DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.9 - - 38.2 - - 35.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 31 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1397 - - 1275 - - 1228 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2401 - - 2279 - - 2232 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 325 - - 702 - - 616 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 140 - - 45 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 074 - - 090 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 512 - - 617 - - 570 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1889 - - 1663 - - 1662 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 363 - - 499 - - 320 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2038 - - 1780 - - 1912 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.9 - - 38.2 - - 35.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.4 - - 34.8 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.4 - - 38.2 - - 35.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.9 - - 34.5 - - 31.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 31 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1397 - - 1275 - - 1228 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 94803 77 260 73 271 81 269 94803 88006 61 269 60 277 68 272 88006 82714 54 281 54 282 57 284 82714 78302 54 285 50 284 53 291 78302 74484 49 283 51 283 47 294 74484 71094 52 294 51 290 46 296 71094 68021 54 293 56 296 50 302 68021 65190 54 299 58 297 50 308 65190 62542 60 309 60 305 64 309 62542 59964 72 300 70 307 67 301 59964 57288 74 294 75 299 59 294 57288 54504 80 302 79 300 60 302 54504 51821 98 305 94 297 83 300 51821 49404 110 299 102 292 99 295 49404 47241 110 296 98 292 98 295 47241 45279 101 303 96 299 97 298 45279 43491 100 312 96 302 100 299 43491 41853 104 311 99 304 102 296 41853 40334 112 309 101 307 100 292 40334 38907 113 308 103 307 94 292 38907 37556 108 308 101 305 87 293 37556 36244 103 307 99 304 85 294 36244 34902 101 306 98 304 84 294 34902 33505 100 307 95 305 83 295 33505 32055 98 308 92 307 80 294 32055 30538 93 308 81 309 75 294 30538 28942 87 308 72 312 65 295 28942 27266 82 308 68 308 61 296 27266 25509 73 308 68 302 56 298 25509 23675 68 303 63 298 56 299 23675 21770 63 303 60 297 57 305 21770 19787 58 305 54 304 53 303 19787 17720 53 306 47 304 51 299 17720 15611 46 311 41 306 47 295 15611 13577 38 310 34 300 39 296 13577 11730 28 307 27 294 25 296 11730 10096 18 313 19 287 17 270 10096 8654 13 339 9 284 11 216 8654 7377 13 358 3 310 10 172 7377 6248 13 005 3 018 10 169 6248 5250 14 014 5 054 10 161 5250 4376 13 024 7 075 11 144 4376 3611 13 033 13 099 17 122 3611 2941 14*069 15 093 24 098 2941 2359 12*073 15*091 25*093 2359 1876 12 074 14*090 24*093 1876 1504 12 074 14 090 22 092 1504 1249 11 074 13 090 19 092 1249 1093 10 074 11 089 17 092 1093 1005 9 074 9 089 12 092 1005 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