DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/17 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 45.0 - - 54.9 - - 59.1 - - 51.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 141 - - 86 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 262 - - 1149 - - 2940 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 990 - - 2180 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1266 - - 2153 - - 3944 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 223 - - 1055 - - 1100 - - 2720 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 85 - - 224 - - 258 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 8 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 185 - - 151 - - 151 - - 153 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 2 - - 7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1183 - - -2232 - - -2187 - - -2463 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2449 - - 4385 - - 6132 - - 3469 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7602 - - -6073 - - -8159 - - -9869 ODpotential blCL - - - 8868 - - 8226 - - 12103 - - 10875 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 100 - - 88 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.0 - - 54.9 - - 59.1 - - 51.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.0 - - 39.3 - - 35.8 - - 39.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.9 - - 54.0 - - 58.8 - - 53.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.3 - - 38.7 - - 35.5 - - 39.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 141 - - 86 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 262 - - 1149 - - 2940 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 1 - - 99 - - 53 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96975 35 089 26 075 32 093 20 077 96975 89826 28 087 24 076 25 086 17 080 89826 84242 21 080 16 086 13 078 13 074 84242 79549 9 076 14 103 4 034 12 047 79549 75480 5 049 12 090 1 327 8 002 75480 71894 6 023 7 061 1 010 5 287 71894 68652 11 326 9 340 3 319 7 283 68652 65667 18 287 15 305 8 298 11 292 65667 62889 17 282 27 290 19 312 16 295 62889 60179 27 280 38 272 34 288 26 300 60179 57337 35 273 43 276 41 284 35 294 57337 54394 40 274 51 279 60 281 48 285 54394 51609 58 281 70 273 65 274 56 280 51609 49130 82 277 71 271 70 274 67 278 49130 46925 80 277 73 278 73 277 72 278 46925 44931 80 286 79 283 78 281 74 283 44931 43103 87 289 85 283 84 285 85 286 43103 41422 99 286 94 284 93 287 106 280 41422 39885 108 281 103 283 106 283 120 276 39885 38462 108 277 102 280 112 280 127 275 38462 37122 109 274 90 278 111 277 117 273 37122 35823 104 274 90 272 107 275 110 272 35823 34499 95 277 95 269 100 274 100 270 34499 33120 86 280 94 274 94 272 90 267 33120 31692 83 280 90 279 95 273 84 269 31692 30198 76 277 85 282 90 274 77 271 30198 28626 73 275 72 279 75 275 72 269 28626 26976 71 281 68 274 66 273 67 267 26976 25249 64 284 64 270 60 274 58 265 25249 23449 64 278 56 274 56 279 45 267 23449 21580 67 279 57 275 57 278 44 266 21580 19637 59 285 55 273 62 276 48 263 19637 17616 42 281 42 283 58 276 53 256 17616 15557 33 281 35 279 47 280 50 257 15557 13568 31 271 38 264 41 276 39 249 13568 11758 29 264 42 263 29 267 25 209 11758 10149 26 256 32 262 26 254 21 196 10149 8715 24 240 21 250 25 262 22 192 8715 7443 16 220 21 221 15 233 23 205 7443 6319 16 203 25 196 20 207 20 219 6319 5329 18 195 21 188 21 189 22 215 5329 4462 14 183 16 186 18*171 23 197 4462 3700 10 182 13 187 14*154 22 179 3700 3019 13 214 12 187 14 152 23 169 3019 2416 18 222 11*179 14 151 24 167 2416 1913 18 215 8*154 13 151 23 164 1913 1526 15*206 8 152 13 150 21 161 1526 1260 8*187 8 151 12 150 17 157 1260 1098 7 185 7 149 11 149 14*156 1098 1006 6 184 6 149 9 149 8*153 1006 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