DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 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 - - - - - - 19.5 - - 20.1 - - 20.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 16 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2558 - - 1111 - - 407 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 987 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3562 - - 2115 - - 1411 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 884 - - 2120 - - 1953 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 204 - - 107 - - 48 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 272 - - 246 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1031 - - 471 - - -518 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2531 - - 1644 - - 1930 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 310 - - 101 - - -1078 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3252 - - 2014 - - 2489 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 93 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.5 - - 20.1 - - 20.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 12.1 - - 16.8 - - 15.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.4 - - 20.3 - - 20.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 11.0 - - 16.3 - - 15.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 16 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2558 - - 1111 - - 407 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 87 - - 72 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 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] 93842 95 250 90 261 76 267 93842 87114 58 270 67 266 64 283 87114 81793 52 302 49 299 55 301 81793 77327 59 306 51 314 50 314 77327 73474 58 303 53 311 49 311 73474 70069 55 302 50 309 49 312 70069 66983 55 302 52 307 57 310 66983 64144 56 299 55 307 58 309 64144 61501 59 300 64 311 64 312 61501 58919 63 304 73 309 70 309 58919 56198 66 306 74 305 71 305 56198 53348 68 305 76 299 73 302 53348 50606 75 300 80 297 76 301 50606 48133 79 298 86 296 79 298 48133 45920 80 300 85 297 80 299 45920 43911 87 301 90 301 89 304 43911 42068 91 298 100 298 100 304 42068 40374 96 297 103 298 109 298 40374 38821 99 298 102 298 116 300 38821 37382 104 302 107 300 124 303 37382 36031 113 301 114 300 129 303 36031 34726 113 299 112 298 131 303 34726 33405 108 299 102 297 131 301 33405 32041 112 301 98 301 127 298 32041 30634 117 301 106 309 120 299 30634 29169 117 299 117 309 121 302 29169 27631 114 297 119 304 124 304 27631 26019 113 295 112 301 122 306 26019 24333 106 295 97 299 115 303 24333 22574 94 296 90 299 103 299 22574 20749 86 295 82 298 89 304 20749 18852 79 294 75 296 84 302 18852 16877 75 291 74 288 80 299 16877 14868 69 289 69 293 73 293 14868 12936 59 288 64 297 67 291 12936 11183 50 290 59 291 57 292 11183 9628 47 291 55 285 52 287 9628 8249 44 293 50 281 50 283 8249 7035 40 297 46 280 45 280 7035 5972 32 300 37 282 39 275 5972 5037 24 293 24 286 30 270 5037 4221 18*287 17 287 22 261 4221 3507 15*283 16 284 16 254 3507 2873 14 278 14 271 13 255 2873 2312 11 269 12*257 12 258 2312 1845 11 267 11*250 11 258 1845 1486 10 266 10 247 10*255 1486 1240 9 264 9 245 8*252 1240 1089 9 264 8 244 6 251 1089 1003 7 262 6 243 4 250 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