DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/29 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 - - - - - - 71.1 - - 71.5 - - 63.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 23 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2924 - - 2962 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2485 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3928 - - 3966 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 891 - - 904 - - 407 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 297 - - 192 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 211 - - 183 - - 170 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -643 - - -725 - - -1187 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4571 - - 4691 - - 2194 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6396 - - -6368 - - -7661 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10324 - - 10334 - - 8668 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 73 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.1 - - 71.5 - - 63.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 54.5 - - 56.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.4 - - 71.5 - - 65.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.3 - - 53.2 - - 56.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 23 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2924 - - 2962 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 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] 97860 13 243 24 245 22 268 97860 90615 8 250 11 253 15 274 90615 85003 7 266 8 275 7 282 85003 80348 9 265 10 271 4 317 80348 76339 8 246 8 259 2 030 76339 72798 5 231 5 288 3 012 72798 69587 3 183 3 271 7 291 69587 66634 2 333 1 262 6 269 66634 63895 9 312 9 319 8 325 63895 61239 8 269 11 306 11 312 61239 58479 12 293 21 297 22 299 58479 55629 17 286 22 274 22 287 55629 52910 24 306 20 291 28 302 52910 50463 31 304 32 296 31 295 50463 48266 36 302 34 305 30 295 48266 46268 39 310 36 312 40 300 46268 44440 44 309 44 312 39 299 44440 42753 44 306 46 309 40 320 42753 41188 37 314 46 313 64 317 41188 39729 39 322 48 326 69 312 39729 38351 43 327 56 329 58 312 38351 37014 45 333 58 331 51 318 37014 35648 45 335 51 336 40 325 35648 34225 42 331 37 333 28 324 34225 32748 38 328 29 323 24 309 32748 31198 30 329 28 308 20 299 31198 29566 30 322 30 304 20 294 29566 27854 27 323 26 299 22 293 27854 26063 15 330 18 293 22 282 26063 24198 8 322 10 286 21 272 24198 22259 6 287 8 267 17 258 22259 20240 6 254 11 251 16 245 20240 18136 7 223 13 242 16 246 18136 15993 8 215 13 254 14 258 15993 13936 8 226 11 254 11 259 13936 12070 7 225 10 243 11 246 12070 10416 5 230 8 236 11 241 10416 8949 5 241 7 234 9 231 8949 7647 4 237 7 230 8 220 7647 6493 3 206 8 218 7 216 6493 5474 4 209 7 213 8 217 5474 4580 5*217 7*195 10 207 4580 3793 6*215 7*188 10 194 3793 3089 6 213 7 186 10 186 3089 2465 6 211 7 184 11 183 2465 1945 6 210 7 182 11 180 1945 1544 6 208 7 181 11 177 1544 1269 5 208 6 180 10 175 1269 1102 5 207 6 180 8*173 1102 1007 5 207 5 180 4*170 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