DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 73.8 - - 62.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 103 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3922 - - 1069 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 3108 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 4926 - - 2073 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1830 - - 1054 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 313 - - 57 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 21 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 320 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 7 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -1010 - - -1425 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5936 - - 3498 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -7152 - - -6615 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 12078 - - 8688 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 83 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 73.8 - - 62.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 51.4 - - 51.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 73.5 - - 63.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 50.4 - - 50.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 103 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 3922 - - 1069 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 30 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 7 - - 8 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] 98803 2 097 6 102 98803 91426 7 177 5 283 91426 85694 10 225 5 271 85694 80919 9 251 3 230 80919 76795 11 254 9 245 76795 73133 17 255 15 266 73133 69821 19 256 15 273 69821 66792 20 253 15 258 66792 63990 17 272 18 266 63990 61280 22 260 25 256 61280 58455 22 287 28 287 58455 55539 52 280 47 280 55539 52784 59 267 55 273 52784 50316 63 265 56 275 50316 48105 70 266 59 280 48105 46098 78 268 75 280 46098 44268 89 271 86 275 44268 42588 100 270 92 275 42588 41024 101 267 99 273 41024 39553 97 266 103 271 39553 38164 92 268 102 271 38164 36818 87 270 101 272 36818 35446 84 270 100 274 35446 34019 81 268 97 275 34019 32541 80 265 93 273 32541 30997 83 263 90 268 30997 29374 82 264 88 267 29374 27677 77 265 86 270 27677 25906 72 265 82 267 25906 24056 70 267 76 266 24056 22128 69 269 71 269 22128 20120 65 271 67 269 20120 18028 64 267 64 269 18028 15900 65 264 64 274 15900 13853 58 255 62 280 13853 11996 50 250 49 281 11996 10351 38 246 36 279 10351 8894 24 243 28 275 8894 7602 18 278 25 278 7602 6455 18 306 24 281 6455 5440 19*317 22 281 5440 4545 20*319 21 281 4545 3759 21 320 20 295 3759 3059 21 320 18 320 3059 2443 22 320 18*329 2443 1930 21 320 17*326 1930 1536 21 320 15 324 1536 1265 20 320 14 323 1265 1101 18 320 11 322 1101 1006 14 320 8 320 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