DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/17 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 - - - 0653z - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 73.3 - - 76.4 - - 76.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 25 - - -6 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1008 - - 1584 - - 1545 - - 126 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 991 - - 992 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2012 - - 2588 - - 2549 - - 1130 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1046 - - 1705 - - 1769 - - 2464 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 158 - - 153 - - 78 - - 21 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 250 - - 264 - - 339 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 6 - - 5 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 4 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 740 - - 915 - - 908 - - -317 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1272 - - 1673 - - 1641 - - 1447 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 426 - - 279 - - 53 - - -1156 ODpotential blCL - - - 1586 - - 2309 - - 2496 - - 2286 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 400 - - 1190 - - 1390 - - 740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 73.3 - - 76.4 - - 76.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 70.8 - - 72.2 - - 72.4 - - 71.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.0 - - 76.4 - - 77.2 - - 75.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 70.4 - - 71.6 - - 72.0 - - 70.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 25 - - -6 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1008 - - 1584 - - 1545 - - 126 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 16 - - 17 - - 17 - - 17 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] 98936 16 084 19 086 10 038 24 051 98936 91563 15 091 14 092 10 042 18 039 91563 85871 14 070 11 082 6 085 15 015 85871 81150 15 032 4 081 9 049 7 009 81150 77080 6 043 2 019 6 002 6 011 77080 73453 3 118 8 335 5 288 7 328 73453 70149 2 046 5 297 6 299 7 285 70149 67115 7 356 5 298 7 273 11 280 67115 64311 12 288 11 317 12 278 13 260 64311 61617 17 264 16 287 20 296 16 301 61617 58842 18 261 19 255 28 277 25 295 58842 56003 24 264 21 260 26 248 31 278 56003 53328 28 264 25 283 26 270 29 274 53328 50941 32 261 32 277 34 284 34 286 50941 48803 33 257 37 268 41 281 39 283 48803 46854 39 269 40 270 45 273 42 274 46854 45055 47 269 46 276 46 277 41 271 45055 43383 48 267 45 272 41 273 34 272 43383 41819 41 267 36 257 37 263 32 269 41819 40347 29 265 37 271 35 253 34 257 40347 38951 34 291 38 283 39 271 35 258 38951 37593 37 293 32 275 41 282 31 265 37593 36204 35 285 32 263 40 282 28 272 36204 34758 39 283 35 262 36 271 27 277 34758 33259 45 284 35 270 32 262 29 278 33259 31689 46 288 34 272 31 260 29 274 31689 30036 41 287 34 269 30 263 31 273 30036 28299 37 281 34 270 28 272 33 280 28299 26481 35 279 33 274 27 272 31 281 26481 24584 35 276 34 279 28 272 33 281 24584 22617 32 275 37 280 29 277 32 283 22617 20576 31 275 34 280 33 279 30 282 20576 18451 31 276 33 278 33 279 30 281 18451 16287 34 281 37 276 33 279 30 281 16287 14205 35 284 40 279 33 282 30 284 14205 12312 30 280 40 279 36 280 35 279 12312 10631 27 274 38 278 34 275 36 272 10631 9136 25 271 37 277 33 274 34 271 9136 7805 25 276 37 276 34 279 32 270 7805 6623 25 283 34 277 27 278 25 268 6623 5579 22 290 29 275 19 272 17 262 5579 4662 15 294 21 272 14 261 10 257 4662 3854 12 287 16 267 12 259 8 262 3854 3132 10 277 14*261 12*260 6 290 3132 2495 9*276 13*258 11*261 7 327 2495 1964 8*270 10 250 10 263 8 340 1964 1556 6 265 10 248 9 264 8 341 1556 1276 4 263 9 247 8 266 7*340 1276 1105 4 262 8 246 7 266 6*340 1105 1008 3 262 7 246 5 265 4 339 1008 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