DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/24 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 65.0 - - 58.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 45 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1699 - - 2773 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2703 - - 3777 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1063 - - 809 - - 2790 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 186 - - 220 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 097 - - 098 - - 106 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 625 - - 464 - - -608 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2078 - - 3313 - - 1615 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 289 - - -5938 - - -1987 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2414 - - 9715 - - 2994 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 85 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 65.0 - - 58.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.5 - - 54.2 - - 54.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.7 - - 64.9 - - 60.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 53.1 - - 54.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 45 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1699 - - 2773 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 39 - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 98542 14 168 16 199 7 235 98542 91152 4 150 3 144 4 132 91152 85460 2 148 8 091 6 079 85460 80731 5 174 4 105 3 357 80731 76661 5 146 1 017 0 157 76661 73067 8 111 3 302 3 033 73067 69824 9 083 2 244 4 343 69824 66856 6 026 0 033 3 318 66856 64101 6 318 3 338 6 327 64101 61429 6 279 2 319 6 339 61429 58647 8 282 6 305 11 324 58647 55776 9 297 13 300 12 312 55776 53046 14 326 14 319 20 322 53046 50594 22 323 23 311 24 312 50594 48396 26 318 25 324 23 332 48396 46390 32 336 33 330 41 321 46390 44547 42 336 43 320 44 315 44547 42855 50 330 46 316 37 318 42855 41288 58 333 42 334 34 350 41288 39811 70 340 65 344 50 341 39811 38415 86 339 82 335 72 331 38415 37067 91 338 84 333 79 328 37067 35693 83 339 79 334 76 322 35693 34259 73 339 71 336 73 322 34259 32770 67 339 63 336 61 329 32770 31215 62 342 54 340 43 332 31215 29581 57 345 49 345 41 007 29581 27866 50 348 47 353 38 012 27866 26072 39 351 41 357 35 358 26072 24199 28 360 33 002 34 359 24199 22253 22 006 24 012 24 010 22253 20232 15 009 18 020 16 023 20232 18133 11 036 13 026 12 033 18133 15991 12 066 9 030 10 026 15991 13923 11 071 9 048 8 014 13923 12045 9 076 7 055 8 028 12045 10383 10 094 6 089 8 027 10383 8912 12 092 9 089 6 063 8912 7606 12 097 8 094 11 083 7606 6450 12 119 12 118 10 100 6450 5432 13 133 15 122 13 121 5432 4541 16 122 16*110 16 109 4541 3760 18 107 15*099 17 097 3760 3063 18*099 15 098 16 094 3063 2447 15*096 14 098 13 097 2447 1932 13 096 14 099 12 102 1932 1537 12 097 13 098 10 106 1537 1266 11 097 12 098 9 108 1266 1101 10 098 11 099 7*108 1101 1007 8 098 9 099 3*106 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