DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 81.0 - - 71.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 145 - - 25 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2509 - - 3220 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2285 - - 992 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3513 - - 4224 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 728 - - 917 - - 2047 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 196 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 19 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 250 - - 263 - - 294 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1122 - - -581 - - -1331 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4635 - - 4805 - - 2339 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5312 - - -4424 - - -7397 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8825 - - 8648 - - 8405 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 83 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 450 - - 450 - - 550 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 81.0 - - 71.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 63.1 - - 64.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.9 - - 81.0 - - 72.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.7 - - 62.6 - - 63.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 145 - - 25 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2509 - - 3220 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 31 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 13 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] 96975 41 252 38 265 34 265 96975 89917 22 274 28 266 22 281 89917 84456 12 291 18 262 14 293 84456 79921 2 022 11 262 5 303 79921 76021 3 126 6 263 3 326 76021 72581 8 059 5 220 6 264 72581 69466 11 009 5 203 8 230 69466 66589 6 307 4 237 7 214 66589 63913 10 290 9 233 10 246 63913 61321 21 291 12 285 10 229 61321 58618 29 247 24 268 20 256 58618 55824 30 256 40 264 35 266 55824 53185 42 268 48 264 46 269 53185 50819 42 274 51 275 47 267 50819 48679 50 283 52 282 56 270 48679 46720 60 286 57 282 64 271 46720 44905 59 285 63 283 68 270 44905 43206 58 291 69 284 72 269 43206 41606 63 297 73 284 71 274 41606 40093 71 296 75 284 72 278 40093 38661 72 294 76 284 75 279 38661 37270 72 292 78 283 78 278 37270 35854 74 292 80 283 79 275 35854 34380 78 293 81 284 81 276 34380 32856 82 295 81 287 83 279 32856 31269 79 299 82 292 83 282 31269 29609 69 300 75 296 75 287 29609 27886 53 293 60 298 64 293 27886 26100 53 282 53 295 62 296 26100 24250 62 280 55 293 62 294 24250 22334 66 279 60 295 58 288 22334 20338 60 278 62 290 56 280 20338 18252 55 278 57 286 53 273 18252 16124 49 275 43 286 43 275 16124 14080 45 268 38 276 33 277 14080 12223 41 274 40 270 34 277 12223 10568 43 281 40 273 35 276 10568 9089 44 279 41 276 33 275 9089 7768 43 271 40 274 36 276 7768 6593 42 265 35 276 36 271 6593 5553 40 270 30 261 36 260 5553 4639 34 272 24*253 34 252 4639 3833 25*263 22*256 30 251 3833 3116 21*251 20 260 22 255 3116 2484 21 250 19 264 17 266 2484 1956 21 250 18 265 16 281 1956 1552 20 249 17 266 14 290 1552 1273 19 249 16 267 12 293 1273 1104 17 248 14 268 10*293 1104 1008 13 248 11 267 5*294 1008 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