DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 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 = 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 - - - - - - 86.0 - - 87.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 135 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5199 - - 6515 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4518 - - 5181 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6203 - - 7519 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2287 - - 2111 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 449 - - 401 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 166 - - 156 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 547 - - 863 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5656 - - 6657 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -608 - - 31 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6811 - - 7488 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 530 - - 370 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.0 - - 87.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.5 - - 62.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.5 - - 87.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.7 - - 61.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 135 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5199 - - 6515 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 83 - - 65 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - - 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] 98845 26 104 21 114 98845 91333 12 108 18 091 91333 85592 13 083 15 097 85592 80839 16 068 17 095 80839 76748 17 072 19 071 76748 73157 16 080 19 056 73157 69938 17 077 11 067 69938 66988 16 065 6 087 66988 64242 16 049 6 059 64242 61576 16 017 10 049 61576 58794 19 351 15 002 58794 55912 23 341 21 333 55912 53177 25 313 25 308 53177 50730 25 291 28 300 50730 48535 25 283 30 288 48535 46543 20 278 28 274 46543 44724 15 242 17 242 44724 43047 27 245 10 252 43047 41485 35 230 23 232 41485 40022 24 228 31 215 40022 38637 18 218 28 216 38637 37287 16 215 26 212 37287 35907 18 220 20 201 35907 34469 21 217 14 191 34469 32975 24 214 13 193 32975 31411 26 215 13 209 31411 29767 27 217 14 222 29767 28045 27 214 14 225 28045 26243 23 204 16 218 26243 24365 20 182 16 215 24365 22417 22 166 15 199 22417 20396 26 170 24 173 20396 18299 25 171 30 164 18299 16167 19 164 22 156 16167 14114 18 165 18 160 14114 12244 19 160 19 167 12244 10581 19 163 20 168 10581 9110 19 169 18 161 9110 7804 17 168 16*154 7804 6640 16*167 16*154 6640 5606 14*166 15 154 5606 4692 13 166 15 155 4692 3883 13 166 15 156 3883 3157 12 166 15 157 3157 2514 12 166 15 157 2514 1977 11 166 14 158 1977 1564 11 166 14 158 1564 1280 10 166 13 158 1280 1107 10 166 12 158 1107 1008 8 165 10 158 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