DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 68.9 - - 63.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 133 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3655 - - 3570 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3345 - - 2977 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4659 - - 4574 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 764 - - 830 - - 2849 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 400 - - 323 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 083 - - 118 - - 133 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2238 - - -2455 - - -3722 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6898 - - 7030 - - 4729 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12527 - - -12998 - - -14770 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17186 - - 17572 - - 15777 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 65 - - 71 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 68.9 - - 63.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.1 - - 41.9 - - 46.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.1 - - 68.1 - - 65.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.8 - - 40.8 - - 46.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 133 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3655 - - 3570 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 98889 14 109 10 111 16 056 98889 91524 6 134 13 117 7 075 91524 85801 10 154 4 182 6 093 85801 81032 12 160 3 252 8 153 81032 76903 7 196 8 248 7 165 76903 73250 8 224 15 235 7 292 73250 69969 4 241 9 216 10 247 69969 66968 3 302 3 210 4 208 66968 64194 7 323 4 268 7 313 64194 61521 12 315 12 272 14 277 61521 58724 15 295 11 266 14 274 58724 55836 27 292 23 302 27 327 55836 53124 40 287 38 300 48 313 53124 50733 43 303 58 295 48 294 50733 48610 68 302 62 295 42 299 48610 46662 69 294 57 302 46 305 46662 44857 66 300 55 308 49 303 44857 43174 65 309 55 311 51 301 43174 41599 66 315 58 312 54 298 41599 40119 65 311 57 313 55 295 40119 38723 63 309 57 313 50 299 38723 37370 66 311 60 308 45 301 37370 35989 73 313 59 302 47 295 35989 34549 75 315 60 298 50 291 34549 33054 73 319 59 299 51 292 33054 31489 68 317 58 303 51 291 31489 29842 67 317 56 305 50 287 29842 28113 63 320 52 304 48 289 28113 26303 55 320 51 312 44 293 26303 24415 47 313 42 310 40 295 24415 22452 43 305 39 303 39 293 22452 20411 40 301 38 304 37 285 20411 18283 34 302 31 305 41 281 18283 16115 27 303 25 301 36 287 16115 14031 23 306 22 294 28 295 14031 12136 21 307 19 292 27 297 12136 10452 20 306 18 296 22 298 10452 8960 17 306 16 303 17 296 8960 7641 11 317 10 299 11 288 7641 6476 7 353 1 280 10 248 6476 5452 6*037 6*128 14 201 5452 4558 6*078 8*121 17 156 4558 3775 6 081 8 119 18 135 3775 3074 6 083 8 118 18 135 3074 2455 6 084 8 117 18 139 2455 1938 6 085 9 117 17 142 1938 1541 6 086 8 116 16 143 1541 1267 6 086 8 117 13 140 1267 1101 6 087 8 116 10*137 1101 1007 5 087 7 116 5*133 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