DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.9 - - 16.3 - - 15.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 9 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3269 - - 2582 - - 444 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3019 - - 987 - - 987 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4273 - - 3586 - - 1448 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 720 - - 1780 - - 4375 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 374 - - 126 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 20 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 249 - - 248 - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 383 - - 1326 - - -2380 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3890 - - 2260 - - 3828 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6727 - - 353 - - -2720 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11000 - - 3233 - - 4168 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.9 - - 16.3 - - 15.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.4 - - 10.3 - - 2.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.0 - - 16.5 - - 16.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 5.3 - - 9.2 - - 2.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 238 - - 9 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3269 - - 2582 - - 444 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 102 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96161 56 022 52 032 42 015 96161 89248 37 016 41 023 35 020 89248 83829 21 009 32 358 31 019 83829 79224 8 356 20 314 19 345 79224 75207 6 293 17 279 23 311 75207 71640 13 268 23 286 25 295 71640 68391 19 256 27 266 21 272 68391 65364 19 265 25 280 19 256 65364 62520 31 279 32 275 25 259 62520 59741 32 264 33 250 35 262 59741 56839 27 248 34 244 45 255 56839 53824 34 255 43 250 47 248 53824 50930 47 248 47 249 47 244 50930 48309 47 243 49 251 49 244 48309 45954 50 248 55 251 53 247 45954 43822 59 244 60 248 65 248 43822 41878 64 240 68 245 70 246 41878 40090 67 238 71 241 69 243 40090 38435 66 239 68 238 69 236 38435 36898 63 241 62 236 68 228 36898 35464 61 241 61 236 63 224 35464 34091 62 240 64 233 57 226 34091 32711 64 238 66 232 54 229 32711 31296 68 236 64 231 52 231 31296 29850 68 234 64 231 50 234 29850 28357 64 234 65 230 48 236 28357 26805 55 234 62 230 47 234 26805 25195 46 234 51 227 46 232 25195 23530 42 238 37 218 44 230 23530 21816 31 242 26 210 30 230 21816 20057 23 232 22 211 15 221 20057 18239 23 231 20 201 8 205 18239 16347 22 238 16 192 3 194 16347 14417 22 243 18 210 5 241 14417 12559 28 240 25 220 12 246 12559 10872 36 229 31 221 23 242 10872 9377 40 224 34 224 28 236 9377 8054 39 225 36 231 29 239 8054 6890 35 232 37 235 32 233 6890 5868 35 237 34 233 31 233 5868 4970 31*241 28 236 29 238 4970 4180 26*247 26*239 28 243 4180 3481 26 248 24*243 28 245 3481 2855 26 249 23 245 27 246 2855 2300 26 250 20 248 27 246 2300 1837 26 250 19 250 25 246 1837 1482 25 250 18 251 22*245 1482 1237 24 251 16 252 19*244 1237 1088 22 251 14 252 16 244 1088 1003 18 251 11 252 12 243 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