DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 21.4 - - 20.6 - - 19.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 41 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2560 - - 2438 - - 213 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1944 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3564 - - 3442 - - 1217 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 903 - - 1038 - - 3117 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 250 - - 191 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 19 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 335 - - 329 - - 325 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -7 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1642 - - 1486 - - -575 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1922 - - 1956 - - 1792 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 924 - - 977 - - -975 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2640 - - 2465 - - 2192 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.4 - - 20.6 - - 19.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.0 - - 16.1 - - 15.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.1 - - 20.5 - - 19.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.0 - - 15.0 - - 15.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 41 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2560 - - 2438 - - 213 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96563 19 085 16 087 13 056 96563 89424 14 097 11 099 9 071 89424 83853 10 126 4 105 6 056 83853 79177 10 117 2 205 1 048 79177 75115 5 091 3 286 3 288 75115 71507 1 300 4 291 7 282 71507 68227 5 317 5 271 13 293 68227 65206 11 314 8 282 13 283 65206 62399 13 303 7 285 15 298 62399 59661 16 293 16 292 17 269 59661 56775 22 283 16 282 18 289 56775 53764 22 283 23 298 28 291 53764 50896 23 297 31 293 29 296 50896 48321 31 306 28 298 28 298 48321 46012 37 305 34 303 28 308 46012 43917 35 306 33 301 37 315 43917 42001 35 310 32 310 46 314 42001 40245 37 312 42 316 52 315 40245 38634 39 315 51 315 58 316 38634 37147 42 323 53 316 60 317 37147 35764 50 329 54 323 60 323 35764 34445 58 329 61 329 65 328 34445 33124 64 331 65 331 72 328 33124 31772 69 335 70 333 73 326 31772 30385 77 348 73 333 72 326 30385 28945 88 353 74 331 69 326 28945 27437 89 350 73 331 66 326 27437 25858 89 349 72 332 67 326 25858 24203 85 351 71 335 65 327 24203 22476 77 351 68 337 60 327 22476 20681 64 349 66 338 55 326 20681 18807 54 345 59 338 52 329 18807 16848 50 347 52 336 52 335 16848 14847 45 345 50 335 50 335 14847 12916 40 343 46 337 48 332 12916 11162 36 344 42 340 45 333 11162 9609 33 345 39 342 40 334 9609 8240 31 345 34 346 35 336 8240 7031 27 344 29 347 30 343 7031 5966 25 337 24 341 26 341 5966 5031 22 337 22 334 23 332 5031 4218 22*335 22 331 23 327 4218 3509 23*334 22*330 23 327 3509 2875 23 334 22*330 23 327 2875 2314 22 334 21 329 23 328 2314 1846 22 335 20 329 21 328 1846 1487 21 335 19 329 19 327 1487 1240 19 335 18 328 16*325 1240 1089 17 335 16 328 14*325 1089 1003 13 334 12 327 9 324 1003 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