DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 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 - - - 20.5 - - 24.0 - - 24.0 - - 18.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 42 - - 9 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 516 - - 1647 - - 1804 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1520 - - 2651 - - 2808 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2093 - - 1105 - - 808 - - 1977 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 87 - - 170 - - 108 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 281 - - 297 - - 294 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -86 - - 1056 - - 863 - - -509 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1606 - - 1595 - - 1945 - - 1513 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -758 - - 639 - - 491 - - -1210 ODpotential blCL - - - 2278 - - 2012 - - 2317 - - 2214 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.5 - - 24.0 - - 24.0 - - 18.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.3 - - 20.7 - - 19.2 - - 15.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 20.7 - - 23.9 - - 24.1 - - 20.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.9 - - 20.1 - - 18.7 - - 16.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 42 - - 9 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 516 - - 1647 - - 1804 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 99 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 94841 58 275 61 267 72 272 66 275 94841 88031 42 296 44 285 45 297 42 290 88031 82680 48 318 39 320 31 300 33 292 82680 78202 51 323 48 326 33 309 35 301 78202 74335 52 323 54 324 41 321 37 314 74335 70903 50 323 51 321 48 320 41 310 70903 67769 50 325 44 318 46 314 41 304 67769 64855 52 317 41 314 41 311 38 304 64855 62126 54 311 39 307 40 300 42 302 62126 59471 58 304 43 307 43 292 47 301 59471 56692 62 302 48 303 50 295 53 300 56692 53792 66 302 56 299 57 293 57 290 53792 51019 72 300 61 294 59 291 59 287 51019 48529 80 300 68 296 65 292 64 290 48529 46311 89 296 77 295 71 287 66 288 46311 44315 93 286 83 292 74 290 63 290 44315 42497 89 285 87 290 78 290 68 292 42497 40831 97 292 95 287 84 285 75 287 40831 39300 110 295 101 283 87 281 79 282 39300 37880 114 291 105 283 88 285 79 280 37880 36542 112 287 104 284 90 287 77 282 36542 35244 112 288 103 285 89 286 77 285 35244 33919 110 291 102 287 87 287 78 285 33919 32542 104 291 99 288 86 288 77 283 32542 31117 101 289 95 291 85 289 77 283 31117 29629 101 290 92 292 83 294 74 284 29629 28064 100 293 89 293 81 294 71 290 28064 26425 98 294 87 295 76 294 69 295 26425 24710 98 294 86 297 74 294 68 296 24710 22918 96 295 84 296 73 294 66 297 22918 21056 88 294 82 295 72 294 63 297 21056 19121 82 297 81 295 71 295 59 294 19121 17117 77 299 78 296 71 295 56 292 17117 15082 72 301 73 299 68 297 54 294 15082 13122 69 301 66 300 62 301 52 299 13122 11342 66 299 60 304 56 302 47 301 11342 9765 61 297 57 307 51 305 42 304 9765 8369 54 298 53 307 47 310 39 308 8369 7134 46 302 48 308 43 314 36 312 7134 6043 37 308 41 309 39 315 34 315 6043 5086 33 312 35 314 34 316 31 318 5086 4249 26 308 25 310 26 309 27 317 4249 3519 22 302 18 304 18 299 22 313 3519 2877 21 299 17*303 16*294 16 311 2877 2316 20 297 15*299 15*294 15 310 2316 1847 18*292 13 297 14 294 15 310 1847 1488 14*284 13 296 14 294 14 308 1488 1240 12 281 12 296 13 294 11 304 1240 1090 11 280 11 295 11 293 9*302 1090 1004 8 279 9 295 8 293 5*298 1004 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