DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - - - - 83.5 - - 84.2 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 98 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4684 - - 4962 - - 131 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3950 - - 3874 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5688 - - 5966 - - 1135 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1336 - - 1740 - - 6077 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 387 - - 341 - - 38 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 296 - - 293 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -877 - - 12 - - -3484 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6565 - - 5954 - - 4619 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6501 - - -2359 - - -5091 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12189 - - 8325 - - 6226 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 84 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 420 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.5 - - 84.2 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.2 - - 61.5 - - 64.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.6 - - 83.7 - - 82.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.9 - - 60.2 - - 63.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 98 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4684 - - 4962 - - 131 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 36 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 13 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] 99656 31 093 23 085 23 086 99656 92089 27 097 19 097 19 071 92089 86251 22 098 21 098 16 071 86251 81408 20 088 20 084 16 074 81408 77252 16 078 15 080 13 077 77252 73589 16 078 12 085 9 069 73589 70273 15 067 15 075 8 073 70273 67226 13 058 13 053 11 064 67226 64415 5 056 10 016 11 040 64415 61719 4 009 12 002 13 021 61719 58931 7 336 11 337 13 354 58931 56047 10 344 11 344 16 345 56047 53290 13 327 12 325 16 330 53290 50807 14 313 14 318 11 331 50807 48589 20 303 14 307 13 328 48589 46584 21 284 10 296 18 316 46584 44743 18 234 16 302 14 292 44743 43035 16 188 23 243 16 288 43035 41444 17 190 28 229 19 257 41444 39958 19 204 34 224 28 220 39958 38564 21 204 30 216 29 208 38564 37215 19 193 24 210 27 206 37215 35838 18 191 19 194 27 201 35838 34404 20 199 17 208 25 194 34404 32919 19 208 19 222 22 196 32919 31363 16 215 23 220 21 203 31363 29726 12 183 26 211 16 218 29726 28014 12 161 26 210 9 254 28014 26230 11 158 16 172 6 282 26230 24374 9 167 4 145 10 284 24374 22443 7 183 6 264 12 281 22443 20429 6 222 11 255 13 281 20429 18326 6 253 9 283 11 294 18326 16181 6 310 8 338 7 299 16181 14118 8 319 7 357 4 013 14118 12241 8 312 6 313 7 023 12241 10573 8 315 8 290 7 335 10573 9095 7 317 7 285 8 272 9095 7786 8 324 6 300 8 252 7786 6622 9*321 6*298 7 251 6622 5591 8*308 6*294 6 257 5591 4680 8 302 6 294 6 259 4680 3873 7 297 6 293 6 262 3873 3149 7 294 6 292 6 263 3149 2509 7 292 6 292 6 264 2509 1973 7 291 6 291 6 265 1973 1562 7 290 6 291 6 266 1562 1279 6 290 5 291 6*266 1279 1107 6 289 5 290 5*266 1107 1008 5 289 5 291 4 265 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