DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/08 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 - - - - - - 80.4 - - 82.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 58 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3934 - - 4521 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3392 - - 3129 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4938 - - 5525 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1049 - - 673 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 365 - - 281 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 191 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -275 - - -214 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5214 - - 5740 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5123 - - -4835 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10061 - - 10360 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 75 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.4 - - 82.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.1 - - 60.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.5 - - 81.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.0 - - 59.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 58 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3934 - - 4521 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - 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] 99113 7 105 7 124 99113 91669 10 140 4 151 91669 85903 12 157 3 186 85903 81096 7 155 4 239 81096 76950 3 085 3 179 76950 73313 6 044 6 151 73313 70051 3 014 4 139 70051 67068 4 251 1 335 67068 64311 2 222 6 263 64311 61645 1 321 7 242 61645 58870 10 305 10 270 58870 56012 21 327 17 312 56012 53330 39 316 30 314 53330 50956 42 320 33 322 50956 48828 37 329 41 323 48828 46885 44 331 47 318 46885 45091 50 322 50 308 45091 43417 49 316 50 303 43417 41847 40 313 42 304 41847 40367 33 317 33 306 40367 38966 26 319 34 296 38966 37602 19 315 31 288 37602 36208 16 297 24 279 36208 34752 18 294 20 276 34752 33239 20 304 17 275 33239 31654 23 294 18 283 31654 29988 25 290 17 293 29988 28246 25 294 21 290 28246 26428 25 296 27 289 26428 24535 22 289 24 290 24535 22569 20 277 24 288 22569 20525 20 277 26 292 20525 18399 20 289 25 300 18399 16234 11 289 21 304 16234 14150 12 286 16 292 14150 12256 14 296 16 284 12256 10576 11 291 14 294 10576 9086 10 286 11 280 9086 7767 10 286 11 267 7767 6599 10 258 10 237 6599 5569 11*234 11*203 5569 4663 10*215 11*194 4663 3859 10 210 11 191 3859 3139 9 197 10 191 3139 2501 8 194 10 190 2501 1969 8 191 10 189 1969 1559 8 189 10 188 1559 1277 7 188 9 188 1277 1106 7 187 8 189 1106 1008 6 186 7 188 1008 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