DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/18 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.8 - - 66.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 39 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2262 - - 2253 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1985 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3266 - - 3257 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 892 - - 816 - - 2908 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 268 - - 201 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 082 - - 087 - - 084 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1879 - - -1652 - - -1837 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5145 - - 4909 - - 2844 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11441 - - -10018 - - -9370 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14707 - - 13275 - - 10377 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 79 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.8 - - 66.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.9 - - 53.0 - - 57.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 70.7 - - 67.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.7 - - 57.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 39 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2262 - - 2253 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 60 - - 17 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 10 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] 98579 21 080 9 009 23 029 98579 91261 17 057 9 065 14 029 91261 85584 12 032 11 026 11 042 85584 80841 8 023 12 349 13 358 80841 76773 7 334 12 319 17 333 76773 73185 7 290 12 317 17 313 73185 69923 12 317 10 315 15 293 69923 66917 13 320 12 307 17 304 66917 64139 15 304 13 300 22 312 64139 61470 18 295 16 309 22 311 61470 58715 17 284 19 299 19 301 58715 55881 25 305 26 291 21 294 55881 53207 31 294 29 281 24 284 53207 50821 34 289 28 278 26 279 50821 48686 32 283 30 281 27 279 48686 46741 28 293 31 283 26 278 46741 44942 27 301 33 287 27 282 44942 43264 27 297 35 290 33 287 43264 41694 28 292 35 289 34 282 41694 40219 34 298 32 280 30 274 40219 38826 34 301 32 270 35 269 38826 37471 28 296 32 276 35 261 37471 36086 30 283 28 295 34 257 36086 34641 32 271 28 287 30 255 34641 33139 28 266 29 278 27 262 33139 31566 24 263 29 278 27 268 31566 29909 20 274 29 267 27 276 29909 28169 18 288 27 262 26 283 28169 26348 22 306 23 261 25 286 26348 24447 20 270 21 266 25 285 24447 22474 23 268 19 273 29 283 22474 20426 28 275 23 287 30 287 20426 18299 30 286 27 293 31 299 18299 16134 30 296 28 287 28 298 16134 14051 26 300 26 286 28 298 14051 12158 23 300 24 291 29 293 12158 10476 21 296 21 288 27 290 10476 8988 18 299 18 289 21 294 8988 7671 14 302 12 298 15 301 7671 6506 11 300 6 322 7 302 6506 5480 5 342 4 032 2 085 5480 4582 9 067 6 088 10 095 4582 3791 14*078 9*090 13 092 3791 3087 13*081 10*088 14 092 3087 2464 13 081 10 087 13 093 2464 1944 13 082 9 086 12 094 1944 1544 12 082 9 087 11 094 1544 1269 12 083 8 086 9 091 1269 1103 11 083 8 086 7 089 1103 1007 9 083 6 086 3*084 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