DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 59.8 - - 59.7 - - 52.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 8 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3077 - - 2805 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1611 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4081 - - 3809 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1058 - - 2089 - - 149 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 227 - - 155 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 21 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 245 - - 254 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1448 - - -795 - - -5047 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2633 - - 4604 - - 6054 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -366 - - -3947 - - -8840 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4447 - - 7756 - - 9846 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 60 - - 31 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 510 - - 150 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.8 - - 59.7 - - 52.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.3 - - 42.8 - - 29.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.1 - - 55.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.0 - - 41.6 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 8 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3077 - - 2805 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 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] 96945 29 072 25 080 19 076 96945 89760 15 080 14 090 14 056 89760 84160 10 100 7 085 14 037 84160 79473 10 091 4 111 10 013 79473 75428 8 080 3 066 5 025 75428 71848 7 021 4 035 1 020 71848 68594 10 272 12 307 4 333 68594 65594 7 235 14 263 12 298 65594 62807 8 279 16 262 17 256 62807 60097 16 263 17 282 14 282 60097 57280 31 266 35 258 34 240 57280 54361 35 251 34 241 28 253 54361 51537 34 244 24 258 32 264 51537 48981 42 255 61 263 61 260 48981 46691 67 261 73 260 61 256 46691 44603 76 260 80 261 68 261 44603 42682 89 257 91 256 86 256 42682 40912 96 247 97 248 93 253 40912 39275 94 240 97 245 91 254 39275 37753 85 243 99 250 92 255 37753 36334 87 257 114 255 111 253 36334 34979 103 264 136 253 125 248 34979 33622 123 260 141 249 121 246 33622 32241 131 255 130 246 124 252 32241 30835 131 251 117 247 135 255 30835 29373 123 248 119 251 138 255 29373 27838 112 246 121 254 130 256 27838 26235 107 249 112 254 114 255 26235 24570 104 251 102 254 105 257 24570 22839 100 250 96 255 97 258 22839 21043 96 251 92 256 87 261 21043 19175 93 254 90 258 81 260 19175 17229 88 255 84 258 71 262 17229 15247 71 256 67 260 59 261 15247 13337 49 255 53 258 52 257 13337 11596 42 255 49 256 49 253 11596 10045 41 256 47 256 47 254 10045 8661 40 259 41 257 43 255 8661 7426 41 262 36 258 40 254 7426 6326 42 259 34 257 38 253 6326 5350 40 254 31 253 36 251 5350 4487 36*249 27*252 33 248 4487 3723 32*246 23*253 31 247 3723 3037 31 245 22 254 30 248 3037 2429 29 244 22 254 29 249 2429 1921 28 244 21 255 27 248 1921 1530 26 244 20 255 23 247 1530 1262 24 243 18 255 17 243 1262 1099 21 243 16 255 14*241 1099 1006 16 243 12 255 6*233 1006 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