DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 12.5 - - 24.0 - - 26.6 - - 22.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 66 - - 10 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 910 - - 892 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1004 - - 1914 - - 1896 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 148 - - 403 - - 414 - - 998 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 21 - - 161 - - 88 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 13 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 195 - - 223 - - 208 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1175 - - -598 - - -264 - - -574 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2179 - - 2512 - - 2160 - - 1578 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14375 - - -9532 - - -6674 - - -6645 ODpotential blCL - - - 15379 - - 11446 - - 8570 - - 7649 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 80 - - 85 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 12.5 - - 24.0 - - 26.6 - - 22.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.9 - - 16.8 - - 20.8 - - 18.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 12.8 - - 23.8 - - 26.7 - - 23.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.6 - - 15.7 - - 20.2 - - 18.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 66 - - 10 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 910 - - 892 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 20 - - 39 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96199 8 044 11 050 12 057 8 032 96199 89031 11 032 7 040 6 049 2 329 89031 83480 10 022 3 322 12 336 6 349 83480 78845 2 014 8 260 16 291 13 305 78845 74837 13 327 11 279 12 266 18 307 74837 71301 23 294 25 285 23 281 32 284 71301 68123 21 289 23 275 25 265 29 266 68123 65175 30 296 24 279 26 277 26 273 65175 62404 38 293 31 282 38 282 40 284 62404 59713 43 284 42 276 47 276 55 277 59713 56900 49 277 53 268 60 273 64 266 56900 53968 56 270 60 265 65 262 70 261 53968 51152 58 264 65 266 69 261 72 261 51152 48603 62 265 71 265 76 267 75 264 48603 46316 70 262 77 261 85 267 82 264 46316 44246 77 258 78 260 90 263 85 261 44246 42352 80 257 82 263 93 257 85 259 42352 40603 82 257 85 262 92 253 89 258 40603 38976 87 256 89 261 89 252 95 256 38976 37458 90 254 97 257 86 255 100 254 37458 36036 92 252 95 253 87 257 107 253 36036 34676 88 250 89 252 90 257 106 252 34676 33314 86 249 87 255 94 257 101 252 33314 31924 85 248 87 256 96 257 97 255 31924 30509 85 250 85 253 94 259 99 260 30509 29050 83 254 78 252 93 263 105 261 29050 27526 73 258 67 251 98 266 105 258 27526 25929 62 258 57 251 103 266 103 256 25929 24257 56 260 55 247 92 266 97 256 24257 22512 48 261 53 246 74 263 91 257 22512 20698 43 261 52 245 57 259 80 259 20698 18815 41 257 46 243 47 256 69 256 18815 16865 38 252 41 245 43 253 54 255 16865 14884 34 253 37 245 40 251 46 257 14884 12975 30 256 35 248 36 245 40 257 12975 11242 28 258 31 249 32 244 33 255 11242 9704 25 259 28 252 31 249 29 252 9704 8346 20 261 25 257 30 253 27 251 8346 7145 15 268 22 262 28 255 28 256 7145 6076 13 275 19 265 24 256 29 254 6076 5128 11 276 18 270 21 256 29 249 5128 4294 10 272 16 270 19 252 26 243 4294 3560 10 271 14 256 17 246 24 236 3560 2904 13 255 17 238 18 235 24 234 2904 2328 17 234 19*228 19*223 24 222 2328 1853 16 222 16*225 15*210 23 211 1853 1491 15 214 13 222 14 208 21 208 1491 1241 12 208 12 222 13 207 16 203 1241 1090 11*206 11 222 11 206 14*202 1090 1004 4*195 9 221 9 206 8*200 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