DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/24 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 39.7 - - 50.5 - - 51.4 - - 44.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 127 - - 0 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 210 - - 1126 - - 1478 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1214 - - 2130 - - 2482 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 274 - - 710 - - 710 - - 901 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 69 - - 212 - - 41 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 13 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 161 - - 190 - - 191 - - 159 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2288 - - -3796 - - -2522 - - -1937 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3502 - - 5926 - - 5005 - - 2942 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -14467 - - -12537 - - -9124 - - -8758 ODpotential blCL - - - 15681 - - 14667 - - 11606 - - 9763 blCL maxRH - - - 64 - - 85 - - 93 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.7 - - 50.5 - - 51.4 - - 44.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.4 - - 28.5 - - 33.3 - - 35.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.8 - - 49.9 - - 51.7 - - 45.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.2 - - 28.2 - - 33.2 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 127 - - 0 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 210 - - 1126 - - 1478 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 42 - - 71 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95876 12 290 16 285 12 325 15 276 95876 88996 3 053 11 322 20 325 14 345 88996 83648 9 038 10 357 14 312 14 348 83648 79148 11 012 7 359 4 307 10 306 79148 75223 6 328 8 311 4 358 9 285 75223 71720 8 330 12 300 8 322 11 293 71720 68517 13 300 18 281 17 293 16 291 68517 65553 18 310 20 271 25 284 20 290 65553 62808 28 298 27 273 29 282 27 279 62808 60158 36 286 35 274 37 277 31 276 60158 57388 42 277 42 274 44 273 38 265 57388 54501 44 276 43 275 46 266 43 259 54501 51739 47 281 48 274 46 267 49 263 51739 49252 51 271 54 269 57 266 56 263 49252 47019 50 268 60 263 65 262 61 259 47019 44994 61 273 61 259 74 251 69 247 44994 43160 61 268 63 255 73 249 68 245 43160 41490 65 274 70 263 73 256 68 251 41490 39948 79 277 77 268 80 258 83 248 39948 38515 99 269 83 265 91 258 95 240 38515 37171 96 265 93 257 107 255 98 240 37171 35868 94 262 95 255 106 252 98 239 35868 34539 100 262 97 255 97 252 97 239 34539 33155 98 264 99 255 89 251 94 240 33155 31722 91 265 107 258 85 248 86 243 31722 30226 85 265 95 260 84 243 77 246 30226 28654 79 269 81 256 78 242 71 244 28654 27001 68 274 74 253 68 254 72 241 27001 25263 62 272 65 262 59 264 77 239 25263 23446 51 270 56 271 47 259 80 242 23446 21564 50 268 48 275 36 234 58 261 21564 19611 50 264 34 263 30 227 37 248 19611 17572 37 270 31 247 31 229 38 238 17572 15496 33 271 25 251 30 229 36 231 15496 13512 30 272 23 259 28 241 34 223 13512 11720 26 271 24 261 24 244 25 226 11720 10127 21 266 22 255 24 241 19 234 10127 8712 13 259 20 242 24 240 18 245 8712 7452 8 252 18 228 22 237 19 254 7452 6330 7 238 18 221 21 231 17 250 6330 5337 10 218 20 216 20 221 16 240 5337 4463 13 209 23 213 20 213 18 229 4463 3692 16 201 24 206 23 206 20 222 3692 3003 17 193 23 198 21*197 20 215 3003 2398 18 180 21*195 18*192 19 199 2398 1899 18 170 14*191 17 191 18 179 1899 1517 17 167 13 190 16 191 17 170 1517 1255 14*164 13 190 14 190 15 165 1255 1096 10*162 12 189 12 190 12 164 1096 1005 8 161 9 189 9 189 6*159 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