DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 73.0 - - 62.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - -1 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1252 - - 1668 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 991 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2256 - - 2672 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 746 - - 1484 - - 188 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 204 - - 101 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 146 - - 146 - - 125 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3168 - - -3061 - - -1893 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5425 - - 5733 - - 2901 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7112 - - -6767 - - -7056 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9368 - - 9439 - - 8063 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 86 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 73.0 - - 62.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.4 - - 51.7 - - 53.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.9 - - 73.4 - - 65.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.2 - - 50.7 - - 53.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - -1 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1252 - - 1668 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 44 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 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] 97667 34 262 36 267 34 275 97667 90448 24 269 26 272 22 284 90448 84856 18 252 19 269 17 280 84856 80202 14 241 15 271 12 281 80202 76167 13 246 19 265 13 294 76167 72592 12 248 23 251 19 292 72592 69365 14 263 19 246 20 274 69365 66412 22 269 18 262 19 261 66412 63679 29 263 26 272 24 277 63679 61042 35 258 36 267 34 276 61042 58313 38 256 41 259 37 260 58313 55501 38 252 40 251 37 247 55501 52822 36 245 39 240 41 238 52822 50409 35 242 41 230 41 231 50409 48237 37 241 42 229 40 229 48237 46251 36 243 41 230 41 226 46251 44416 34 244 36 229 44 220 44416 42714 35 242 30 225 49 217 42714 41127 45 232 25 237 45 216 41127 39636 60 215 31 232 37 215 39636 38229 42 220 33 203 33 207 38229 36874 37 229 37 190 24 178 36874 35503 41 224 32 186 20 159 35503 34076 44 219 15 217 20 168 34076 32597 48 214 18 240 21 177 32597 31052 49 212 23 229 19 190 31052 29428 37 209 28 221 16 204 29428 27726 14 189 27 204 20 209 27726 25943 15 146 23 184 26 205 25943 24081 16 140 14 125 30 211 24081 22147 11 132 12 101 27 193 22147 20140 9 102 11 108 19 152 20140 18061 8 091 11 102 21 109 18061 15943 8 080 12 094 17 110 15943 13905 7 088 10 098 14 088 13905 12056 3 146 5 119 10 077 12056 10414 9 157 12 155 11 119 10414 8953 12 153 19 151 18 135 8953 7654 13 154 22 146 21 138 7654 6503 17 148 22 144 22 147 6503 5484 18 152 22 146 24 157 5484 4588 21 159 24 156 24 161 4588 3797 27 161 25 159 22 156 3797 3091 27 158 23*156 23 150 3091 2466 25*155 19*148 23 147 2466 1945 18*148 18 146 22 142 1945 1544 17 147 16 145 20 137 1544 1269 16 146 14 144 17 131 1269 1102 14 145 13 144 14*128 1102 1007 11 145 9 142 6*125 1007 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