DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - - - - - 78.7 - - 76.8 - - 73.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 58 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5063 - - 4366 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4341 - - 2987 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6067 - - 5370 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 896 - - 1555 - - 5544 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 424 - - 275 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 326 - - 333 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1446 - - 434 - - -2938 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4621 - - 4936 - - 3945 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 163 - - -364 - - -4030 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5904 - - 5734 - - 5037 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 96 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 76.8 - - 73.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.7 - - 58.6 - - 59.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.5 - - 76.6 - - 75.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.6 - - 57.6 - - 59.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 58 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5063 - - 4366 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 83 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 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] 99402 26 102 21 095 20 076 99402 91953 22 089 22 088 20 096 91953 86188 19 094 18 079 22 097 86188 81374 17 088 10 069 16 077 81374 77215 12 093 8 112 7 060 77215 73534 9 099 8 124 2 146 73534 70202 7 132 6 148 2 262 70202 67145 2 137 7 143 6 221 67145 64321 2 215 6 178 4 242 64321 61595 6 323 5 237 8 311 61595 58773 11 265 15 237 17 265 58773 55874 17 283 11 257 16 262 55874 53121 31 272 26 264 28 251 53121 50649 34 265 34 270 35 259 50649 48439 48 261 54 270 53 273 48439 46456 64 255 68 258 67 256 46456 44661 66 250 70 250 72 254 44661 43001 63 247 67 252 72 260 43001 41443 55 243 66 259 74 266 41443 39972 63 268 69 264 75 268 39972 38578 72 276 70 265 76 270 38578 37222 68 273 78 273 75 268 37222 35836 62 267 68 266 75 264 35836 34392 58 259 64 255 71 262 34392 32896 59 254 62 256 62 258 32896 31334 57 257 60 260 63 259 31334 29695 57 259 51 270 52 267 29695 27978 55 271 44 274 44 273 27978 26181 45 278 40 279 38 269 26181 24303 35 270 35 278 33 272 24303 22351 33 259 35 270 30 276 22351 20323 33 263 35 274 30 276 20323 18213 27 269 30 278 26 279 18213 16068 25 282 24 279 23 276 16068 14004 23 278 23 274 23 274 14004 12126 23 273 24 269 23 278 12126 10461 20 266 22 259 17 276 10461 8988 17 263 18 257 13 280 8988 7688 12 269 11 274 12 284 7688 6539 7*286 7 313 8 307 6539 5521 6*303 9*328 8 326 5521 4623 6 314 10*332 9 328 4623 3828 8 328 10 333 10 322 3828 3116 8 330 11 333 12 316 3116 2485 9 331 11 333 12 313 2485 1958 9 331 11 333 12 311 1958 1553 9 332 11 333 12 309 1553 1274 8 332 10 333 11 308 1274 1104 8 332 10 333 9 307 1104 1007 7 331 8 333 7*306 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