DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - - - - 71.7 - - 76.6 - - 75.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 390 - - 1280 - - 270 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 992 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1394 - - 2284 - - 1274 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1506 - - 1028 - - 2492 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 75 - - 159 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 267 - - 258 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 387 - - 807 - - 113 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1007 - - 1477 - - 1161 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 94 - - 339 - - -711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1300 - - 1945 - - 1985 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2530 - - 2510 - - 2330 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 76.6 - - 75.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 72.8 - - 72.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.9 - - 76.5 - - 76.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.7 - - 72.3 - - 72.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 390 - - 1280 - - 270 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 18 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] 99489 29 104 22 095 24 092 99489 91948 23 097 13 105 21 077 91948 86124 14 102 14 084 16 083 86124 81291 18 122 8 089 9 088 81291 77133 13 095 10 110 5 087 77133 73458 8 056 9 059 10 098 73458 70120 8 059 2 067 11 009 70120 67063 8 031 4 142 9 288 67063 64234 12 335 7 001 10 340 64234 61499 20 287 16 293 24 311 61499 58682 18 281 19 266 21 289 58682 55775 28 308 21 303 19 296 55775 53012 50 305 45 311 38 309 53012 50551 66 293 59 292 54 296 50551 48356 62 283 60 285 57 288 48356 46365 57 298 59 295 62 291 46365 44542 74 302 67 297 69 295 44542 42857 80 296 72 295 74 300 42857 41284 79 288 72 291 79 300 41284 39807 76 282 68 288 81 297 39807 38414 73 276 66 286 78 291 38414 37063 72 274 66 285 71 289 37063 35687 72 274 65 286 68 289 35687 34254 67 274 60 284 66 287 34254 32769 61 271 58 278 63 285 32769 31215 54 267 61 278 63 284 31215 29580 44 268 58 286 63 282 29580 27870 31 278 54 287 63 284 27870 26087 33 277 52 283 58 294 26087 24233 43 286 53 288 52 300 24233 22308 42 286 47 285 46 300 22308 20304 35 287 37 292 38 296 20304 18220 31 289 32 300 32 298 18220 16102 25 296 25 295 31 306 16102 14065 22 301 18 303 26 307 14065 12211 26 291 22 294 24 310 12211 10558 34 278 24 283 20 296 10558 9085 38 271 25 280 23 285 9085 7774 37 269 31 280 26 279 7774 6607 35 264 31 278 25 282 6607 5573 34 263 29 277 23 290 5573 4662 30 269 25 279 20 294 4662 3857 29 271 21 272 17 293 3857 3137 28 270 17 261 15 290 3137 2499 28 270 13*258 12 284 2499 1967 24 269 12*258 10 278 1967 1559 21*268 11 258 9 274 1559 1277 17*268 10 258 8*272 1277 1106 15 267 9 258 7*269 1106 1008 11 267 8 258 5 267 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