DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/07 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 - - - - - - 74.3 - - 75.3 - - 69.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 93 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3953 - - 4034 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3460 - - 3117 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4957 - - 5038 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 904 - - 860 - - 3602 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 379 - - 306 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 092 - - 084 - - 085 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 67 - - -120 - - -2672 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4890 - - 5159 - - 3679 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6383 - - -5785 - - -10128 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11340 - - 10823 - - 11135 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 78 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 75.3 - - 69.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 56.3 - - 56.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.8 - - 70.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.3 - - 55.3 - - 55.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 93 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3953 - - 4034 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 99052 16 116 15 149 13 130 99052 91600 12 155 10 165 9 125 91600 85833 11 202 6 193 6 180 85833 81034 11 189 6 243 6 254 81034 76908 7 184 5 194 4 227 76908 73282 4 126 5 154 4 161 73282 70020 4 059 5 110 3 091 70020 67030 3 023 3 067 5 008 67030 64253 1 094 1 197 5 333 64253 61567 1 190 6 277 7 314 61567 58793 4 349 6 281 9 291 58793 55935 16 355 7 351 11 299 55935 53194 35 329 33 333 30 343 53194 50733 48 310 52 326 55 324 50733 48559 50 328 57 328 47 326 48559 46597 56 327 62 334 54 341 46597 44805 43 316 57 331 64 341 44805 43153 40 322 54 325 69 335 43153 41605 35 345 43 323 68 333 41605 40138 38 349 40 334 58 334 40138 38748 41 345 41 342 45 339 38748 37397 41 344 42 343 42 342 37397 36018 42 341 41 340 43 352 36018 34579 41 340 41 339 38 353 34579 33085 37 331 40 338 33 351 33085 31519 29 312 41 336 28 356 31519 29869 31 307 43 337 27 337 29869 28135 30 313 35 323 31 327 28135 26320 26 328 25 312 32 316 26320 24431 25 346 23 311 30 313 24431 22469 22 337 21 315 21 313 22469 20425 18 338 14 324 18 307 20425 18297 11 344 9 337 15 302 18297 16136 5 341 4 303 10 282 16136 14062 2 356 2 268 5 260 14062 12180 4 057 2 084 3 220 12180 10509 7 071 5 082 4 184 10509 9022 12 076 10 097 6 151 9022 7701 13 082 12 097 8 124 7701 6533 11 094 11 102 10 122 6533 5507 11*094 9*087 12 126 5507 4608 11*093 9*085 13 119 4608 3816 11 093 9 085 14 108 3816 3105 11 093 10 084 14 103 3105 2477 11 092 9 083 14 100 2477 1952 11 092 9 084 14 097 1952 1549 10 091 9 084 13 095 1549 1272 10 091 9 083 11 093 1272 1104 9 090 8 084 8 090 1104 1007 8 090 7 083 4*085 1007 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