DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 90.6 - - 90.6 - - 84.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 7 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3898 - - 3030 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3322 - - 992 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4902 - - 4034 - - 1009 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4532 - - 6271 - - 3449 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 354 - - 167 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 244 - - 244 - - 219 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1126 - - -1499 - - -2409 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6029 - - 5533 - - 3418 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2826 - - -3448 - - -5024 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7728 - - 7482 - - 6033 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 98 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1830 - - 2700 - - 3260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.6 - - 90.6 - - 84.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.4 - - 69.6 - - 72.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.8 - - 90.8 - - 86.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.4 - - 68.8 - - 72.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 7 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3898 - - 3030 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 90 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99054 16 098 10 183 5 229 99054 91614 5 148 4 138 6 068 91614 85862 5 109 3 142 5 072 85862 81083 6 053 6 117 2 107 81083 76970 4 031 3 077 5 082 76970 73343 2 033 4 354 8 032 73343 70076 4 066 4 351 7 348 70076 67082 6 010 3 003 9 345 67082 64304 7 326 7 290 12 308 64304 61624 9 311 8 280 12 309 61624 58851 14 302 12 275 18 282 58851 56001 16 298 14 299 19 287 56001 53299 30 297 32 296 30 294 53299 50869 45 295 41 286 42 289 50869 48686 50 295 51 291 60 294 48686 46693 53 295 60 288 65 293 46693 44861 53 289 63 290 69 300 44861 43167 51 281 63 293 74 303 43167 41587 53 276 58 292 73 301 41587 40100 48 266 52 281 70 300 40100 38695 42 241 50 273 62 295 38695 37337 37 236 46 270 54 282 37337 35955 38 245 46 266 51 272 35955 34519 43 251 45 264 50 270 34519 33034 44 255 46 270 49 268 33034 31484 41 257 43 274 44 273 31484 29854 41 258 40 273 41 275 29854 28144 42 260 39 263 38 274 28144 26355 41 264 40 262 36 271 26355 24489 36 270 39 264 33 266 24489 22551 34 272 33 264 31 268 22551 20537 35 268 30 262 30 264 20537 18439 38 258 33 263 30 264 18439 16301 39 253 36 262 29 269 16301 14239 36 254 37 264 29 273 14239 12365 32 256 34 263 30 276 12365 10699 28 255 26 262 25 267 10699 9218 22 251 28 268 21 267 9218 7896 20 252 26 267 21 268 7896 6718 20 252 24 267 21 266 6718 5671 20*252 24 266 21 263 5671 4745 19*250 23*262 20 257 4745 3925 17 247 20*251 19 246 3925 3188 16 244 18 245 19 239 3188 2536 15 242 18 243 18 235 2536 1991 15 242 17 242 17 232 1991 1572 14 241 16 242 15 229 1572 1284 14 241 15 242 12 226 1284 1109 13 240 13 241 10*223 1109 1009 10 240 10 242 5*219 1009 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