DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 77.7 - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 56 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2970 - - 3716 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2554 - - 2476 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3974 - - 4720 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2844 - - 2471 - - 3301 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 305 - - 257 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 256 - - 261 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 25 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -404 - - 584 - - -2751 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4378 - - 4136 - - 3759 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2515 - - -209 - - -4640 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6489 - - 4929 - - 5648 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 98 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 300 - - 440 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 77.7 - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 62.9 - - 59.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.4 - - 77.5 - - 73.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.4 - - 62.2 - - 58.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 56 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2970 - - 3716 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 70 - - 92 - - 67 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 11 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] 98849 8 197 11 294 11 358 98849 91398 7 156 8 195 5 228 91398 85644 8 186 11 227 10 253 85644 80862 8 218 10 236 12 243 80862 76748 9 257 10 259 11 238 76748 73129 11 278 13 243 11 253 73129 69855 10 271 12 236 15 261 69855 66840 11 270 8 242 12 237 66840 64038 15 253 12 267 15 282 64038 61327 21 237 23 263 25 266 61327 58533 27 257 31 244 30 265 58533 55666 36 251 38 260 33 246 55666 52925 49 243 46 255 35 273 52925 50463 59 242 57 249 55 262 50463 48292 67 248 68 252 72 249 48292 46338 71 244 79 245 75 242 46338 44539 73 244 77 239 71 243 44539 42861 74 241 68 246 69 246 42861 41287 74 242 71 255 68 253 41287 39802 78 247 80 256 75 261 39802 38402 81 248 87 257 81 263 38402 37047 81 248 87 257 84 262 37047 35665 83 249 86 255 80 260 35665 34224 82 244 87 254 79 258 34224 32728 82 240 87 252 84 255 32728 31162 78 238 87 248 86 251 31162 29514 68 239 85 245 79 242 29514 27788 63 245 83 242 73 238 27788 25985 65 250 80 242 70 239 25985 24106 61 245 66 252 73 243 24106 22164 56 243 52 239 63 253 22164 20165 46 244 53 236 49 262 20165 18093 43 264 45 237 41 258 18093 15981 36 248 38 273 33 256 15981 13946 28 245 35 288 25 261 13946 12094 23 266 26 271 23 268 12094 10446 21 280 23 254 20 265 10446 8985 20 278 20 252 15 267 8985 7687 17 266 14 268 10 275 7687 6536 16 262 11 289 6 268 6536 5515 16 265 11*290 4 257 5515 4615 15*258 11*286 4 288 4615 3818 13*254 11 275 6 331 3818 3107 12 255 10 263 11 350 3107 2478 11 256 11 253 15 350 2478 1953 11 257 11 250 15 347 1953 1550 10 258 11 248 14 346 1550 1273 10 258 10 247 13 344 1273 1104 9 259 10 246 10*344 1104 1008 8 259 8 245 7*342 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