DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 73.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 322 - - 233 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5927 - - 5418 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5210 - - 4656 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6931 - - 6422 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1262 - - 1117 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 512 - - 446 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 296 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 370 - - -689 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6562 - - 7111 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2363 - - -4454 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9294 - - 10876 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 63 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 73.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.4 - - 45.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.4 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.3 - - 44.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 322 - - 233 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5927 - - 5418 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - 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] 98947 22 092 18 075 98947 91443 18 077 21 075 91443 85667 17 068 19 066 85667 80885 14 079 16 073 80885 76773 11 090 12 076 76773 73138 11 094 5 055 73138 69837 6 091 6 149 69837 66798 2 189 7 165 66798 63987 2 321 7 202 63987 61267 11 264 5 215 61267 58425 15 249 10 289 58425 55464 16 259 22 247 55464 52640 18 262 28 270 52640 50111 36 275 32 270 50111 47834 52 254 42 270 47834 45756 48 262 52 272 45756 43852 56 268 60 270 43852 42102 60 260 66 272 42102 40484 55 266 82 274 40484 38980 68 277 95 274 38980 37581 87 274 103 274 37581 36242 95 271 105 275 36242 34884 97 275 107 278 34884 33475 105 280 110 279 33475 32016 113 283 110 280 32016 30491 113 284 107 281 30491 28888 109 283 102 282 28888 27211 103 285 98 287 27211 25463 90 287 90 295 25463 23647 66 284 84 300 23647 21765 49 289 61 296 21765 19815 46 298 48 281 19815 17787 43 303 38 277 17787 15718 39 301 34 281 15718 13720 33 296 33 289 13720 11901 30 294 30 295 11901 10286 29 293 28 299 10286 8850 29 294 27 299 8850 7576 22*292 24 301 7576 6447 21*292 18*297 6447 5447 20 292 18*296 5447 4564 20 292 18 296 4564 3783 20 292 18 296 3783 3082 20 292 18 296 3082 2461 20 292 18 296 2461 1943 19 292 17 296 1943 1544 18 292 17 296 1544 1269 17 292 16 296 1269 1103 16 291 15 296 1103 1007 13 291 12 296 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