DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/15 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 - - - - - - 58.6 - - 58.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 825 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2125 - - 1829 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 585 - - 639 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 164 - - 91 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 125 - - 116 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 507 - - 523 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1618 - - 1306 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 285 - - 126 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1840 - - 1703 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.6 - - 58.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.0 - - 56.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.5 - - 59.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.5 - - 56.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1121 - - 825 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - - 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] 97392 23 268 26 278 97392 90205 11 272 14 245 90205 84649 10 273 11 252 84649 80020 8 253 7 265 80020 76030 9 232 13 268 76030 72510 9 223 14 258 72510 69337 9 249 16 240 69337 66427 13 264 14 227 66427 63721 21 277 16 277 63721 61107 33 257 30 264 61107 58397 35 241 35 251 58397 55595 37 242 42 251 55595 52936 53 249 61 251 52936 50561 64 252 68 248 50561 48426 68 255 71 250 48426 46471 70 254 76 247 46471 44663 78 249 81 248 44663 42981 81 247 88 251 42981 41404 81 248 89 252 41404 39914 81 249 87 251 39914 38505 80 250 86 249 38505 37140 78 253 83 247 37140 35750 76 256 77 245 35750 34305 75 256 72 248 34305 32808 75 252 73 248 32808 31244 74 251 69 243 31244 29605 69 250 64 244 29605 27887 61 258 63 245 27887 26086 50 264 64 248 26086 24208 47 263 59 251 24208 22264 51 259 41 248 22264 20246 55 244 48 244 20246 18145 51 245 54 248 18145 16005 44 253 53 249 16005 13946 31 247 50 250 13946 12078 28 234 47 249 12078 10420 27 232 34 239 10420 8947 22 235 34 231 8947 7639 18 231 29 224 7639 6478 15 214 24 219 6478 5452 16 206 22 215 5452 4552 17 205 20 205 4552 3760 17 202 19 195 3760 3054 16 162 18 177 3054 2435 15*132 16 145 2435 1924 14*126 14*119 1924 1532 14 125 13*117 1532 1264 13 124 12 116 1264 1100 12 124 10 116 1100 1007 9 123 8 116 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