DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 52.8 - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 198 - - 89 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1932 - - 2126 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1978 - - 1568 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2936 - - 3130 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2497 - - 1828 - - 1294 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 296 - - 233 - - 1 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 210 - - 224 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2748 - - -3222 - - -1526 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5684 - - 6353 - - 2532 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7639 - - -8207 - - -8024 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10575 - - 11337 - - 9029 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 73 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 52.8 - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.8 - - 28.6 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.0 - - 52.3 - - 45.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.1 - - 28.4 - - 35.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 198 - - 89 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1932 - - 2126 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96654 35 056 36 065 30 062 96654 89550 29 071 23 065 20 060 89550 83961 21 092 16 060 16 046 83961 79286 18 076 11 054 13 037 79286 75246 14 066 5 036 12 020 75246 71658 9 026 8 352 13 002 71658 68400 15 336 10 326 10 334 68400 65398 21 310 14 309 12 311 65398 62611 26 299 21 303 17 307 62611 59912 31 291 33 294 29 303 59912 57095 37 289 41 291 41 294 57095 54168 41 289 43 290 47 287 54168 51376 43 284 45 287 49 284 51376 48866 42 282 46 285 50 282 48866 46610 42 286 49 282 54 280 46610 44561 48 291 54 286 55 278 44561 42683 58 290 60 287 60 279 42683 40961 67 286 68 287 67 280 40961 39387 72 289 76 281 79 279 39387 37947 86 285 84 278 102 274 37947 36610 109 275 95 276 113 269 36610 35327 119 271 99 272 122 263 35327 34019 123 270 98 271 120 265 34019 32658 117 273 98 271 114 271 32658 31249 105 271 95 273 102 276 31249 29779 97 272 83 274 79 271 29779 28236 93 277 82 273 75 269 28236 26616 88 280 80 271 69 274 26616 24916 81 289 78 273 63 277 24916 23140 74 298 72 281 60 278 23140 21289 65 299 59 290 50 282 21289 19367 51 294 42 289 39 278 19367 17370 40 288 38 278 33 267 17370 15341 36 291 35 279 28 271 15341 13389 29 294 28 284 22 275 13389 11612 25 285 26 283 22 272 11612 10030 24 274 27 281 24 280 10030 8623 24 272 28 283 23 293 8623 7372 25 266 26 287 20 302 7372 6263 22 263 20 292 15 298 6263 5284 19 245 13 289 8 284 5284 4425 16 216 9 257 7 256 4425 3668 13 213 10*239 8 263 3668 2992 12*211 10*232 9 271 2992 2395 11*211 9 225 7 259 2395 1899 10 211 9 223 6 229 1899 1518 10 210 9 222 7 217 1518 1255 9 209 9 221 7 212 1255 1096 9 209 8 221 6 207 1096 1005 8 209 7 220 4*201 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