DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - - - - - 62.3 - - 62.3 - - 58.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - -8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2311 - - 2107 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2060 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3315 - - 3111 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 803 - - 996 - - 2892 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 276 - - 97 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 084 - - 061 - - 058 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -671 - - -823 - - -1356 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3986 - - 3935 - - 2362 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9360 - - -9613 - - -9190 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12675 - - 12724 - - 10196 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 99 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 62.3 - - 58.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 48.9 - - 52.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 63.1 - - 61.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.2 - - 47.6 - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - -8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2311 - - 2107 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 63 - - 96 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98576 10 186 9 216 14 267 98576 91192 5 156 8 262 5 235 91192 85445 6 265 8 241 4 344 85445 80687 5 211 3 233 3 348 80687 76615 5 155 3 260 2 020 76615 73028 6 122 3 256 3 347 73028 69788 8 060 1 193 4 003 69788 66811 6 010 2 281 6 330 66811 64047 3 337 5 321 8 307 64047 61371 7 342 10 325 10 309 61371 58592 10 291 10 285 13 304 58592 55722 14 284 14 267 20 289 55722 52992 19 296 18 276 20 276 52992 50531 25 298 22 294 19 283 50531 48324 34 298 35 304 29 298 48324 46318 44 291 46 291 33 297 46318 44476 42 289 40 297 39 302 44476 42777 31 284 39 299 50 298 42777 41198 38 306 43 298 52 291 41198 39715 46 306 46 298 46 297 39715 38315 53 299 45 296 45 306 38315 36960 53 295 45 293 46 305 36960 35580 55 290 46 292 48 301 35580 34143 57 286 45 291 51 302 34143 32652 58 291 48 292 51 303 32652 31094 58 298 49 293 49 301 31094 29456 52 297 48 294 48 301 29456 27739 40 295 44 296 42 302 27739 25949 29 291 35 299 33 307 25949 24090 23 283 24 295 23 304 24090 22162 23 291 21 293 19 314 22162 20150 20 301 23 309 18 313 20150 18051 9 223 20 295 17 302 18051 15921 9 182 14 190 8 234 15921 13878 13 171 13 178 10 158 13878 12016 14 158 9 179 10 141 12016 10359 10 146 8 163 8 148 10359 8892 7 100 6 127 5 124 8892 7593 7 077 6 079 6 054 7593 6443 8 086 7 041 9 036 6443 5426 7 095 6 034 9 047 5426 4535 7 095 8 059 11 054 4535 3755 8*084 9*061 11 054 3755 3060 8*083 9*061 10 056 3060 2445 7 083 8 061 10 060 2445 1931 7 084 8 061 9 065 1931 1537 7 085 8 061 7 068 1537 1265 6 085 7 060 6 069 1265 1101 6 086 6 060 4 066 1101 1006 5 086 4 060 3*058 1006 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