DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 73.9 - - 72.8 - - 69.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 222 - - -28 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3650 - - 2859 - - 146 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3296 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4654 - - 3863 - - 1150 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1289 - - 1496 - - 1889 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 386 - - 147 - - 40 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 27 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 163 - - 175 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 22 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -19 - - -18 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3413 - - -2266 - - -134 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8068 - - 6129 - - 1284 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11117 - - -5504 - - -2117 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15771 - - 9367 - - 3267 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 660 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.9 - - 72.8 - - 69.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.7 - - 49.1 - - 66.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.6 - - 71.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.6 - - 48.2 - - 66.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 222 - - -28 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3650 - - 2859 - - 146 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 76 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 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] 99063 31 098 20 096 25 091 99063 91509 25 100 21 100 17 076 91509 85697 19 087 22 091 13 079 85697 80898 10 065 19 081 14 083 80898 76779 6 087 14 070 11 081 76779 73139 5 118 8 058 8 083 73139 69837 5 153 3 152 2 012 69837 66801 2 035 5 175 4 253 66801 63987 5 331 4 257 5 305 63987 61250 10 283 16 276 14 303 61250 58397 17 283 18 268 31 285 58397 55451 22 272 30 277 35 275 55451 52649 31 275 36 275 40 279 52649 50123 30 277 41 276 40 274 50123 47845 37 291 47 279 53 282 47845 45787 48 288 47 283 78 281 45787 43934 53 285 77 288 96 278 43934 42248 62 290 107 280 103 279 42248 40685 95 287 112 275 106 278 40685 39219 106 283 106 272 103 275 39219 37839 100 280 93 269 99 271 37839 36504 92 277 87 266 95 267 36504 35144 86 279 82 264 89 264 35144 33729 77 280 77 263 84 262 33729 32262 71 275 74 262 83 264 32262 30731 66 270 71 261 85 266 30731 29124 54 268 67 261 81 266 29124 27440 53 262 64 262 83 268 27440 25678 54 256 62 263 79 268 25678 23843 51 258 62 262 75 269 23843 21944 40 270 65 261 75 272 21944 19979 37 277 67 259 68 270 19979 17935 42 281 67 257 66 264 17935 15852 51 279 65 253 65 259 15852 13846 57 258 61 245 64 257 13846 12022 64 242 61 236 66 250 12022 10400 59 234 64 231 69 245 10400 8953 48 229 62 227 72 245 8953 7662 39 223 56 221 71 242 7662 6514 28 205 50 211 68 226 6514 5498 22*183 43 196 68 209 5498 4604 20*169 39*185 67 200 4604 3813 19 165 35*180 64 196 3813 3103 20 163 33 178 59 192 3103 2476 19 162 29 175 53 188 2476 1952 19 160 26 172 45 183 1952 1549 18 160 24 171 38 181 1549 1272 18 160 21 169 32*179 1272 1104 16 159 18 169 27*179 1104 1007 13 158 14 168 19 178 1007 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