DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/06 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 80.4 - - 77.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 53 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2776 - - 3273 - - 553 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2493 - - 2075 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3780 - - 4277 - - 1557 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2511 - - 2344 - - 4483 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 313 - - 242 - - 49 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 210 - - 150 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 53 - - 885 - - -476 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3727 - - 3392 - - 2033 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -631 - - -39 - - -1602 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4411 - - 4316 - - 3159 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 97 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 770 - - 1620 - - 2180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 80.4 - - 77.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.4 - - 68.8 - - 71.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.6 - - 80.1 - - 78.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.7 - - 68.0 - - 70.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 53 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2776 - - 3273 - - 553 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 94 - - 87 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 17 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 34 071 25 088 23 082 99670 92146 31 090 22 090 24 068 92146 86349 24 097 20 087 20 062 86349 81539 19 090 20 078 19 075 81539 77397 18 088 18 082 19 078 77397 73736 14 085 14 093 16 069 73736 70416 9 108 13 095 12 063 70416 67359 11 108 8 103 10 074 67359 64526 4 090 5 117 2 054 64526 61797 10 162 10 175 6 240 61797 58961 13 199 11 223 10 229 58961 56025 16 216 20 222 20 234 56025 53246 23 243 21 215 24 214 53246 50746 37 239 31 240 33 250 50746 48506 57 228 57 241 47 246 48506 46495 59 214 61 222 56 228 46495 44663 49 202 48 202 59 217 44663 42977 35 230 39 200 59 216 42977 41409 50 253 38 235 50 220 41409 39938 57 248 56 254 53 240 39938 38554 57 233 59 247 60 244 38554 37211 57 232 55 237 63 247 37211 35838 57 234 55 232 60 245 35838 34406 55 235 54 228 56 237 34406 32918 49 236 50 223 54 231 32918 31361 43 235 50 223 54 231 31361 29728 40 227 45 223 47 232 29728 28018 39 226 40 223 42 248 28018 26230 37 228 35 222 35 251 26230 24364 37 214 29 224 30 246 24364 22426 30 228 22 228 29 245 22426 20411 27 234 18 236 20 268 20411 18313 30 232 21 238 19 269 18313 16176 25 248 21 243 18 258 16176 14118 19 263 17 246 16 250 14118 12245 9 228 15 245 13 230 12245 10578 11 231 14 231 14 214 10578 9097 17 219 15 223 14 211 9097 7780 18 215 16 207 15 208 7780 6613 18 215 16 202 18 190 6613 5581 17 219 15 204 18 187 5581 4670 14 222 13*205 15 185 4670 3864 10*226 10*206 11 177 3864 3142 8*229 7 209 8 167 3142 2503 8 231 6 211 7 163 2503 1969 7 232 6 210 6 155 1969 1560 7 233 6 212 5*152 1560 1278 6 234 5 211 4*150 1278 1106 6 234 5 212 4 150 1106 1008 5 233 4 211 3 152 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