DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/06 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 - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 41.7 - - 44.6 - - 44.5 - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 38 - - 56 - - -6 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1988 - - 2817 - - 2634 - - 213 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 1602 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2992 - - 3821 - - 3638 - - 1217 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1700 - - 2424 - - 2490 - - 3649 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 178 - - 228 - - 92 - - 29 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 14 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 305 - - 319 - - 319 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 614 - - 1284 - - 1035 - - -695 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2378 - - 2538 - - 2603 - - 1912 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 39 - - 519 - - 135 - - -1302 ODpotential blCL - - - 2953 - - 3302 - - 3503 - - 2519 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 41.7 - - 44.6 - - 44.5 - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.0 - - 37.1 - - 36.8 - - 37.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 41.6 - - 44.4 - - 45.0 - - 43.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.0 - - 36.0 - - 35.8 - - 37.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 38 - - 56 - - -6 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1988 - - 2817 - - 2634 - - 213 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 96 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 95717 71 254 82 259 81 260 70 261 95717 88820 45 261 54 262 45 265 50 264 88820 83472 26 271 33 262 33 262 38 272 83472 79011 22 290 16 262 25 263 29 273 79011 75149 20 294 11 251 19 280 21 274 75149 71705 14 268 12 243 19 281 19 283 71705 68551 8 269 8 251 20 261 23 278 68551 65631 17 266 10 273 21 247 25 262 65631 62914 20 270 14 266 18 235 22 249 62914 60262 22 275 16 274 14 251 15 258 60262 57473 25 265 24 272 23 257 20 266 57473 54562 29 262 30 266 26 261 25 263 54562 51773 35 259 36 265 28 271 34 265 51773 49262 36 255 39 261 35 273 39 261 49262 47007 33 252 37 256 40 267 38 260 47007 44956 28 251 34 255 41 264 34 268 44956 43077 28 263 33 262 40 266 35 274 43077 41342 32 268 34 270 39 270 33 278 41342 39729 38 267 38 276 37 276 30 290 39729 38224 40 263 48 277 46 289 34 300 38224 36816 43 264 56 267 57 282 44 295 36816 35465 42 259 48 261 57 273 48 288 35465 34102 39 273 47 271 53 274 47 291 34102 32696 52 273 53 276 55 280 47 298 32696 31251 54 262 58 277 58 283 50 304 31251 29754 47 264 62 278 61 284 49 305 29754 28189 47 272 67 281 64 285 48 310 28189 26557 51 278 70 283 65 286 50 314 26557 24856 53 281 70 283 60 287 51 314 24856 23085 54 282 68 284 55 293 51 313 23085 21240 54 284 67 284 55 298 48 314 21240 19315 54 284 63 282 55 300 46 316 19315 17304 53 282 60 279 54 300 44 320 17304 15254 52 278 59 278 50 300 42 324 15254 13279 52 277 53 285 40 304 39 327 13279 11487 51 281 44 300 36 313 38 328 11487 9905 46 282 38 319 35 318 40 328 9905 8506 29 297 32 325 34 317 37 331 8506 7270 32 310 30 312 34 313 32 326 7270 6185 27 317 28 317 30 320 34 318 6185 5225 26 326 25 326 26 326 34 321 5225 4381 21 331 20*328 23 326 30 329 4381 3637 16*330 18*325 20*324 24 333 3637 2972 14*322 16 323 18*322 20 331 2972 2383 12 306 14 318 17 320 19 330 2383 1891 11 302 13 316 16 318 17 325 1891 1513 11 300 12 315 15 317 14 319 1513 1253 11 299 12 315 13 315 12*314 1253 1096 10 298 11 314 11 314 10*312 1096 1005 8 297 9 314 8 313 6 310 1005 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