DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 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 - - - - - - 81.7 - - 84.0 - - 79.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 269 - - 157 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4770 - - 4720 - - 107 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4225 - - 3932 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5774 - - 5724 - - 1111 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 745 - - 1073 - - 5222 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 448 - - 378 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 171 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1509 - - -2767 - - -5904 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7283 - - 8492 - - 7015 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8472 - - -9539 - - -12921 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14246 - - 15263 - - 14032 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 50 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.7 - - 84.0 - - 79.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.3 - - 50.4 - - 52.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.2 - - 83.1 - - 81.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.2 - - 49.2 - - 51.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 269 - - 157 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4770 - - 4720 - - 107 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 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] 99717 34 090 28 116 15 079 99717 92167 27 090 25 091 19 085 92167 86335 25 094 25 082 23 087 86335 81505 25 081 23 087 23 092 81505 77353 18 067 20 083 18 082 77353 73703 15 087 15 077 13 079 73703 70413 13 098 8 081 9 054 70413 67382 10 117 7 108 6 102 67382 64561 10 123 5 153 5 033 64561 61840 7 108 14 170 9 205 61840 59020 6 131 9 212 8 192 59020 56124 9 299 13 209 16 246 56124 53397 18 263 16 263 15 230 53397 50949 13 245 17 253 17 230 50949 48749 11 261 17 257 16 253 48749 46752 9 249 14 241 19 267 46752 44918 7 255 10 234 19 257 44918 43219 8 271 10 246 17 241 43219 41634 8 279 12 261 13 229 41634 40144 5 309 15 277 13 248 40144 38737 7 308 16 277 15 263 38737 37374 13 306 13 286 14 262 37374 35985 13 297 16 300 14 266 35985 34542 13 261 14 296 17 284 34542 33045 15 181 12 234 20 292 33045 31480 20 164 11 217 18 291 31480 29837 19 190 10 243 12 279 29837 28114 10 220 11 241 14 252 28114 26313 8 244 11 234 15 235 26313 24438 10 231 14 245 15 225 24438 22491 14 222 18 244 18 227 22491 20461 16 212 18 236 17 225 20461 18344 17 206 16 233 16 225 18344 16189 14 213 13 244 13 230 16189 14117 10 226 10 250 9 231 14117 12231 8 254 7 245 6 214 12231 10553 5 261 8 228 5 216 10553 9065 5 207 10 209 6 238 9065 7748 8 168 10 200 7 243 7748 6584 6*175 7*178 5 187 6584 5558 5*179 7*169 7 177 5558 4653 5 179 7 169 7 182 4653 3851 5 180 7 170 8 184 3851 3133 5 180 7 170 8 186 3133 2497 5 180 7 171 8 187 2497 1965 5 180 7 173 8 188 1965 1557 5 180 7 173 8 190 1557 1276 5 180 7 173 7*191 1276 1105 5 181 6 173 6*190 1105 1008 4 181 6 173 5 192 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