DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 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 - - - - - - 73.4 - - 71.9 - - 65.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 114 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5816 - - 6244 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4842 - - 4884 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6820 - - 7248 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3700 - - 1717 - - 5556 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 425 - - 379 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 22 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 296 - - 291 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1223 - - 1067 - - -3455 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5597 - - 6182 - - 4462 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -289 - - -184 - - -4783 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7109 - - 7432 - - 5790 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 71 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 71.9 - - 65.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.3 - - 48.3 - - 49.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 71.6 - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.2 - - 47.1 - - 48.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 114 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5816 - - 6244 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99286 18 103 6 086 17 080 99286 91876 18 089 11 088 4 110 91876 86120 17 086 11 068 9 114 86120 81296 10 075 11 096 10 061 81296 77146 9 105 13 101 12 050 77146 73493 10 088 10 096 7 075 73493 70177 7 115 8 120 7 128 70177 67105 7 133 1 169 5 101 67105 64243 3 179 10 238 7 002 64243 61475 8 277 8 235 11 339 61475 58594 13 308 9 297 18 315 58594 55608 14 331 11 314 22 293 55608 52765 17 329 20 323 23 296 52765 50206 30 314 29 318 25 324 50206 47907 36 310 40 319 38 328 47907 45829 44 312 47 316 52 321 45829 43935 45 310 55 316 63 318 43935 42196 49 318 63 318 74 320 42196 40589 63 325 76 318 88 320 40589 39096 78 327 87 316 97 317 39096 37700 90 328 94 316 97 314 37700 36357 98 328 98 315 95 313 36357 34995 98 326 98 313 95 313 34995 33585 92 324 96 313 95 313 33585 32125 87 325 89 316 94 314 32125 30603 85 324 77 315 83 316 30603 29009 85 323 74 313 71 313 29009 27343 82 323 73 312 69 310 27343 25599 73 320 71 312 68 308 25599 23777 61 316 68 312 66 305 23777 21876 51 316 63 311 63 304 21876 19896 46 315 54 307 59 304 19896 17835 44 309 47 304 53 303 17835 15737 41 305 42 303 46 302 15737 13717 35 300 37 301 41 303 13717 11884 29 298 32 297 36 303 11884 10261 20 283 28 293 31 303 10261 8826 19 283 23 288 28 308 8826 7556 19*289 22*287 31 312 7556 6429 19*294 22*287 32 311 6429 5430 19 295 22 289 30 312 5430 4549 19 296 22 290 27 312 4549 3771 18 297 22 291 24 311 3771 3072 18 296 22 292 22 311 3072 2454 18 296 22 292 21 310 2454 1938 17 297 22 292 20 310 1938 1541 17 297 21 292 18 309 1541 1268 16 297 20 293 16 309 1268 1102 15 297 18 293 13*308 1102 1007 12 296 14 293 9*307 1007 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