DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/04 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 92.0 - - 85.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 52 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3473 - - 5778 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3044 - - 3976 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4477 - - 6782 - - 1009 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3613 - - 2126 - - 5147 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 348 - - 301 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 256 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -671 - - 1114 - - -2379 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5149 - - 5668 - - 3388 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1980 - - -483 - - -4419 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6457 - - 7265 - - 5428 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 75 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2730 - - 3130 - - 3710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 92.0 - - 85.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 70.3 - - 73.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.0 - - 91.7 - - 87.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.6 - - 69.5 - - 72.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 52 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3473 - - 5778 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 0 - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99057 5 139 6 250 3 021 99057 91602 4 231 4 238 1 006 91602 85828 7 186 3 309 3 351 85828 81029 5 134 2 267 3 343 81029 76912 6 036 4 135 1 311 76912 73292 4 005 9 036 5 077 73292 70025 1 028 10 003 12 049 70025 67020 4 091 3 318 11 001 67020 64237 10 345 3 358 7 352 64237 61560 10 342 9 317 13 318 61560 58780 21 306 17 294 19 312 58780 55912 24 291 28 291 34 282 55912 53199 45 299 40 287 41 286 53199 50764 58 285 55 283 55 290 50764 48576 65 276 65 278 60 283 48576 46587 68 273 65 277 59 282 46587 44762 68 274 66 277 57 283 44762 43071 65 273 63 276 56 284 43071 41493 60 274 55 277 53 283 41493 40011 55 275 53 281 51 284 40011 38614 47 279 51 280 51 286 38614 37266 42 282 46 279 51 287 37266 35899 38 280 41 277 50 289 35899 34479 31 270 38 277 48 290 34479 33008 30 266 36 276 42 291 33008 31467 29 277 34 270 36 293 31467 29845 29 287 32 264 30 291 29845 28142 29 290 31 263 26 290 28142 26358 29 291 30 263 26 288 26358 24493 29 288 30 269 29 286 24493 22551 29 285 29 276 31 285 22551 20531 27 285 29 274 30 284 20531 18434 23 291 25 282 26 287 18434 16305 23 298 22 299 22 299 16305 14253 24 300 24 312 24 307 14253 12380 24 303 23 307 26 304 12380 10707 21 300 19 297 24 300 10707 9220 20 274 19 279 21 288 9220 7896 22 259 22*266 22 282 7896 6719 23 261 21*263 21 280 6719 5672 21 262 20 261 18 275 5672 4746 19*259 18 256 17 267 4746 3925 15*247 17 254 16 266 3925 3188 11 235 16 253 15 265 3188 2536 10 228 16 252 14 264 2536 1991 10 225 15 252 13 262 1991 1572 9 223 15 252 12 260 1572 1284 9 221 14 251 10 257 1284 1109 8 220 12 251 7*255 1109 1009 7 220 10 251 4*249 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