DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.1 - - 63.4 - - 53.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 28 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1853 - - 2260 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1640 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2857 - - 3264 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 978 - - 1024 - - 1761 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 245 - - 169 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 196 - - 221 - - 327 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3381 - - -3787 - - -3180 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6239 - - 7052 - - 4186 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13865 - - -12023 - - -13110 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16722 - - 15287 - - 14116 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 45 - - 46 - - 43 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.1 - - 63.4 - - 53.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.8 - - 36.6 - - 38.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.4 - - 63.3 - - 58.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.6 - - 35.5 - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 28 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1853 - - 2260 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 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] 97524 6 268 8 259 4 306 97524 90255 10 235 10 288 8 327 90255 84692 12 212 14 268 12 301 84692 80061 9 199 10 247 12 270 80061 76063 5 244 7 255 12 279 76063 72518 8 273 9 250 15 297 72518 69304 9 301 9 229 13 279 69304 66357 14 300 10 274 14 286 66357 63629 19 279 20 292 18 297 63629 60987 21 276 26 288 23 293 60987 58240 19 284 26 281 25 281 58240 55397 21 291 25 278 28 274 55397 52684 25 284 27 279 31 277 52684 50232 28 277 32 278 34 281 50232 48017 33 278 35 282 36 283 48017 45994 35 277 38 282 35 284 45994 44131 33 276 37 278 34 286 44131 42409 32 273 36 276 34 287 42409 40809 31 267 31 277 34 286 40809 39319 31 253 28 280 32 281 39319 37931 30 243 26 279 26 278 37931 36605 29 240 23 282 21 289 36605 35263 29 240 20 289 18 305 35263 33864 29 240 20 293 17 309 33864 32408 27 237 19 296 18 308 32408 30881 25 233 23 286 15 311 30881 29271 23 233 27 262 17 299 29271 27588 22 236 25 252 19 283 27588 25831 19 235 20 246 16 262 25831 24000 14 233 16 231 14 251 24000 22089 11 235 12 219 12 231 22089 20093 10 230 11 218 12 226 20093 18004 12 232 12 243 11 253 18004 15872 13 253 10 279 8 273 15872 13821 11 278 8 306 4 266 13821 11964 11 266 9 295 3 277 11964 10319 11 255 10 279 2 309 10319 8860 10 252 8 266 2 330 8860 7566 11 243 7 251 2 311 7566 6420 10 234 8 243 4 293 6420 5408 9 219 8 230 5 273 5408 4521 8 198 7 216 6 251 4521 3741 7 195 5*221 5 247 3741 3047 7*199 4*221 3 258 3047 2435 6*197 4 222 3 277 2435 1925 6 197 4 221 2 292 1925 1533 6 196 4 222 3 302 1533 1263 6 196 3 221 3 311 1263 1099 5 195 3 222 2*322 1099 1006 5 196 3 222 2*327 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