DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/09 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 25.8 - - 32.2 - - 33.2 - - 33.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 25 - - -10 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 509 - - 1394 - - 399 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 987 - - 988 - - 988 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1513 - - 2398 - - 1403 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 891 - - 803 - - 1619 - - 1485 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 69 - - 139 - - 31 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 28 - - 18 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 208 - - 231 - - 224 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 17 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -806 - - 606 - - 50 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2319 - - 1793 - - 1353 - - 1004 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8856 - - 117 - - -422 - - -1511 ODpotential blCL - - - 10369 - - 2281 - - 1825 - - 2515 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.8 - - 32.2 - - 33.2 - - 33.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.3 - - 27.9 - - 30.8 - - 32.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.1 - - 32.3 - - 34.0 - - 35.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.8 - - 27.4 - - 30.7 - - 32.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 25 - - -10 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 509 - - 1394 - - 399 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 76 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95207 40 256 47 246 62 258 58 259 95207 88196 33 265 55 260 57 262 57 269 88196 82732 36 269 45 263 44 258 51 274 82732 78150 37 277 33 265 38 274 48 276 78150 74176 40 281 39 268 42 277 47 283 74176 70653 44 279 48 272 45 285 49 286 70653 67455 52 279 51 281 49 282 44 275 67455 64498 53 279 48 280 47 279 44 280 64498 61738 54 284 50 282 46 289 46 285 61738 59051 58 285 56 287 57 294 51 290 59051 56233 63 284 61 288 63 288 57 294 56233 53302 67 284 62 283 63 281 70 289 53302 50519 67 283 62 277 62 281 74 283 50519 48032 64 283 60 277 67 284 66 285 48032 45806 63 285 60 282 70 286 69 289 45806 43791 65 286 63 285 73 292 73 290 43791 41948 68 288 68 289 81 289 84 288 41948 40257 75 292 75 291 80 283 90 281 40257 38697 79 291 75 287 73 283 84 279 38697 37246 75 288 68 285 70 286 80 281 37246 35897 71 287 62 290 70 292 80 282 35897 34611 69 294 62 301 70 299 81 278 34611 33318 72 303 74 311 71 301 85 274 33318 31977 81 308 85 310 70 293 90 274 31977 30589 89 310 80 308 71 288 84 275 30589 29139 91 311 73 306 70 286 75 278 29139 27617 84 308 70 299 60 284 71 277 27617 26021 76 301 72 292 58 283 65 274 26021 24349 73 295 68 286 68 280 61 275 24349 22603 73 288 60 281 75 271 54 276 22603 20787 75 286 58 281 67 263 53 277 20787 18901 68 289 57 283 57 258 52 275 18901 16951 57 283 55 284 58 257 56 271 16951 14977 56 278 50 283 58 261 62 265 14977 13074 53 274 49 276 51 263 62 260 13074 11339 51 272 50 273 47 264 55 260 11339 9798 46 266 48 270 46 264 51 259 9798 8429 43 261 50 267 45 264 46 256 8429 7214 44 260 51 268 42 265 40 254 7214 6136 46 253 50 268 37 266 36 254 6136 5183 47 246 49 263 35 266 36 260 5183 4342 43 243 48 253 37 257 38 260 4342 3601 46 242 44 246 40 246 41 250 3601 2941 48 231 39*239 37 235 41 238 2941 2360 41 221 33*233 33 228 36 234 2360 1875 34*214 31 232 29 226 31 231 1875 1504 28*210 28 231 26*225 24 227 1504 1249 25 208 25 230 22*224 19 225 1249 1093 22 207 21 229 19 224 16 224 1093 1004 16 207 16 229 14 223 10*223 1004 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