DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 27.0 - - 24.8 - - 23.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -5 - - -14 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 630 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2125 - - 1634 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3472 - - 4210 - - 4722 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 68 - - 50 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 30 - - 26 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 297 - - 300 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 433 - - -44 - - -445 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1692 - - 1678 - - 1449 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -148 - - -640 - - -931 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2273 - - 2274 - - 1935 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.0 - - 24.8 - - 23.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.2 - - 21.2 - - 20.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.3 - - 25.2 - - 24.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.6 - - 20.6 - - 20.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -5 - - -14 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 630 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 95413 29 270 52 280 41 267 95413 88389 36 275 41 268 45 259 88389 82959 28 281 33 256 39 247 82959 78414 22 288 27 255 33 251 78414 74477 28 270 34 262 40 259 74477 71007 28 252 38 252 40 253 71007 67841 18 252 30 241 36 252 67841 64873 32 271 32 262 35 256 64873 62079 48 268 46 265 44 263 62079 59363 55 258 49 256 54 257 59363 56532 53 253 52 249 56 254 56532 53577 52 253 49 256 56 255 53577 50750 54 262 52 262 57 259 50750 48204 58 258 55 259 54 259 48204 45913 58 261 58 264 57 268 45913 43830 64 264 67 268 68 268 43830 41925 68 264 71 265 69 264 41925 40172 69 264 68 265 63 267 40172 38545 64 264 68 263 63 271 38545 37030 56 266 63 260 64 275 37030 35619 55 273 56 268 66 278 35619 34281 57 274 61 276 64 279 34281 32950 58 277 63 277 57 288 32950 31595 53 278 57 282 61 297 31595 30212 45 284 56 292 63 300 30212 28778 42 288 57 302 62 304 28778 27276 45 301 59 310 63 307 27276 25702 43 308 65 317 63 307 25702 24053 45 316 68 317 61 305 24053 22330 53 318 66 318 59 302 22330 20537 54 323 62 317 58 301 20537 18666 50 320 61 312 58 302 18666 16712 54 316 63 308 56 303 16712 14724 55 317 60 310 54 303 14724 12813 56 318 55 311 52 305 12813 11080 55 316 55 308 49 311 11080 9546 55 316 53 307 47 315 9546 8190 55 317 50 305 47 318 8190 7003 49 319 46 303 44 312 7003 5967 46 309 45 305 44 308 5967 5051 45 307 45 306 44 309 5051 4244 45 306 44 306 43 310 4244 3530 44 304 43 305 42 310 3530 2891 43 303 42 305 40 309 2891 2325 40*301 39 304 36 307 2325 1854 37*299 35*302 32 304 1854 1491 33 298 31*301 28 302 1491 1242 29 297 28 300 24 301 1242 1091 25 296 23 300 20*300 1091 1004 19 295 17 299 14*299 1004 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