DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 74.3 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 14 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5700 - - 3955 - - 873 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5044 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6704 - - 4959 - - 1877 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1698 - - 3209 - - 4014 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 510 - - 173 - - 55 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 3 - - 7 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 289 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - -4 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1620 - - -591 - - -2468 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8324 - - 5551 - - 4345 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5815 - - -1426 - - -3900 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12519 - - 6385 - - 5777 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 74.3 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.1 - - 53.6 - - 56.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.3 - - 74.4 - - 72.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.9 - - 53.0 - - 56.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 14 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5700 - - 3955 - - 873 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 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] 99166 36 081 23 085 33 064 99166 91688 29 079 27 085 23 066 91688 85921 24 080 24 075 19 073 85921 81107 20 095 18 065 14 068 81107 76953 14 100 12 074 10 071 76953 73281 6 112 9 080 9 083 73281 69948 7 111 3 044 8 031 69948 66882 7 093 3 134 4 272 66882 64039 7 332 5 024 2 332 64039 61278 15 298 7 301 11 312 61278 58407 19 287 19 291 20 291 58407 55441 30 275 28 283 24 287 55441 52620 31 272 33 281 34 293 52620 50088 38 268 43 275 50 279 50088 47828 46 270 53 265 52 264 47828 45790 52 269 47 269 46 266 45790 43935 54 279 62 284 56 278 43935 42235 73 288 78 282 76 278 42235 40667 83 285 78 276 85 274 40667 39208 80 281 75 276 87 271 39208 37838 75 278 75 277 85 269 37838 36512 73 280 70 273 83 271 36512 35162 70 280 66 273 79 274 35162 33758 69 279 65 273 72 274 33758 32304 64 278 64 274 65 272 32304 30784 56 272 64 273 62 269 30784 29185 54 266 62 271 61 264 29185 27509 55 266 58 269 63 261 27509 25753 52 268 54 267 63 263 25753 23917 46 268 53 267 57 267 23917 22009 41 272 49 269 51 271 22009 20029 36 282 42 268 43 269 20029 17971 31 277 32 268 38 267 17971 15873 25 257 31 266 34 267 15873 13850 23 252 31 267 26 269 13850 12013 23 258 31 258 22 278 12013 10380 22 267 26 255 25 281 10380 8932 14 274 18 254 26 270 8932 7647 10*270 14 247 24 263 7647 6505 8*265 12 245 20 250 6505 5491 7 264 11*248 17 237 5491 4597 7 263 10*260 13 224 4597 3807 7 263 10 273 10 216 3807 3099 7 262 10 286 8 213 3099 2472 7 261 11 297 6 212 2472 1949 6 261 11 302 4*206 1949 1548 6 260 11 303 2*202 1548 1271 6 260 11 304 2 202 1271 1103 6 260 10 305 1 197 1103 1007 5 259 8 306 1 197 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