DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 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 - - - - - - 64.0 - - 65.3 - - 55.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - -3 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1828 - - 2352 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1641 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2832 - - 3356 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1565 - - 1242 - - 164 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 127 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 198 - - 190 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2406 - - -2132 - - -1674 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5238 - - 5488 - - 2680 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10151 - - -9752 - - -10302 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12983 - - 13108 - - 11308 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 52 - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.0 - - 65.3 - - 55.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.8 - - 45.0 - - 47.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 65.7 - - 58.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.5 - - 43.7 - - 47.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - -3 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1828 - - 2352 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 97905 31 241 37 253 27 257 97905 90531 23 256 34 254 26 268 90531 84838 15 258 23 257 25 267 84838 80111 13 276 12 261 17 267 80111 76046 14 290 12 287 12 286 76046 72471 12 294 15 285 11 301 72471 69246 17 296 17 293 14 309 69246 66284 15 296 18 286 17 294 66284 63531 18 305 15 290 17 280 63531 60860 24 307 19 296 19 285 60860 58081 27 298 24 292 23 287 58081 55211 28 292 26 289 22 287 55211 52477 27 290 24 288 20 287 52477 50013 27 291 22 290 21 291 50013 47800 27 294 21 292 22 295 47800 45788 28 299 21 292 22 296 45788 43941 29 302 22 293 22 293 43941 42229 31 301 26 295 24 292 42229 40635 35 294 31 293 29 295 40635 39151 37 289 35 287 31 292 39151 37763 37 285 36 283 33 299 37763 36430 36 284 37 282 38 303 36430 35084 35 283 36 282 36 299 35084 33689 36 281 34 286 31 298 33689 32243 37 278 32 293 29 304 32243 30729 36 276 31 297 28 308 30729 29135 35 274 31 296 28 307 29135 27462 35 274 30 293 28 305 27462 25708 36 274 29 291 25 295 25708 23879 36 275 27 291 28 291 23879 21979 34 275 26 292 29 291 21979 20003 31 277 30 285 27 294 20003 17941 27 287 31 280 27 296 17941 15839 26 289 28 284 26 292 15839 13813 25 291 23 285 24 290 13813 11968 21 284 20 285 20 287 11968 10325 13 263 18 273 18 278 10325 8865 7 236 14 243 16 267 8865 7572 8 212 14 213 15 247 7572 6427 6 201 14 208 18 231 6427 5418 3 162 16 203 22 224 5418 4535 3 194 17 200 23 221 4535 3757 8 215 16*196 23 214 3757 3061 10*203 14*193 22 203 3061 2444 9*200 14 191 21 192 2444 1930 9 199 13 190 21 181 1930 1536 9 198 12 189 19 173 1536 1264 8 197 11 189 17 167 1264 1100 8 197 10 188 14*165 1100 1006 7 197 8 187 6*160 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