DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/19 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.4 - - 74.2 - - 72.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1016 - - 1425 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2020 - - 2429 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 592 - - 1150 - - 1911 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 154 - - 111 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 159 - - 225 - - 155 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -58 - - 780 - - -13 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2078 - - 1649 - - 1021 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5635 - - 151 - - -1277 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7655 - - 2278 - - 2285 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 360 - - 780 - - 1180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.4 - - 74.2 - - 72.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.6 - - 69.9 - - 70.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 74.3 - - 74.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.1 - - 69.4 - - 70.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1016 - - 1425 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 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] 98331 12 087 14 052 11 044 98331 90977 6 081 9 358 12 026 90977 85292 8 344 9 300 13 349 85292 80563 13 331 10 273 15 312 80563 76485 14 317 10 294 18 303 76485 72899 14 304 14 314 20 319 72899 69660 13 299 16 314 17 317 69660 66690 13 307 16 316 13 317 66690 63940 13 322 16 311 15 315 63940 61278 11 298 12 302 11 280 61278 58521 9 290 12 277 12 273 58521 55676 20 282 18 271 18 278 55676 52977 23 281 23 269 25 270 52977 50570 29 287 27 261 29 254 50570 48428 30 268 27 261 21 250 48428 46485 32 241 28 272 27 275 46485 44691 30 244 35 274 37 265 44691 43022 33 255 40 259 40 243 43022 41462 32 263 42 239 38 230 41462 39990 29 277 36 237 32 227 39990 38595 27 283 22 238 25 224 38595 37239 27 278 14 246 22 221 37239 35857 23 278 14 259 22 246 35857 34419 19 278 16 259 20 262 34419 32927 22 260 17 257 24 245 32927 31364 23 247 19 260 30 240 31364 29718 20 249 21 268 26 244 29718 27993 17 270 23 274 20 250 27993 26196 14 263 21 271 25 259 26196 24323 15 262 22 266 24 261 24323 22375 22 262 22 267 23 260 22375 20354 27 264 21 270 26 286 20354 18253 31 265 22 279 33 297 18253 16119 39 273 33 287 34 285 16119 14074 37 267 46 274 41 267 14074 12221 31 268 38 273 37 266 12221 10568 26 275 35 283 34 268 10568 9092 20 267 33 288 31 269 9092 7776 20 256 31 297 27 267 7776 6606 21 252 26 298 19 267 6606 5570 19 257 23 292 15 275 5570 4657 12 270 18 286 14 265 4657 3851 11 256 12 270 15 232 3851 3130 15 228 10 241 13 218 3130 2494 13*212 8*232 9 219 2494 1964 7*165 7*227 7 215 1964 1556 7 160 6 225 6 207 1556 1275 6 157 5 223 5 197 1275 1105 6 155 4 223 4*184 1105 1008 5 152 4 223 3*155 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