DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 7.4 - - 3.9 - - 0.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 35 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2584 - - 1694 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2018 - - 986 - - 986 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3588 - - 2698 - - 1003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1446 - - 1420 - - 2441 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 256 - - 160 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 31 - - 25 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 275 - - 264 - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1573 - - 728 - - -898 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2015 - - 1970 - - 1902 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 828 - - 264 - - -1947 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2760 - - 2434 - - 2950 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 7.4 - - 3.9 - - 0.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 2.5 - - -0.7 - - -3.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 7.3 - - 4.0 - - 1.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 1.5 - - -1.4 - - -3.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 35 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2584 - - 1694 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 97 - - 87 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95910 17 299 9 282 16 247 95910 88851 20 264 22 275 25 263 88851 83345 28 255 30 265 32 261 83345 78711 23 242 27 252 30 258 78711 74658 27 252 32 257 36 261 74658 71053 36 249 41 259 42 256 71053 67781 40 239 44 252 40 247 67781 64742 40 241 44 250 37 255 64742 61888 48 255 49 257 46 260 61888 59097 60 252 61 253 56 260 59097 56180 66 245 66 252 68 255 56180 53152 66 246 73 250 73 255 53152 50260 70 250 75 252 80 257 50260 47664 78 255 82 255 88 257 47664 45354 85 251 90 252 92 254 45354 43267 86 247 89 249 90 250 43267 41358 84 249 86 250 87 251 41358 39597 85 254 87 252 87 253 39597 37962 87 255 87 252 88 256 37962 36439 88 256 86 254 92 259 36439 35018 91 258 89 258 96 259 35018 33658 97 259 94 259 98 258 33658 32291 100 258 98 258 95 257 32291 30886 101 258 100 258 91 258 30886 29450 101 258 98 259 92 262 29450 27971 103 260 100 262 97 263 27971 26442 105 261 103 264 100 261 26442 24866 103 261 101 264 97 260 24866 23246 100 263 96 265 90 262 23246 21575 96 263 88 266 84 264 21575 19844 90 263 82 267 79 266 19844 18042 84 264 77 268 73 268 18042 16164 78 266 72 271 68 270 16164 14253 73 271 66 275 61 274 14253 12416 65 276 59 279 53 276 12416 10749 56 279 53 282 47 279 10749 9272 49 283 48 282 45 281 9272 7964 44 288 44 283 42 282 7964 6805 38 293 41 285 40 282 6805 5782 33 297 35 285 37 284 5782 4884 31 290 32 289 35 290 4884 4103 32*284 32 289 35 292 4103 3417 33*282 32 281 34 289 3417 2804 33 277 30*271 32 281 2804 2263 33 275 29*266 29 269 2263 1812 32 273 28 264 26 262 1812 1467 30 272 26 263 24 258 1467 1229 28 272 24 262 20 255 1229 1085 24 271 21 261 17*254 1085 1002 18 270 15 260 12*253 1002 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