DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 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 - - - 33.0 - - 27.1 - - 23.9 - - 19.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 35 - - 60 - - -8 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1432 - - 2001 - - 1742 - - 1090 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 988 - - 988 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2436 - - 3005 - - 2746 - - 2094 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1720 - - 2353 - - 3672 - - 3406 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 153 - - 205 - - 74 - - 90 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 28 - - 28 - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - 334 - - 328 - - 329 - - 337 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 15 - - 17 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - -9 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1012 - - 1314 - - 920 - - 247 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1424 - - 1691 - - 1826 - - 1847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 479 - - 630 - - 64 - - -226 ODpotential blCL - - - 1957 - - 2375 - - 2682 - - 2320 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - 93 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.0 - - 27.1 - - 23.9 - - 19.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.2 - - 23.3 - - 19.5 - - 14.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.9 - - 27.1 - - 24.2 - - 19.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.7 - - 22.6 - - 18.7 - - 14.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 35 - - 60 - - -8 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1432 - - 2001 - - 1742 - - 1090 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 98 - - 70 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 95385 29 338 34 315 31 302 44 311 95385 88664 32 338 34 334 33 331 28 328 88664 83362 29 339 34 336 37 336 28 348 83362 78876 31 347 31 338 32 337 31 342 78876 74965 39 341 31 339 31 339 33 331 74965 71480 42 335 34 337 33 340 31 329 71480 68276 41 331 37 335 34 339 27 328 68276 65271 41 324 39 331 34 335 26 330 65271 62434 41 310 41 323 35 332 28 331 62434 59650 40 297 40 311 36 325 34 328 59650 56734 36 288 37 296 39 310 41 317 56734 53713 34 288 35 282 38 299 42 307 53713 50834 32 289 33 273 31 284 34 295 50834 48243 33 288 32 273 26 271 28 283 48243 45914 35 283 34 272 25 270 24 280 45914 43796 39 274 36 267 27 273 24 286 43796 41853 44 265 38 261 32 271 28 289 41853 40062 45 258 40 257 39 269 32 286 40062 38403 45 255 44 255 43 264 32 279 38403 36860 46 252 47 252 42 259 31 271 36860 35417 48 250 47 249 37 257 29 267 35417 34034 50 249 49 246 35 256 27 268 34034 32643 55 248 53 238 36 251 25 273 32643 31216 61 245 56 232 39 250 24 277 31216 29753 67 242 56 232 44 249 24 273 29753 28243 68 241 58 233 47 243 26 266 28243 26677 67 240 59 232 46 236 27 262 26677 25060 64 239 61 233 47 232 25 266 25060 23394 61 239 64 232 52 230 22 275 23394 21681 57 238 65 228 52 229 22 287 21681 19919 54 237 62 223 47 231 24 300 19919 18103 53 236 58 222 40 233 24 313 18103 16226 49 238 53 224 34 236 27 325 16226 14325 43 240 45 227 27 246 28 328 14325 12504 40 237 38 229 21 265 31 335 12504 10852 39 235 33 232 24 287 40 335 10852 9382 37 244 24 243 23 296 37 336 9382 8075 27 255 16 262 24 301 35 344 8075 6916 17 280 15 290 27 306 38 347 6916 5892 15 304 24 313 31 313 40 340 5892 4990 16 320 29 319 33 320 39 339 4990 4197 19 330 32 324 35 326 39 339 4197 3495 24 336 32*327 35 328 38 339 3495 2866 26*336 32*327 34*329 36 339 2866 2308 27*335 31 328 33*329 33*339 2308 1843 26 334 29 328 32 329 30*338 1843 1485 25 334 27 328 29 329 27 337 1485 1239 23 333 25 328 26 329 23 336 1239 1089 20 332 22 328 22 328 20 336 1089 1003 15 331 16 328 16 328 15 335 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