DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.1 - - 35.8 - - 29.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 92 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2250 - - 2445 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2161 - - 1891 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3254 - - 3449 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 737 - - 687 - - 1800 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 301 - - 249 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 315 - - 302 - - 360 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1001 - - -382 - - -988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4255 - - 3831 - - 1992 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6276 - - -3554 - - -5002 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9530 - - 7003 - - 6006 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 86 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.1 - - 35.8 - - 29.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.3 - - 22.8 - - 24.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.2 - - 35.3 - - 30.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.3 - - 22.0 - - 24.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 92 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2250 - - 2445 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 45 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96025 19 344 16 001 28 003 96025 89160 13 025 19 003 13 005 89160 83718 16 032 24 001 9 021 83718 79117 14 019 15 348 11 334 79117 75120 11 341 14 332 16 332 75120 71573 6 347 12 317 15 336 71573 68340 17 313 14 313 17 326 68340 65348 16 318 17 309 21 309 65348 62561 30 313 22 302 27 306 62561 59851 34 294 29 295 34 293 59851 57002 37 294 34 292 39 291 57002 54023 43 298 48 296 50 294 54023 51170 54 293 61 291 55 292 51170 48597 61 288 62 289 59 298 48597 46294 67 289 67 293 65 298 46294 44213 73 289 71 293 73 295 44213 42317 74 288 75 294 78 293 42317 40579 75 290 81 293 79 294 40579 38976 79 291 83 292 77 294 38976 37490 82 292 85 295 75 298 37490 36108 87 297 86 296 75 298 36108 34790 92 298 83 297 75 300 34790 33464 94 296 82 298 79 300 33464 32098 97 294 83 302 82 301 32098 30689 99 292 86 306 82 301 30689 29218 98 292 87 307 82 301 29218 27673 92 292 87 307 80 303 27673 26054 89 293 83 305 73 302 26054 24361 84 291 83 297 70 303 24361 22599 76 287 92 291 70 305 22599 20768 67 291 88 290 63 309 20768 18873 53 296 64 298 56 307 18873 16921 39 295 47 301 51 309 16921 14946 36 295 39 305 42 314 14946 13042 37 295 35 306 39 316 13042 11306 33 303 33 306 35 319 11306 9767 33 312 33 308 32 321 9767 8403 35 317 34 310 33 319 8403 7191 37 320 34 311 32 315 7191 6114 35 323 31 313 30 314 6114 5161 30 328 26 317 26 312 5161 4322 24 330 19 316 22 308 4322 3584 14*323 10*307 18 298 3584 2928 9*315 9*305 9 291 2928 2350 8 315 9 303 6 320 2350 1869 8 315 9 302 8 348 1869 1500 8 315 9 301 10 000 1500 1246 7 315 9 301 9 002 1246 1092 7 314 8 300 7 002 1092 1004 6 314 7 300 4*360 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