DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/14 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 - - - - - - 63.6 - - 66.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 120 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1606 - - 3858 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1430 - - 3193 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2610 - - 4862 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 793 - - 1808 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 233 - - 333 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 26 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 302 - - 304 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -9 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 994 - - 1042 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1616 - - 3820 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 406 - - -338 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2204 - - 5200 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 84 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.6 - - 66.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.6 - - 52.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 65.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.7 - - 51.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 103 - - 120 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1606 - - 3858 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 34 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 98909 31 089 25 089 98909 91424 22 092 23 092 91424 85665 18 100 17 093 85665 80871 15 092 12 089 80871 76736 13 080 11 077 76736 73095 6 073 7 078 73095 69808 5 111 4 109 69808 66781 3 069 4 097 66781 63968 2 289 4 021 63968 61244 6 254 8 272 61244 58414 11 290 10 290 58414 55471 31 284 27 308 55471 52658 68 260 52 275 52658 50149 60 239 64 246 50149 47907 45 250 58 234 47907 45857 59 265 53 261 45857 43973 75 266 73 265 43973 42241 84 265 80 262 42241 40634 92 264 85 265 40634 39136 100 263 93 263 39136 37731 105 260 94 259 37731 36373 107 257 89 258 36373 34993 107 255 86 257 34993 33566 105 254 81 258 33566 32093 99 254 75 259 32093 30560 90 254 70 258 30560 28954 78 250 67 256 28954 27273 67 240 64 253 27273 25517 60 234 66 247 25517 23686 57 235 68 244 23686 21782 58 235 68 246 21782 19807 55 234 66 250 19807 17761 47 231 58 253 17761 15684 38 228 52 265 15684 13682 35 237 42 274 13682 11859 47 255 32 273 11859 10238 51 269 27 270 10238 8799 47 279 26 282 8799 7524 38 287 24 298 7524 6400 29 293 25 306 6400 5408 21 289 26*306 5408 4532 17 283 27*305 4532 3758 18 292 27 304 3758 3063 18*300 27 304 3063 2448 16*302 27 304 2448 1934 15 302 26 303 1934 1539 14 302 25 303 1539 1267 13 302 24 303 1267 1102 12 302 21 303 1102 1007 9 301 16 302 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