DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/22 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 58.1 - - 56.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 20 - - -12 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1489 - - 892 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2493 - - 1896 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 887 - - 1720 - - 2158 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 138 - - 65 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 052 - - 045 - - 041 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -33 - - -351 - - -1071 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2526 - - 2247 - - 2078 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3158 - - -2834 - - -4165 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5651 - - 4730 - - 5171 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 58.1 - - 56.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.3 - - 51.9 - - 51.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.7 - - 58.7 - - 57.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.6 - - 51.5 - - 50.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 20 - - -12 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1489 - - 892 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 8 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] 98358 7 177 7 241 5 080 98358 90998 3 185 1 143 2 012 90998 85302 6 224 6 297 4 188 85302 80542 5 223 12 234 10 291 80542 76461 3 251 11 213 12 300 76461 72884 2 302 3 262 6 282 72884 69652 2 355 5 291 2 282 69652 66676 2 309 8 289 8 348 66676 63918 3 260 9 281 14 323 63918 61258 5 304 11 285 16 294 61258 58485 12 293 15 281 17 274 58485 55594 17 275 20 274 18 275 55594 52822 21 265 22 265 23 275 52822 50320 23 258 20 259 23 269 50320 48074 21 256 20 257 21 265 48074 46032 19 258 18 253 21 267 46032 44157 21 264 17 253 22 260 44157 42422 25 257 22 247 23 256 42422 40804 32 243 26 238 23 253 40804 39289 36 234 30 237 23 248 39289 37867 37 230 32 231 25 243 37867 36504 35 230 32 225 31 231 36504 35134 36 237 31 230 36 222 35134 33723 40 235 34 227 36 214 33723 32271 37 234 32 227 36 215 32271 30761 35 243 32 238 33 213 30761 29179 35 241 31 241 27 216 29179 27518 33 240 27 243 21 222 27518 25775 29 241 25 242 15 223 25775 23952 23 241 19 242 13 222 23952 22055 18 242 16 246 10 227 22055 20076 12 248 11 256 7 254 20076 18005 2 262 6 227 4 244 18005 15887 2 244 3 240 2 245 15887 13841 1 299 2 297 5 083 13841 11979 4 287 3 008 11 095 11979 10325 2 076 7 117 11 086 10325 8860 10 093 14 120 9 086 8860 7563 15 082 16 096 15 081 7563 6417 16 077 16 081 18 090 6417 5406 19 086 24 084 27 089 5406 4518 21 085 27 076 30 085 4518 3736 24 076 27 064 32 075 3736 3041 24*060 25 047 33 063 3041 2430 21*055 23 045 29 055 2430 1921 18 052 21*045 24 050 1921 1531 17 051 19*045 20 047 1531 1262 15 051 16 045 15 044 1262 1100 13 051 13 045 13 043 1100 1006 10 051 9 044 8*041 1006 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