DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.7 - - 89.3 - - 84.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 76 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2218 - - 2429 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1930 - - 1850 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3222 - - 3433 - - 1009 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 910 - - 1298 - - 3321 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 263 - - 246 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 245 - - 244 - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1154 - - -1432 - - -1822 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4377 - - 4865 - - 2831 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4405 - - -4318 - - -5150 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7627 - - 7751 - - 6159 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 86 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2280 - - 2920 - - 4050 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.7 - - 89.3 - - 84.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 71.2 - - 75.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.1 - - 89.0 - - 86.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.0 - - 70.5 - - 74.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 76 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2218 - - 2429 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 44 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 19 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] 98995 10 108 2 009 11 074 98995 91582 3 077 4 049 8 062 91582 85858 6 078 5 081 7 057 85858 81094 7 089 4 008 10 027 81094 76974 9 079 1 334 11 352 76974 73342 7 053 3 076 6 327 73342 70070 4 023 1 131 5 299 70070 67062 7 313 6 269 11 345 67062 64275 8 282 10 258 17 295 64275 61599 11 319 6 209 16 263 61599 58825 22 296 16 308 12 274 58825 55965 27 279 25 286 20 278 55965 53264 31 295 30 282 33 280 53264 50840 36 289 32 279 36 276 50840 48669 43 288 44 299 43 298 48669 46709 50 279 53 291 49 294 46709 44914 52 280 52 285 46 291 44914 43250 52 279 49 274 46 281 43250 41692 49 281 46 273 44 271 41692 40219 50 279 42 272 42 264 40219 38823 46 272 41 269 41 267 38823 37466 47 278 41 264 40 268 37466 36084 47 287 39 268 40 268 36084 34645 42 287 39 273 39 271 34645 33152 43 284 40 276 37 272 33152 31590 45 280 41 278 36 271 31590 29949 45 278 42 276 38 274 29949 28235 45 272 45 275 40 278 28235 26445 46 275 45 276 42 277 26445 24578 45 283 42 280 41 279 24578 22635 41 284 35 287 37 279 22635 20615 36 278 32 288 30 278 20615 18513 36 286 31 285 25 283 18513 16371 35 282 31 285 25 283 16371 14305 32 277 29 278 26 284 14305 12421 31 276 27 282 23 284 12421 10741 27 280 27 296 19 290 10741 9243 22 281 22 293 15 290 9243 7908 18 286 20 279 15 276 7908 6721 15 289 18 276 18 265 6721 5670 13 284 17 269 18 260 5670 4742 12 266 18 252 21 260 4742 3922 13*250 17*246 20 255 3922 3186 12*245 15*244 19 253 3186 2535 12 245 14 244 17 252 2535 1990 12 245 14 244 16 252 1990 1572 11 244 13 244 14 251 1572 1284 11 244 12 244 11 250 1284 1109 10 245 11 243 9*249 1109 1009 8 244 9 244 5*248 1009 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