DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 66.2 - - 61.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 23 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 914 - - 746 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1918 - - 1750 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1187 - - 1075 - - 206 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 195 - - 115 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 142 - - 104 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3475 - - -3359 - - -2688 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5393 - - 5109 - - 3695 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8590 - - -7801 - - -8547 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10508 - - 9551 - - 9554 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 90 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 66.2 - - 61.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.6 - - 47.6 - - 49.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 66.2 - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.3 - - 46.5 - - 48.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 23 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 914 - - 746 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 61 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 97472 57 245 50 240 45 249 97472 90273 46 242 44 242 39 247 90273 84681 32 245 39 241 36 254 84681 80016 22 237 30 235 27 258 80016 75992 17 248 19 275 14 227 75992 72408 15 238 22 282 8 280 72408 69153 18 229 25 255 18 277 69153 66180 20 259 24 247 27 278 66180 63441 27 265 32 262 34 269 63441 60797 31 269 32 253 32 254 60797 58014 36 271 35 272 32 272 58014 55117 54 278 52 279 53 280 55117 52391 75 269 74 273 73 273 52391 49971 82 261 85 262 81 263 49971 47805 85 255 88 254 83 257 47805 45833 86 250 89 247 85 249 45833 44023 85 246 87 242 87 242 44023 42347 81 247 82 241 88 239 42347 40782 79 251 74 243 85 238 40782 39308 77 255 69 250 75 239 39308 37917 72 261 69 259 63 249 37917 36575 77 262 69 264 58 261 36575 35216 75 257 69 266 51 268 35216 33811 68 257 69 268 48 270 33811 32360 61 262 70 258 46 272 32360 30844 58 269 63 256 41 277 30844 29247 53 268 53 265 38 278 29247 27570 50 271 50 269 37 275 27570 25814 51 271 49 272 37 275 25814 23984 49 265 48 274 37 277 23984 22080 48 270 47 281 34 278 22080 20098 47 291 44 287 30 283 20098 18030 39 295 42 293 31 288 18030 15923 34 290 35 306 32 296 15923 13893 31 277 26 296 30 300 13893 12045 34 280 22 276 30 295 12045 10401 30 285 26 272 31 284 10401 8939 24 276 29 271 26 289 8939 7638 20 253 27 277 23 298 7638 6486 20 249 21 271 19 262 6486 5469 18 247 18 252 18 247 5469 4575 13 244 11 241 15 233 4575 3787 7 236 9 213 12 211 3787 3081 6 211 12 192 13 171 3081 2459 9 188 11 178 15 157 2459 1939 8*181 9*165 15 145 1939 1541 7*176 7*144 14 128 1541 1267 7 174 7 142 13 116 1267 1101 6 173 6 141 11*109 1101 1007 5 174 5 141 5*104 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