DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.7 - - 49.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -3 - - -40 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 373 - - 2 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 990 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1377 - - 1006 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 745 - - 1197 - - 425 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 60 - - 9 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 148 - - 145 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1323 - - -1130 - - -439 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2700 - - 2137 - - 1445 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8173 - - -6448 - - -5015 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9550 - - 7454 - - 6021 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 83 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.7 - - 49.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.5 - - 45.8 - - 46.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.2 - - 53.2 - - 51.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.4 - - 45.1 - - 46.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -3 - - -40 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 373 - - 2 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 32 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 7 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] 96286 56 258 51 265 39 263 96286 89117 35 247 33 251 30 267 89117 83634 25 237 21 259 19 255 83634 79092 20 224 21 245 17 240 79092 75166 13 215 21 224 21 234 75166 71692 10 208 20 216 21 228 71692 68552 17 243 17 242 15 241 68552 65642 21 239 30 258 24 260 65642 62918 28 274 36 261 31 268 62918 60263 34 276 47 274 43 264 60263 57472 56 264 56 268 50 253 57472 54558 58 262 56 257 52 251 54558 51767 58 261 51 255 49 253 51767 49251 59 264 55 261 58 259 49251 47012 61 263 60 252 67 251 47012 45010 64 257 66 253 58 248 45010 43184 60 265 78 262 58 262 43184 41499 90 267 85 259 86 263 41499 39952 96 261 86 252 101 250 39952 38523 93 256 83 251 83 244 38523 37182 88 251 89 253 82 242 37182 35884 82 253 89 252 79 240 35884 34564 78 250 78 252 70 235 34564 33191 71 247 69 249 62 233 33191 31764 64 243 64 246 65 235 31764 30269 60 245 64 246 67 236 30269 28693 61 251 61 244 66 238 28693 27039 68 257 59 238 62 240 27039 25307 69 257 56 234 62 241 25307 23499 64 252 56 235 67 242 23499 21617 53 238 56 239 71 241 21617 19658 47 229 59 243 72 238 19658 17620 42 217 57 241 75 237 17620 15550 36 221 51 222 81 238 15550 13560 30 233 43 217 73 234 13560 11759 32 236 41 202 64 222 11759 10164 33 221 35 205 55 211 10164 8744 31 207 29 213 47 198 8744 7483 32 199 26 221 40 188 7483 6365 39 193 28 222 31 182 6365 5375 45 191 30 218 36 182 5375 4499 46 188 36 199 47 189 4499 3725 41 186 42 188 48 188 3725 3033 38 185 40 183 44 182 3033 2423 35 182 35 174 39 173 2423 1915 28 174 29 163 33 164 1915 1526 21*167 24 155 29 159 1526 1259 19*165 20 151 21 149 1259 1098 16 163 17 150 18*148 1098 1006 12 162 11*148 10*145 1006 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