DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/11 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.2 - - 30.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 49 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2572 - - 2080 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1960 - - 988 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3576 - - 3084 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 465 - - 699 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 251 - - 196 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 301 - - 305 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -9 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1538 - - 1144 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2038 - - 1940 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 785 - - 592 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2791 - - 2492 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.2 - - 30.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.2 - - 25.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 30.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.9 - - 24.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 49 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2572 - - 2080 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96110 12 346 28 359 96110 89197 18 022 16 013 89197 83734 21 004 16 011 83734 79139 8 353 17 332 79139 75152 15 346 14 316 75152 71597 16 297 17 297 71597 68361 18 297 17 306 68361 65370 15 304 21 288 65370 62586 20 310 23 284 62586 59886 28 293 26 293 59886 57055 32 274 38 288 57055 54099 38 284 39 286 54099 51262 53 290 53 294 51262 48695 60 281 65 287 48695 46389 59 280 70 283 46389 44301 62 282 75 281 44301 42394 70 279 77 281 42394 40638 78 280 77 284 40638 39015 84 280 73 288 39015 37508 77 282 78 293 37508 36100 91 291 94 293 36100 34751 105 290 103 291 34751 33397 110 284 104 291 33397 32011 108 281 105 293 32011 30593 111 286 113 297 30593 29126 118 289 118 298 29126 27592 124 289 121 297 27592 25988 127 288 122 297 25988 24305 127 287 120 296 24305 22545 124 290 117 296 22545 20720 108 295 103 299 20720 18836 87 298 80 306 18836 16895 69 298 62 306 16895 14928 58 298 52 301 14928 13034 55 300 49 302 13034 11306 56 303 48 304 11306 9764 55 308 48 306 9764 8391 52 311 47 308 8391 7170 48 313 46 311 7170 6086 46 313 44 314 6086 5129 42 312 43 315 5129 4291 33*307 38 312 4291 3561 26*302 29*306 3561 2913 25 301 28*305 2913 2342 24 301 27 305 2342 1864 24 301 26 305 1864 1498 23 301 24 305 1498 1246 21 301 22 304 1246 1092 19 301 20 305 1092 1004 15 301 15 304 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