 7 297 1275 1105 7 297 1105 1008 6 296 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