DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.4 - - 17.9 - - 11.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 22 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3207 - - 2395 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1975 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4211 - - 3399 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 801 - - 2283 - - 3810 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 238 - - 155 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 307 - - 268 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1354 - - 575 - - -1220 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2857 - - 2824 - - 2224 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 945 - - 77 - - -2588 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3266 - - 3322 - - 3592 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.4 - - 17.9 - - 11.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.7 - - 9.4 - - 6.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 16.1 - - 17.8 - - 16.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.7 - - 8.3 - - 7.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - 22 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3207 - - 2395 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95351 79 229 91 231 101 232 95351 87970 85 245 93 242 100 245 87970 82380 86 247 86 252 88 255 82380 77756 78 261 81 262 81 263 77756 73749 79 268 73 268 77 273 73749 70217 75 270 72 276 77 274 70217 67030 70 274 77 280 76 274 67030 64096 72 279 77 279 80 279 64096 61370 77 279 74 278 82 281 61370 58724 79 278 76 278 83 281 58724 55957 77 278 82 280 88 282 55957 53075 77 279 86 280 94 281 53075 50304 79 278 86 279 98 280 50304 47790 76 277 85 276 96 279 47790 45520 73 277 81 275 92 279 45520 43449 70 277 79 275 90 281 43449 41547 69 279 78 273 90 280 41547 39803 73 283 76 271 88 277 39803 38205 81 281 71 274 81 275 38205 36735 86 273 74 281 72 280 36735 35377 87 270 79 280 75 289 35377 34088 78 273 78 275 86 294 34088 32795 74 279 75 279 92 292 32795 31459 78 282 78 285 91 290 31459 30077 80 282 81 287 90 292 30077 28631 82 281 82 289 90 292 28631 27110 83 281 82 289 90 289 27110 25514 83 282 82 286 90 290 25514 23840 82 284 82 284 86 290 23840 22094 80 285 81 283 82 285 22094 20283 79 284 80 282 79 284 20283 18404 77 283 74 282 69 282 18404 16463 62 284 62 282 61 279 16463 14509 46 287 45 286 52 283 14509 12640 45 285 39 290 45 286 12640 10941 44 287 40 288 43 293 10941 9433 40 290 40 292 40 298 9433 8098 33 295 37 298 36 303 8098 6924 25 299 28 300 28 304 6924 5896 18 302 19 301 22 307 5896 4992 13*312 14 299 18 306 4992 4195 7*310 11 295 12 299 4195 3491 6 309 8*290 8 287 3491 2861 6 307 7*281 5 271 2861 2304 5 306 5 269 3 248 2304 1839 5 305 5 264 3 226 1839 1483 5 304 4 262 2 210 1483 1237 4 304 4 262 2 194 1237 1088 4 304 4 260 2*181 1088 1003 4 302 4 258 3*176 1003 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