DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/21 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 - - - - - - 78.7 - - 79.7 - - 75.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 76 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3767 - - 5203 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3298 - - 3812 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4771 - - 6207 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3304 - - 1258 - - 4773 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 367 - - 315 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 168 - - 212 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 437 - - 1163 - - -2602 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4335 - - 5044 - - 3611 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -448 - - -2122 - - -4474 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5219 - - 8329 - - 5482 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 93 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1020 - - 850 - - 1150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 79.7 - - 75.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.0 - - 62.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.6 - - 79.3 - - 76.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.2 - - 60.1 - - 62.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 76 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3767 - - 5203 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 21 - - 72 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99348 20 086 12 095 18 080 99348 91892 15 102 11 075 14 062 91892 86142 15 089 8 057 14 079 86142 81355 14 081 13 105 9 108 81355 77218 11 090 11 102 5 078 77218 73559 6 089 7 115 4 118 73559 70229 2 233 2 233 4 061 70229 67154 4 228 12 216 10 263 67154 64305 6 234 9 213 11 232 64305 61539 9 230 8 240 8 262 61539 58653 15 284 13 264 13 291 58653 55676 26 269 22 261 25 282 55676 52863 26 251 25 258 29 269 52863 50345 27 258 29 258 27 262 50345 48088 29 261 28 262 26 261 48088 46039 36 263 33 259 28 261 46039 44162 43 258 39 255 28 262 44162 42431 46 252 42 252 28 260 42431 40826 41 247 41 252 27 257 40826 39336 34 239 37 249 25 248 39336 37947 32 233 33 234 26 237 37947 36615 30 234 28 223 28 233 36615 35267 26 244 27 224 26 235 35267 33869 22 239 27 226 24 241 33869 32422 20 245 26 231 23 247 32422 30909 21 251 26 239 22 252 30909 29316 21 260 25 241 20 256 29316 27644 19 265 24 240 19 259 27644 25891 16 261 22 244 21 269 25891 24061 16 261 22 259 19 279 24061 22156 18 262 22 259 20 279 22156 20170 15 269 21 262 23 279 20170 18099 15 272 23 263 22 285 18099 15991 16 278 20 285 21 287 15991 13965 15 277 17 291 20 280 13965 12121 14 278 16 282 18 271 12121 10479 9 276 17 273 15 274 10479 9017 5 242 13 269 15 257 9017 7716 8 223 7 246 11 255 7716 6561 9 222 9*211 13 231 6561 5540 9*218 10*210 14 218 5540 4639 8*198 10 210 13 214 4639 3840 7 171 10 211 12 215 3840 3125 7 166 10 212 10 221 3125 2491 8 163 10 212 9 233 2491 1962 7 161 10 213 9 239 1962 1555 7 159 9 213 8 242 1555 1275 7 158 9 214 8 243 1275 1105 7 158 9 213 7*244 1105 1008 6 157 7 213 5*243 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