DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - - - - 75.0 - - 70.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - -2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2891 - - 1529 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2340 - - 991 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3895 - - 2533 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1986 - - 2688 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 278 - - 77 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 141 - - 194 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2202 - - -2407 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6097 - - 4940 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6308 - - -6149 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10203 - - 8682 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 70.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.9 - - 52.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.3 - - 71.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.0 - - 52.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - -2 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2891 - - 1529 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - 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] 99213 23 099 21 084 99213 91709 23 097 20 106 91709 85921 25 090 19 103 85921 81115 20 091 20 095 81115 76978 18 101 14 092 76978 73320 15 089 11 101 73320 70011 8 109 7 102 70011 66969 4 135 1 027 66969 64161 4 192 7 245 64161 61454 12 294 4 221 61454 58619 19 289 12 311 58619 55681 32 278 36 292 55681 52904 43 265 62 266 52904 50415 40 266 48 260 50415 48177 50 282 51 284 48177 46155 72 284 76 279 46155 44321 83 278 84 270 44321 42638 86 274 82 268 42638 41075 86 271 84 269 41075 39609 83 269 85 268 39609 38227 76 266 86 264 38227 36889 70 258 85 261 36889 35526 69 254 85 254 35526 34106 65 258 79 249 34106 32633 61 265 75 255 32633 31093 58 266 71 265 31093 29472 58 261 71 259 29472 27766 58 264 71 260 27766 25977 55 265 68 270 25977 24114 48 267 57 277 24114 22180 39 262 41 276 22180 20171 35 256 39 277 20171 18073 39 258 34 278 18073 15933 36 259 26 253 15933 13880 21 264 22 240 13880 12025 11 282 13 237 12025 10385 12 270 6 220 10385 8930 16 251 2 305 8930 7636 15 245 1 333 7636 6488 8 235 3 195 6488 5472 4 209 3 095 5472 4581 3*176 5 094 4581 3793 4*146 5 107 3793 3089 3 141 4*139 3089 2466 3 138 5*177 2466 1945 3 141 6 193 1945 1545 3 139 7 197 1545 1270 3 140 7 198 1270 1103 3 139 6 198 1103 1007 2 139 5 199 1007 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