DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.6 - - 81.0 - - 77.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - 27 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1624 - - 2381 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 992 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2628 - - 3385 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1047 - - 1605 - - 2265 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 118 - - 183 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 207 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1365 - - -1060 - - -2374 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3994 - - 4445 - - 3383 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5980 - - -5349 - - -5473 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8608 - - 8734 - - 6481 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 270 - - 250 - - 260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.6 - - 81.0 - - 77.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.4 - - 64.8 - - 66.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.9 - - 81.0 - - 79.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.9 - - 64.2 - - 66.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - 27 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1624 - - 2381 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 95 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 14 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] 99216 15 109 8 101 14 024 99216 91776 12 095 10 092 9 040 91776 86020 9 096 10 065 11 074 86020 81224 7 082 7 092 10 072 81224 77087 4 088 6 080 9 040 77087 73456 3 029 5 053 5 036 73456 70186 3 180 6 340 7 004 70186 67183 9 150 4 257 8 318 67183 64400 9 026 3 204 11 277 64400 61705 15 359 9 345 8 312 61705 58904 17 312 15 310 20 324 58904 56028 20 291 20 297 25 310 56028 53306 27 306 22 297 22 293 53306 50858 28 311 22 306 21 307 50858 48662 28 314 28 314 28 314 48662 46672 33 317 37 319 25 302 46672 44853 41 308 43 312 37 311 44853 43181 47 301 45 307 42 305 43181 41632 47 298 46 298 44 301 41632 40171 40 293 42 290 47 295 40171 38785 36 298 38 286 50 290 38785 37435 35 306 39 287 49 288 37435 36056 32 301 39 290 47 293 36056 34618 27 290 39 290 45 294 34618 33124 26 280 38 290 37 300 33124 31564 28 265 37 288 30 305 31564 29921 25 257 37 287 30 294 29921 28197 24 258 36 288 30 297 28197 26394 25 263 36 293 25 305 26394 24515 28 281 35 297 23 310 24515 22560 31 292 30 302 23 304 22560 20526 34 299 27 304 17 289 20526 18411 32 305 26 303 16 282 18411 16260 35 311 26 305 15 279 16260 14188 34 308 27 298 19 267 14188 12301 24 298 25 281 27 261 12301 10624 24 302 21 285 24 262 10624 9135 27 290 21 283 27 274 9135 7812 21 273 24 273 29 289 7812 6637 19 257 26 261 27 290 6637 5598 22 246 25 226 27 276 5598 4679 23 233 29 220 27 267 4679 3869 25 217 28*218 26 253 3869 3145 23*204 24*212 26 235 3145 2505 19*200 22 209 24 231 2505 1971 18 200 20 206 22 230 1971 1560 17 199 17 204 18 230 1560 1277 15 199 15 203 14 230 1277 1106 13 199 14 202 12 231 1106 1008 9 198 11 201 6*233 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