DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 40.9 - - 38.6 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - -10 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 784 - - 543 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1788 - - 1547 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 406 - - 822 - - 1837 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 90 - - 48 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 285 - - 313 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -141 - - -22 - - -104 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1929 - - 1569 - - 1109 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9096 - - -9819 - - -796 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10884 - - 11366 - - 1801 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 84 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.9 - - 38.6 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.0 - - 35.3 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.2 - - 39.2 - - 34.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.3 - - 34.6 - - 31.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - -10 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 784 - - 543 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 37 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96269 13 016 23 003 23 352 96269 89341 18 023 17 002 24 358 89341 83899 25 009 14 356 17 340 83899 79327 20 345 14 344 17 341 79327 75333 14 321 15 341 17 336 75333 71758 13 319 15 345 13 336 71758 68500 16 325 16 317 20 338 68500 65513 25 318 22 303 22 312 65513 62761 26 298 23 292 19 288 62761 60097 24 295 23 285 26 292 60097 57301 30 295 33 290 39 290 57301 54390 40 290 41 276 43 275 54390 51610 48 283 39 276 51 282 51610 49103 56 274 61 276 66 279 49103 46856 62 270 63 276 72 275 46856 44809 60 276 70 276 76 274 44809 42920 78 278 79 274 79 274 42920 41172 86 271 87 273 89 276 41172 39563 81 271 96 274 99 275 39563 38088 91 280 104 273 107 274 38088 36730 92 275 104 271 108 268 36730 35431 90 270 100 267 103 266 35431 34108 86 270 95 266 102 267 34108 32729 83 272 94 270 102 268 32729 31300 82 273 93 275 101 273 31300 29809 82 272 88 276 97 275 29809 28247 81 268 84 273 88 274 28247 26611 80 265 83 268 88 271 26611 24898 80 263 84 266 92 270 24898 23112 80 261 89 268 92 269 23112 21252 79 265 88 267 88 269 21252 19316 79 267 83 265 82 270 19316 17302 74 268 73 263 74 268 17302 15254 66 267 73 265 72 265 15254 13285 65 262 71 260 65 262 13285 11497 58 250 63 254 56 262 11497 9913 55 247 53 258 45 275 9913 8512 58 250 44 264 42 291 8512 7271 55 256 36 274 39 299 7271 6172 48 259 32 281 35 303 6172 5202 42 265 30 294 32 306 5202 4348 34 275 30 304 31 309 4348 3599 29 291 31 312 29 309 3599 2937 26 289 26 323 30 316 2937 2357 22 290 23 325 29 318 2357 1874 21*289 20*319 27 316 1874 1504 17*286 17*314 24 312 1504 1248 16 285 15 312 19 308 1248 1093 14 284 13 312 17*308 1093 1005 11 285 9 310 11*305 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