DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 79.3 - - 74.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 186 - - 102 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4812 - - 4587 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4109 - - 3600 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5816 - - 5591 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1262 - - 1114 - - 4641 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 406 - - 332 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 234 - - 234 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -861 - - -1095 - - -2908 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6678 - - 6686 - - 3916 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5848 - - -5502 - - -5766 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11664 - - 11093 - - 6774 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 79 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 79.3 - - 74.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 53.4 - - 61.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.0 - - 78.7 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.9 - - 52.2 - - 60.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 186 - - 102 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4812 - - 4587 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 17 - - 74 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 12 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] 99540 29 104 24 100 13 099 99540 92024 26 100 17 103 15 072 92024 86199 19 104 14 104 16 079 86199 81354 13 108 12 093 15 087 81354 77181 10 121 9 109 12 098 77181 73495 7 129 6 109 8 109 73495 70152 8 141 2 212 1 063 70152 67083 7 153 7 194 7 258 67083 64253 5 221 8 178 10 218 64253 61517 12 258 9 253 10 263 61517 58673 16 256 19 262 23 267 58673 55742 25 257 32 256 32 261 55742 52955 31 255 39 247 39 252 52955 50458 45 264 44 263 49 259 50458 48241 65 263 66 260 67 262 48241 46250 70 255 73 257 74 255 46250 44439 70 264 77 259 80 265 44439 42778 76 270 75 255 83 261 42778 41229 74 265 72 253 78 263 41229 39772 68 262 65 256 77 267 39772 38394 63 261 63 259 76 265 38394 37053 63 261 69 265 76 263 37053 35680 64 261 72 265 75 263 35680 34249 62 261 70 262 73 263 34249 32763 60 264 66 260 72 263 32763 31210 57 267 62 260 68 265 31210 29578 54 265 59 261 63 267 29578 27866 51 257 55 265 58 267 27866 26073 51 256 50 266 55 267 26073 24202 46 254 53 274 49 270 24202 22258 41 240 45 266 41 267 22258 20237 36 247 44 252 41 274 20237 18140 31 259 45 256 37 272 18140 16014 28 262 42 272 31 268 16014 13972 26 272 31 283 28 280 13972 12117 23 289 27 283 28 270 12117 10472 19 298 24 288 23 269 10472 9008 18 313 20 293 19 272 9008 7706 15 319 17 289 17 274 7706 6551 11*302 9*260 15 272 6551 5529 9*268 9*238 15 261 5529 4630 10 265 10 235 14 246 4630 3834 10 262 10 234 13 240 3834 3120 10 260 10 233 13 238 3120 2488 9 258 10 233 12 238 2488 1960 9 258 10 233 12 237 1960 1554 9 257 10 233 11 236 1554 1275 9 256 9 232 9 236 1275 1105 8 255 9 233 8*235 1105 1008 7 255 7 231 5*234 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