DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/07 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.8 - - 84.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 139 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3286 - - 4707 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3002 - - 3856 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4290 - - 5711 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1715 - - 2001 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 366 - - 364 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 6 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 185 - - 203 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 608 - - 255 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3682 - - 5457 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1237 - - -1192 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5527 - - 6903 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1140 - - 920 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.8 - - 84.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.9 - - 63.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.6 - - 83.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.9 - - 62.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 139 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3286 - - 4707 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 25 - - 34 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - - 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] 99670 33 115 23 091 99670 92152 26 098 22 090 92152 86340 24 087 20 086 86340 81511 22 082 18 101 81511 77351 18 087 21 102 77351 73676 18 090 15 084 73676 70360 11 083 13 079 70360 67328 9 086 10 078 67328 64520 2 022 6 065 64520 61801 4 221 5 276 61801 58964 7 264 9 264 58964 56028 13 255 19 284 56028 53252 17 269 22 276 53252 50773 19 267 25 278 50773 48562 27 294 28 287 48562 46550 31 296 31 293 46550 44693 30 284 32 297 44693 42964 31 259 30 289 42964 41352 34 241 29 264 41352 39846 34 237 30 249 39846 38434 38 244 32 243 38434 37076 38 245 32 247 37076 35701 33 241 34 249 35701 34276 30 247 34 245 34276 32802 26 249 34 248 32802 31258 30 239 35 253 31258 29633 32 236 35 258 29633 27933 21 229 33 267 27933 26158 20 222 24 269 26158 24307 20 229 26 256 24307 22383 20 238 25 245 22383 20378 23 236 27 246 20378 18286 24 244 25 251 18286 16152 20 251 17 260 16152 14096 15 249 13 260 14096 12229 17 239 15 257 12229 10572 16 241 15 250 10572 9101 14 247 16 251 9101 7789 12 240 17 244 7789 6623 9 236 15*228 6623 5589 5 216 12*209 5589 4677 5*192 11 205 4677 3871 5*189 11 203 3871 3148 6 186 10 201 3148 2508 6 184 10 201 2508 1973 6 184 9 200 1973 1562 5 183 9 201 1562 1279 5 183 8 200 1279 1107 5 182 8 200 1107 1008 4 184 7 200 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