DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/08 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 - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 42.8 - - 49.5 - - 51.9 - - 45.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 117 - - -3 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 679 - - 1580 - - 1547 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 1461 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1683 - - 2584 - - 2551 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 451 - - 585 - - 1044 - - 389 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 144 - - 236 - - 76 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 21 - - 21 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 245 - - 258 - - 269 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -425 - - 264 - - 73 - - -97 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2108 - - 2320 - - 2478 - - 1103 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10452 - - -6856 - - -5007 - - -2862 ODpotential blCL - - - 12135 - - 9440 - - 7558 - - 3868 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 95 - - 87 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.8 - - 49.5 - - 51.9 - - 45.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.2 - - 42.9 - - 44.6 - - 43.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.7 - - 49.1 - - 52.3 - - 47.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.7 - - 42.2 - - 44.1 - - 43.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 117 - - -3 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 679 - - 1580 - - 1547 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 35 - - 81 - - 48 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 95889 72 255 72 256 74 261 74 256 95889 88868 43 265 46 259 50 263 49 272 88868 83484 27 266 32 272 33 270 33 278 83484 78998 18 278 21 282 23 276 26 280 78998 75102 18 299 14 279 19 272 24 280 75102 71628 20 305 9 268 16 262 23 275 71628 68459 21 299 12 294 14 273 20 275 68459 65537 22 284 16 291 14 281 16 284 65537 62814 22 271 18 287 14 287 16 296 62814 60154 22 274 19 285 22 283 24 287 60154 57374 22 268 25 297 24 294 23 292 57374 54501 25 281 32 294 23 312 19 305 54501 51749 28 291 34 285 31 305 26 307 51749 49251 31 299 35 289 36 284 34 288 49251 46994 31 290 38 294 35 291 33 287 46994 44945 41 292 42 294 41 294 42 290 44945 43085 45 282 42 293 45 296 45 306 43085 41387 46 283 53 301 51 304 60 320 41387 39828 56 280 72 290 64 308 78 312 39828 38385 51 286 68 282 75 303 78 305 38385 37034 47 296 62 284 73 298 74 305 37034 35734 54 303 62 292 71 301 68 307 35734 34416 60 298 67 302 70 306 65 312 34416 33052 66 292 74 301 68 310 66 313 33052 31637 65 288 78 292 69 313 64 309 31637 30157 61 285 82 290 70 309 62 305 30157 28599 60 283 82 288 73 303 62 303 28599 26960 61 285 79 289 75 298 63 301 26960 25240 62 290 75 290 75 297 65 302 25240 23444 61 294 76 293 73 297 64 304 23444 21575 59 295 77 296 73 299 63 304 21575 19631 58 293 75 300 73 301 63 304 19631 17607 49 289 68 303 70 303 61 303 17607 15542 45 283 57 292 66 304 58 301 15542 13548 46 280 59 279 61 300 57 301 13548 11728 45 277 64 286 57 294 56 306 11728 10111 42 273 45 290 54 295 49 305 10111 8681 41 271 42 283 47 300 43 300 8681 7419 40 272 39 281 41 295 40 302 7419 6302 39 274 38 282 41 295 37 305 6302 5317 39 274 39 279 38 297 35 305 5317 4452 38 273 38 276 35 295 34 305 4452 3691 35 273 35 274 32 288 33 298 3691 3011 34 270 32*270 27*275 32 293 3011 2409 33 259 23*259 24*271 31 287 2409 1907 29*252 23 258 23 269 28 282 1907 1522 23*246 22 258 21 268 24 279 1522 1258 21 245 20 258 19 267 18 274 1258 1097 18 244 18 257 16 266 15*272 1097 1006 14 243 14 257 12 266 7*267 1006 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