DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/09 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 79.8 - - 77.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 22 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2014 - - 2571 - - 629 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1706 - - 992 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3018 - - 3575 - - 1633 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2341 - - 2147 - - 2873 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 187 - - 55 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 227 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 12 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1008 - - 1436 - - 420 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2010 - - 2139 - - 1213 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 53 - - 535 - - -423 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2965 - - 3040 - - 2056 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1740 - - 2020 - - 2300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.9 - - 79.8 - - 77.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 73.2 - - 74.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.4 - - 79.8 - - 77.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.8 - - 72.3 - - 74.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 22 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2014 - - 2571 - - 629 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 94 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 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] 98945 25 088 21 081 15 078 98945 91492 15 097 17 090 14 079 91492 85759 16 094 15 088 13 076 85759 80993 16 079 15 076 14 079 80993 76880 14 075 12 069 19 062 76880 73260 16 073 9 066 17 034 73260 70013 14 062 9 040 12 028 70013 67040 12 048 12 042 12 034 67040 64286 9 051 12 031 10 030 64286 61624 12 058 8 014 11 024 61624 58871 14 017 11 019 14 008 58871 56038 18 341 13 348 16 334 56038 53343 20 332 14 340 11 306 53343 50911 32 320 31 330 19 341 50911 48725 45 296 42 303 34 304 48725 46739 39 288 39 299 38 292 46739 44907 28 300 41 299 41 295 44907 43202 30 286 38 280 43 292 43202 41606 39 270 40 249 31 278 41606 40109 16 268 30 241 27 249 40109 38701 9 294 20 237 29 241 38701 37336 9 291 21 241 27 244 37336 35945 17 262 22 257 24 243 35945 34498 25 264 21 264 26 244 34498 32999 23 263 25 268 29 249 32999 31433 21 251 23 270 27 256 31433 29788 25 249 25 274 33 271 29788 28064 28 256 30 265 36 268 28064 26264 30 269 32 257 30 258 26264 24388 29 270 29 257 27 253 24388 22441 27 274 29 268 24 253 22441 20418 24 270 21 281 18 262 20418 18320 21 267 17 269 15 285 18320 16190 24 263 21 269 19 273 16190 14133 23 260 25 272 21 265 14133 12258 24 262 28 269 19 268 12258 10589 22 258 26 259 17 264 10589 9106 23 255 23 250 16 257 9106 7789 20 249 24 246 18 239 7789 6621 19 246 24 246 20 234 6621 5585 18 244 21 247 21 238 5585 4673 18 243 19 244 20 241 4673 3866 18 242 17*241 20 243 3866 3144 17*238 15*237 19 244 3144 2504 14*226 12 228 18 243 2504 1971 12 214 11 224 16*243 1971 1560 12 211 10 223 14*242 1560 1278 11 209 10 222 13 241 1278 1107 11 208 9 221 11 241 1107 1008 9 207 7 221 8 240 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