DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 94.3 - - 95.3 - - 90.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 302 - - 176 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4778 - - 5107 - - 227 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4285 - - 4291 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5782 - - 6111 - - 1231 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1623 - - 1672 - - 4829 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 467 - - 404 - - 49 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 231 - - 221 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -783 - - -1331 - - -4740 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6565 - - 7442 - - 5971 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4667 - - -4847 - - -8682 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10449 - - 10958 - - 9913 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 56 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2150 - - 1630 - - 1770 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.3 - - 95.3 - - 90.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 66.1 - - 67.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 92.6 - - 94.5 - - 91.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 65.4 - - 67.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 302 - - 176 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4778 - - 5107 - - 227 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 15 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] 99499 28 108 24 091 30 064 99499 91932 27 099 19 108 28 090 91932 86109 25 102 22 113 20 099 86109 81289 21 094 21 087 17 093 81289 77147 17 089 15 073 17 081 77147 73499 17 095 12 070 12 079 73499 70204 15 089 10 088 8 091 70204 67177 11 067 10 106 5 112 67177 64372 6 053 5 130 5 133 64372 61670 3 318 5 165 5 191 61670 58890 6 257 5 223 7 234 58890 56050 9 216 9 236 10 278 56050 53362 9 174 13 190 11 227 53362 50964 5 155 11 176 13 186 50964 48824 2 264 8 210 12 184 48824 46871 5 230 10 216 11 209 46871 45065 10 229 11 213 15 216 45065 43379 14 211 12 219 15 227 43379 41798 13 195 13 221 19 223 41798 40310 12 230 16 236 22 222 40310 38905 18 241 19 250 19 227 38905 37543 20 240 20 249 16 237 37543 36154 20 240 19 253 16 249 36154 34710 21 244 18 256 16 251 34710 33211 21 252 16 254 17 247 33211 31642 22 248 15 251 21 239 31642 29994 24 235 23 234 29 232 29994 28273 23 229 28 233 30 231 28273 26478 24 231 30 233 31 237 26478 24607 27 235 30 231 31 244 24607 22661 31 240 28 239 29 254 22661 20636 31 247 28 254 25 267 20636 18531 33 254 33 259 27 278 18531 16390 40 254 37 257 34 268 16390 14323 39 255 36 256 35 260 14323 12436 34 262 30 252 30 259 12436 10751 30 260 27 251 26 259 10751 9250 28 256 28 254 25 254 9250 7914 25 254 25 256 24 253 7914 6728 22*253 21*246 22 249 6728 5677 14*251 18*232 21 231 5677 4751 14 250 18 231 22 226 4751 3929 13 250 18 231 21 224 3929 3192 13 251 18 230 21 224 3192 2539 13 251 18 230 21 223 2539 1993 13 251 17 230 20 223 1993 1574 12 251 17 230 19 223 1574 1285 12 251 16 230 17*222 1285 1109 11 251 15 230 14*222 1109 1009 10 251 12 230 10 221 1009 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