DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 27.7 - - 27.5 - - 26.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 29 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1917 - - 1582 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2921 - - 2586 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1078 - - 1258 - - 2970 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 159 - - 90 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 229 - - 216 - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 940 - - 770 - - -489 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1981 - - 1816 - - 1494 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 619 - - 344 - - -900 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2302 - - 2242 - - 1904 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.7 - - 27.5 - - 26.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.9 - - 23.4 - - 23.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.7 - - 27.7 - - 27.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.9 - - 22.7 - - 23.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 29 - - 6 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1917 - - 1582 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94823 79 273 76 270 77 264 94823 87958 59 267 63 269 67 270 87958 82567 54 261 58 270 56 270 82567 78039 54 268 54 276 58 276 78039 74125 55 275 59 279 55 281 74125 70646 56 275 56 275 57 286 70646 67467 56 270 51 276 60 284 67467 64536 56 273 54 280 56 271 64536 61807 61 278 56 275 46 270 61807 59130 66 275 57 273 43 279 59130 56304 71 275 62 273 57 285 56304 53365 72 273 65 273 69 279 53365 50564 67 272 66 274 72 275 50564 48046 64 276 69 275 70 278 48046 45795 66 281 72 277 73 284 45795 43758 70 283 75 280 82 285 43758 41894 75 285 78 280 86 284 41894 40173 80 286 79 278 89 282 40173 38575 82 285 76 279 90 281 38575 37082 82 284 75 282 87 279 37082 35683 81 284 78 286 83 280 35683 34342 81 284 83 288 84 283 34342 32997 79 284 87 287 92 284 32997 31624 78 284 88 286 96 282 31624 30229 75 286 88 285 93 280 30229 28793 73 287 87 286 88 281 28793 27298 72 287 83 287 80 283 27298 25734 68 286 78 287 72 283 25734 24095 57 282 72 288 64 276 24095 22381 44 281 67 287 64 271 22381 20598 40 280 60 284 61 270 20598 18739 40 280 56 279 59 268 18739 16801 41 280 55 276 54 270 16801 14830 43 285 53 276 45 270 14830 12932 36 285 44 275 40 270 12932 11203 30 285 38 279 39 274 11203 9665 20 280 33 277 35 275 9665 8303 13 270 24 273 29 276 8303 7098 11 259 17 268 25 260 7098 6031 10 251 14 261 23 253 6031 5090 8 250 13 251 21 251 5090 4266 8 237 11 231 18 241 4266 3545 6*232 8 218 14 244 3545 2902 5*231 7*217 13 248 2902 2334 4 230 6*217 13 252 2334 1859 4 229 5 216 12 255 1859 1495 3 227 5 216 11 258 1495 1244 3 227 5 215 10 259 1244 1091 3 226 4 216 8*258 1091 1004 3 227 4 216 4*255 1004 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