DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/06 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 - - - - - - 77.6 - - 79.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 113 - - 37 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2322 - - 3490 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2071 - - 2202 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3326 - - 4494 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2031 - - 2758 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 245 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 270 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1164 - - 1939 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2162 - - 2555 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 378 - - 416 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2948 - - 4078 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 92 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2610 - - 2600 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.6 - - 79.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 70.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.0 - - 79.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 69.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 113 - - 37 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2322 - - 3490 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 68 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - - 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] 98534 24 100 22 086 98534 91090 9 093 16 055 91090 85437 11 089 8 052 85437 80734 17 051 7 078 80734 76648 12 031 7 038 76648 73034 7 029 7 028 73034 69760 7 019 7 063 69760 66748 9 014 8 025 66748 63967 11 332 9 005 63967 61286 9 304 11 326 61286 58496 12 290 14 310 58496 55603 15 289 22 302 55603 52846 27 310 25 282 52846 50359 35 303 27 307 50359 48129 44 291 43 302 48129 46122 52 284 52 288 46122 44288 51 278 44 296 44288 42593 49 273 56 306 42593 41025 50 293 61 300 41025 39563 62 296 62 293 39563 38187 70 294 62 291 38187 36854 70 290 59 291 36854 35497 68 285 55 294 35497 34084 66 283 53 297 34084 32619 64 289 53 298 32619 31085 63 293 52 298 31085 29469 64 296 51 297 29469 27771 63 295 50 297 27771 25994 57 296 53 298 25994 24139 53 292 48 309 24139 22215 52 280 38 302 22215 20215 52 274 41 285 20215 18139 51 274 42 290 18139 16029 49 271 34 290 16029 13995 47 272 29 284 13995 12145 45 278 28 285 12145 10502 35 284 32 292 10502 9044 32 292 31 298 9044 7746 26 288 25 292 7746 6591 21 282 22 284 6591 5566 19 272 20 277 5566 4661 18 262 19*274 4661 3859 17*254 18*272 3859 3140 16*247 16 271 3140 2502 15 245 15 270 2502 1969 14 239 14 270 1969 1560 14 238 14 270 1560 1278 13 236 13 270 1278 1106 12 236 11 270 1106 1008 10 236 9 270 1008 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