DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/16 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 75.2 - - 73.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2185 - - 631 - - 433 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1878 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3189 - - 1635 - - 1437 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1810 - - 2038 - - 2335 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 258 - - 79 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 227 - - 037 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 30 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 723 - - 262 - - 275 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2466 - - 1373 - - 1162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 207 - - -332 - - -290 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2982 - - 1967 - - 1727 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 910 - - 890 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 75.2 - - 73.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 72.3 - - 71.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.4 - - 75.2 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 72.0 - - 71.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2185 - - 631 - - 433 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 17 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] 99136 25 084 12 092 16 077 99136 91770 15 074 9 093 17 070 91770 86066 13 109 7 091 11 061 86066 81310 6 140 4 078 9 055 81310 77192 10 144 4 159 5 024 77192 73540 7 110 6 163 6 246 73540 70231 3 263 3 136 6 219 70231 67195 11 240 4 276 4 235 67195 64386 12 222 11 228 11 277 64386 61690 15 247 20 228 22 271 61690 58930 22 239 23 232 28 262 58930 56108 29 250 29 257 28 254 56108 53437 30 248 29 256 26 249 53437 51053 26 255 26 249 25 236 51053 48926 26 257 26 253 25 236 48926 46988 30 274 29 260 27 258 46988 45199 41 280 35 271 32 261 45199 43533 40 276 39 272 35 258 43533 41968 43 266 40 261 37 256 41968 40487 44 259 40 246 37 246 40487 39083 40 252 40 242 37 243 39083 37716 36 250 39 245 35 241 37716 36319 33 242 38 247 34 239 36319 34864 30 235 35 240 32 243 34864 33353 27 238 33 234 30 258 33353 31773 24 249 30 238 26 266 31773 30110 27 257 28 248 29 273 30110 28365 29 256 28 265 31 275 28365 26538 27 258 26 275 30 273 26538 24636 29 260 28 279 24 261 24636 22664 38 260 31 273 24 254 22664 20614 41 263 33 265 27 256 20614 18480 34 257 37 258 31 253 18480 16306 34 254 40 257 32 257 16306 14215 36 251 39 260 31 261 14215 12314 34 244 36 257 30 261 12314 10625 32 237 31 258 24 261 10625 9126 26 231 25 258 22 261 9126 7796 17 233 19 251 23 252 7796 6617 15 237 17 239 18 245 6617 5575 13 230 15 232 11 244 5575 4658 8 216 12 222 5 220 4658 3851 5*194 10 213 1 174 3851 3130 4*197 8 211 1 051 3130 2493 4 205 7 216 1 350 2493 1962 4 204 5*217 5 036 1962 1556 3 204 3*221 6*038 1556 1275 3 203 3 227 6*038 1275 1105 2 205 2 232 5 037 1105 1008 2 207 2 234 3 037 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