DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2413 - - 1078 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3417 - - 2082 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1251 - - 2468 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 70 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 071 - - 054 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 983 - - 0 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2434 - - 2082 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 494 - - -774 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2923 - - 2856 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.8 - - 55.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.9 - - 61.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 54.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2413 - - 1078 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 98224 3 201 9 225 98224 90860 11 171 11 236 90860 85148 4 229 12 247 85148 80379 7 289 6 305 80379 76279 7 290 4 304 76279 72677 6 261 7 285 72677 69439 5 252 9 265 69439 66477 5 292 8 267 66477 63737 10 313 4 285 63737 61084 18 309 17 315 61084 58327 23 284 24 279 58327 55482 19 263 22 254 55482 52765 23 284 23 268 52765 50311 36 278 30 266 50311 48105 42 257 37 248 48105 46097 47 237 44 242 46097 44249 47 232 52 238 44249 42538 49 226 60 232 42538 40955 54 239 62 229 40955 39483 68 232 63 231 39483 38104 66 230 62 231 38104 36767 56 233 63 231 36767 35403 52 232 59 227 35403 33983 51 226 50 222 33983 32511 51 217 52 220 32511 30968 48 215 52 226 30968 29346 38 228 46 243 29346 27654 31 252 34 256 27654 25884 25 254 30 254 25884 24034 25 253 28 255 24034 22105 26 254 25 252 22105 20100 18 262 19 263 20100 18012 14 266 18 272 18012 15882 11 253 13 270 15882 13831 9 245 12 279 13831 11970 2 134 3 253 11970 10318 5 129 2 219 10318 8856 6 108 3 056 8856 7561 8 076 8 052 7561 6416 12 071 12 066 6416 5409 17 077 17 081 5409 4526 24 079 24 077 4526 3749 23*077 25 073 3749 3056 22*076 22 061 3056 2442 19 070 21*057 2442 1930 18 069 19*056 1930 1536 17 069 17 055 1536 1265 16 069 15 054 1265 1101 14 069 13 054 1101 1007 11 069 9 053 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