DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.4 - - 30.6 - - 29.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 6 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1529 - - 2082 - - 1678 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2533 - - 3086 - - 2682 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3990 - - 2297 - - 1960 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 162 - - 112 - - 109 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 23 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 307 - - 314 - - 292 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 17 - - 14 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 812 - - 1013 - - 796 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1721 - - 2073 - - 1886 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 266 - - 335 - - 370 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2267 - - 2751 - - 2312 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.4 - - 30.6 - - 29.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.7 - - 25.5 - - 25.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.5 - - 30.9 - - 30.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.2 - - 24.8 - - 25.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 6 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1529 - - 2082 - - 1678 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94984 88 260 88 259 79 272 94984 88194 58 262 62 271 56 273 88194 82880 42 264 45 271 46 271 82880 78435 37 261 39 265 44 269 78435 74579 36 262 39 259 46 266 74579 71133 37 262 39 263 44 267 71133 67971 39 263 39 263 44 270 67971 65029 46 263 39 274 42 276 65029 62275 46 267 47 281 45 283 62275 59592 51 269 53 278 47 285 59592 56788 48 265 54 271 49 284 56788 53870 45 271 52 269 50 285 53870 51075 52 281 50 272 49 294 51075 48547 59 281 52 281 58 292 48547 46277 56 279 62 284 66 282 46277 44228 50 284 66 282 65 275 44228 42363 57 291 64 286 57 279 42363 40647 64 295 64 294 60 294 40647 39061 64 304 71 299 75 297 39061 37599 69 314 83 298 88 291 37599 36250 81 312 89 294 88 289 36250 34962 87 307 83 294 85 293 34962 33661 78 312 76 305 87 297 33661 32315 75 324 81 317 91 299 32315 30922 88 329 86 318 92 298 30922 29467 96 328 88 317 89 298 29467 27934 94 325 90 319 84 299 27934 26326 89 324 91 320 76 302 26326 24642 86 327 86 325 71 309 24642 22882 82 333 77 328 64 308 22882 21043 84 338 73 332 60 309 21043 19120 81 345 71 333 58 310 19120 17105 60 342 65 336 54 313 17105 15047 45 335 57 341 46 317 15047 13070 43 334 50 334 39 325 13070 11286 42 338 44 326 37 325 11286 9719 39 342 41 328 35 321 9719 8345 36 341 39 333 30 321 8345 7132 38 326 32 336 27 321 7132 6060 39 322 27 333 25 318 6060 5116 39 320 27 322 25 300 5116 4291 38 319 27 319 25 291 4291 3565 37 316 27*317 24 291 3565 2916 35*313 27*316 24*291 2916 2343 32*310 26 315 23*292 2343 1865 29 307 24 313 22 293 1865 1498 26 306 22 313 20 293 1498 1246 23 305 20 312 18 292 1246 1092 20 304 17 311 15 293 1092 1004 15 304 13 311 11 292 1004 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