DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 75.5 - - 72.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 192 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3375 - - 4406 - - 2516 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3168 - - 3803 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4379 - - 5410 - - 3520 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1118 - - 1321 - - 2640 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 401 - - 394 - - 102 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 284 - - 285 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -7 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -220 - - 124 - - -710 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4600 - - 5286 - - 4230 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5222 - - -2687 - - -3013 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9601 - - 8097 - - 6533 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 75.5 - - 72.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.6 - - 55.7 - - 57.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.2 - - 74.6 - - 72.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.3 - - 54.7 - - 56.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 192 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3375 - - 4406 - - 2516 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 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] 98924 35 094 20 100 21 072 98924 91395 26 090 22 092 13 076 91395 85627 19 080 19 089 18 065 85627 80858 14 090 19 088 19 065 80858 76760 18 102 19 090 19 076 76760 73140 19 096 17 091 17 087 73140 69864 16 092 15 092 13 119 69864 66864 13 110 9 107 5 126 66864 64080 11 141 10 128 10 173 64080 61394 9 163 3 199 4 223 61394 58595 11 219 9 279 7 301 58595 55683 34 228 28 235 30 257 55683 52907 37 232 37 232 39 258 52907 50411 50 241 48 238 50 247 50411 48173 59 232 54 238 55 250 48173 46144 57 223 62 246 63 250 46144 44286 59 237 67 248 61 253 44286 42570 67 243 67 249 62 261 42570 40979 71 242 66 249 63 260 40979 39489 70 240 64 250 62 258 39489 38086 69 240 65 251 61 257 38086 36728 70 240 65 252 62 257 36728 35352 71 242 65 254 64 259 35352 33929 73 246 63 256 64 262 33929 32459 71 248 62 257 63 263 32459 30929 67 249 62 255 65 260 30929 29325 67 251 62 256 66 257 29325 27648 68 251 65 260 65 259 27648 25893 67 255 67 267 61 263 25893 24059 67 263 69 273 59 269 24059 22145 66 269 66 276 56 273 22145 20147 67 273 63 277 52 273 20147 18060 60 271 58 278 52 268 18060 15929 49 266 48 273 48 266 15929 13881 39 258 40 266 41 267 13881 12027 33 257 33 264 35 266 12027 10388 31 267 31 272 29 269 10388 8936 31 281 32 284 26 282 8936 7647 30 291 29 293 23 293 7647 6504 28 295 26 297 21 299 6504 5492 26 297 22*293 21 296 5492 4600 22*292 20*288 20 291 4600 3810 19*283 19 285 18*287 3810 3103 18 282 18 284 17*285 3103 2476 18 281 18 283 16 285 2476 1952 18 280 17 282 15 285 1952 1549 17 280 17 282 14 285 1549 1272 16 280 16 282 12 285 1272 1104 15 280 14 282 11 284 1104 1007 12 279 12 282 8 284 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