DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/13 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 - - - - - - 81.8 - - 83.7 - - 79.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 298 - - 175 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4293 - - 4855 - - 2972 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3906 - - 4096 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5297 - - 5859 - - 3976 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1520 - - 1988 - - 2227 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 449 - - 396 - - 107 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 18 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 234 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1603 - - -1616 - - -1566 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6900 - - 7476 - - 5543 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5019 - - -5795 - - -5710 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10316 - - 11654 - - 9686 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 55 - - 60 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 80 - - 180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.8 - - 83.7 - - 79.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.0 - - 54.3 - - 58.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.3 - - 82.7 - - 79.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.9 - - 53.2 - - 57.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 298 - - 175 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4293 - - 4855 - - 2972 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 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] 98926 29 086 19 094 22 065 98926 91433 29 097 24 096 16 055 91433 85692 28 087 22 101 17 087 85692 80913 19 090 19 093 17 089 80913 76785 14 110 16 076 15 095 76785 73146 15 112 9 064 16 084 73146 69849 14 107 4 103 10 063 69849 66815 13 113 4 098 5 073 66815 64013 11 091 5 148 2 043 64013 61310 6 274 3 255 8 346 61310 58491 11 280 12 254 14 261 58491 55563 26 268 20 273 16 279 55563 52776 34 273 30 288 36 286 52776 50285 55 258 56 267 50 268 50285 48061 66 246 75 251 62 250 48061 46045 47 251 63 244 58 255 46045 44205 56 286 58 277 67 266 44205 42515 85 285 80 278 73 269 42515 40945 106 279 91 276 75 269 40945 39474 115 275 93 272 78 269 39474 38090 111 274 94 268 84 265 38090 36752 90 280 84 268 84 262 36752 35390 77 283 75 270 80 260 35390 33975 63 279 66 268 73 258 33975 32511 59 279 59 268 65 263 32511 30979 57 275 58 268 62 262 30979 29367 54 269 57 263 59 264 29367 27676 54 264 52 262 53 269 27676 25912 53 263 46 268 44 271 25912 24077 52 264 43 279 35 260 24077 22170 53 265 46 284 31 255 22170 20184 51 269 46 283 30 268 20184 18116 47 280 35 278 29 263 18116 16009 41 276 30 263 29 250 16009 13978 36 260 35 256 28 243 13978 12129 34 263 38 255 27 242 12129 10483 35 260 32 259 24 250 10483 9022 31 250 28 243 24 257 9022 7723 27 253 23 248 21 257 7723 6569 23 252 19*238 18 251 6569 5548 19*238 18*232 18 238 5548 4646 17*224 18 232 18*230 4646 3848 17 223 18 233 18*229 3848 3131 17 223 18 234 18 230 3131 2496 17 223 18 234 17 230 2496 1965 16 224 17 236 17 230 1965 1557 16 224 17 236 16 231 1557 1276 15 224 16 236 14 231 1276 1105 14 224 15 237 12 231 1105 1008 12 224 12 237 9 231 1008 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