DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/08 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 - - - - - - 65.2 - - 65.0 - - 56.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 22 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4876 - - 4848 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3920 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5880 - - 5852 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1480 - - 1675 - - 254 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 357 - - 221 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 295 - - 295 - - 318 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -667 - - -1282 - - -3082 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6547 - - 7135 - - 4088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6060 - - -7759 - - -8323 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11940 - - 13611 - - 9329 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 58 - - 56 - - 41 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 65.0 - - 56.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 37.3 - - 42.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.6 - - 65.1 - - 59.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.7 - - 36.1 - - 40.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 22 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4876 - - 4848 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 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] 97484 53 243 55 243 56 246 97484 90253 41 241 42 245 44 249 90253 84633 32 236 33 248 34 260 84633 79950 24 245 26 249 26 253 79950 75911 14 245 21 244 27 242 75911 72342 8 280 16 254 22 270 72342 69112 20 280 18 249 22 268 69112 66128 23 280 19 278 22 263 66128 63342 31 277 31 285 20 279 63342 60628 34 267 42 278 35 290 60628 57819 34 274 44 269 47 280 57819 54930 44 285 46 274 53 277 54930 52174 60 287 59 281 66 277 52174 49689 71 280 68 275 73 269 49689 47453 75 275 72 270 73 265 47453 45412 76 273 73 271 75 268 45412 43547 77 273 79 273 82 267 43547 41844 78 273 80 271 79 263 41844 40278 79 273 73 268 68 265 40278 38817 81 272 65 272 62 278 38817 37444 85 269 67 279 71 283 37444 36123 90 267 71 279 81 281 36123 34785 88 267 74 275 82 278 34785 33396 84 269 74 271 79 275 33396 31957 80 269 74 270 73 275 31957 30453 77 270 72 272 67 279 30453 28871 75 271 67 276 66 285 28871 27210 71 275 64 280 67 286 27210 25471 64 278 64 283 69 286 25471 23659 63 283 62 284 67 287 23659 21776 64 285 59 287 63 291 21776 19814 65 289 59 291 62 295 19814 17764 62 292 60 296 60 298 17764 15669 57 294 59 298 57 300 15669 13652 56 297 55 297 55 300 13652 11825 54 299 53 297 50 299 11825 10209 47 298 47 295 45 296 10209 8779 39 297 39 293 38 291 8779 7511 32 300 29 293 32 287 7511 6388 23*300 20*293 28 285 6388 5395 18*296 18*294 24 287 5395 4518 18 296 18 295 20 294 4518 3745 18 295 17 296 16 301 3745 3052 17 295 17 296 13 308 3052 2439 17 295 16 296 12 315 2439 1928 16 294 16 296 13 320 1928 1535 15 294 15 296 13 322 1535 1264 15 294 14 296 11 322 1264 1100 14 294 13 295 9 321 1100 1006 11 294 10 295 5*318 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