DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/30 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 52.0 - - 44.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 254 - - 80 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3188 - - 3461 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2985 - - 2472 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4192 - - 4465 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 994 - - 839 - - 3966 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 379 - - 265 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 351 - - 340 - - 301 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -73 - - -19 - - -1833 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4266 - - 4484 - - 2838 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1590 - - -1908 - - -2994 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5782 - - 6373 - - 3999 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 85 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 52.0 - - 44.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 35.8 - - 35.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.8 - - 51.7 - - 46.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.4 - - 35.6 - - 35.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 254 - - 80 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3188 - - 3461 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 42 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96534 35 262 36 267 38 268 96534 89458 28 259 28 271 30 272 89458 83988 23 250 27 264 24 276 83988 79432 20 239 27 253 20 270 79432 75483 16 241 25 243 18 249 75483 71973 13 243 20 236 19 236 71973 68779 13 245 15 228 18 226 68779 65819 12 249 11 223 15 217 65819 63057 14 241 13 238 16 211 63057 60372 16 231 15 232 21 237 60372 57558 16 231 17 233 22 228 57558 54601 18 234 19 222 23 234 54601 51745 23 231 26 234 25 247 51745 49164 25 235 28 238 27 256 49164 46849 23 235 29 252 31 258 46849 44748 15 234 29 259 34 256 44748 42827 12 240 28 262 33 256 42827 41063 12 253 27 264 31 261 41063 39429 14 282 23 270 29 262 39429 37906 18 299 19 295 26 265 37906 36482 17 313 24 305 22 275 36482 35126 20 336 29 308 24 293 35126 33775 28 346 30 315 27 301 33775 32393 34 352 30 325 30 306 32393 30972 30 339 31 330 31 310 30972 29495 8 014 25 323 29 310 29495 27950 11 055 15 300 26 311 27950 26333 13 049 11 298 23 316 26333 24644 14 345 16 295 19 312 24644 22884 21 329 18 315 15 304 22884 21055 19 342 18 349 16 302 21055 19154 20 359 15 353 23 320 19154 17180 21 013 16 343 28 331 17180 15172 18 023 23 334 28 334 15172 13237 17 008 22 340 26 336 13237 11479 24 008 24 355 23 336 11479 9917 28 005 26 358 20 334 9917 8529 29 003 25 352 21 332 8529 7298 26 356 23 345 21 331 7298 6207 22 358 22 343 21 335 6207 5246 21 006 21*344 21 338 5246 4402 20*001 19*341 22 337 4402 3656 20*354 19 341 22 334 3656 2987 20 353 19 340 22 330 2987 2393 20 351 19 340 22 322 2393 1898 19 350 19 340 21 315 1898 1517 19 349 18 339 20 309 1517 1255 18 348 17 339 16 305 1255 1096 17 348 15 339 13 304 1096 1005 13 347 12 338 8*301 1005 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