DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 58.9 - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -8 - - -36 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1006 - - 1007 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 291 - - 976 - - 1580 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 13 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 130 - - 196 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1006 - - 1007 - - 1007 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5732 - - -1958 - - -972 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6738 - - 2965 - - 1979 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 280 - - 670 - - 380 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 58.9 - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.7 - - 58.5 - - 59.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.9 - - 60.2 - - 61.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.7 - - 59.5 - - 59.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -8 - - -36 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 11 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] 95395 44 264 49 274 44 298 95395 88580 27 293 33 283 31 286 88580 83243 24 307 22 293 24 282 83243 78768 25 303 23 288 27 288 78768 74886 19 295 23 276 23 284 74886 71424 12 276 19 266 23 286 71424 68258 18 281 25 273 31 276 68258 65337 19 281 32 276 30 267 65337 62618 31 284 33 282 32 266 62618 59966 40 270 34 266 34 263 59966 57187 38 252 49 259 39 274 57187 54291 54 263 58 257 66 263 54291 51529 73 267 77 261 83 255 51529 49055 75 261 88 251 92 246 49055 46841 67 254 83 250 82 235 46841 44832 70 260 91 262 75 241 44832 42995 95 265 114 263 96 256 42995 41312 108 264 110 255 123 254 41312 39768 113 267 95 253 117 243 39768 38337 110 266 101 256 108 242 38337 36990 91 263 103 255 112 248 36990 35689 77 259 102 255 118 249 35689 34363 71 257 101 255 116 247 34363 32982 70 257 98 256 114 248 32982 31555 69 257 89 256 108 246 31555 30070 69 257 77 252 103 241 30070 28512 69 256 71 248 98 238 28512 26881 68 254 70 245 85 238 26881 25174 66 252 70 245 71 238 25174 23393 65 248 65 245 81 239 23393 21543 64 246 62 244 83 239 21543 19618 65 243 64 244 73 240 19618 17613 62 233 66 247 69 237 17613 15569 62 232 72 245 72 233 15569 13602 63 225 76 242 69 231 13602 11812 57 221 71 243 64 234 11812 10219 48 219 61 245 60 239 10219 8798 46 214 53 239 57 242 8798 7533 46 207 56 230 57 242 7533 6409 41 204 57 224 58 239 6409 5414 32 198 55 220 58 233 5414 4535 27 193 53 217 58 228 4535 3758 25 193 49 214 57 224 3758 3061 24 195 46 213 54 219 3061 2445 23 196 42 211 50 214 2445 1932 23 188 35 206 43 209 1932 1538 20 177 30 203 37 207 1538 1266 12 156 23 199 30 205 1266 1101 9*149 20*198 26*204 1101 1007 4*130 13*196 17*203 1007 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