DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/09 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 - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.0 - - 52.8 - - 53.6 - - 45.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 28 - - 114 - - 8 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 287 - - 2176 - - 2127 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 1890 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1291 - - 3180 - - 3131 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2449 - - 633 - - 752 - - 136 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 83 - - 260 - - 118 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 356 - - 277 - - 262 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1102 - - -292 - - -362 - - -258 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2393 - - 3472 - - 3493 - - 1264 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2141 - - -9491 - - -8970 - - -9277 ODpotential blCL - - - 3432 - - 12671 - - 12101 - - 10283 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 85 - - 82 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.0 - - 52.8 - - 53.6 - - 45.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.3 - - 41.2 - - 42.0 - - 43.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.9 - - 52.2 - - 53.8 - - 48.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.5 - - 40.1 - - 41.3 - - 43.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 28 - - 114 - - 8 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 287 - - 2176 - - 2127 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 94 - - 41 - - 28 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 95997 60 257 73 256 70 253 62 252 95997 88922 32 275 45 255 51 258 43 272 88922 83495 30 277 30 266 31 257 31 269 83495 78994 25 273 19 271 25 252 29 274 78994 75085 13 293 19 274 21 261 24 280 75085 71595 13 306 19 271 23 268 21 294 71595 68432 18 283 16 278 23 258 20 288 68432 65529 20 275 18 298 14 258 17 267 65529 62825 21 276 28 288 22 289 26 273 62825 60192 22 283 34 272 31 278 32 269 60192 57442 29 296 30 275 34 272 33 279 57442 54585 35 299 39 288 42 280 49 283 54585 51845 47 290 48 281 52 282 53 273 51845 49378 51 280 51 282 54 283 55 278 49378 47184 46 286 55 284 56 283 59 278 47184 45211 52 295 58 289 54 286 58 290 45211 43412 50 305 63 291 63 296 67 290 43412 41755 60 306 65 292 72 293 69 289 41755 40218 55 302 63 292 67 292 71 289 40218 38782 49 304 59 292 69 297 73 292 38782 37430 53 314 56 294 73 299 79 294 37430 36120 59 319 57 297 72 298 82 296 36120 34786 66 316 60 298 70 294 78 295 34786 33401 65 309 63 296 72 289 77 290 33401 31965 59 304 62 294 74 289 77 286 31965 30464 60 306 60 294 70 292 72 286 30464 28885 64 306 57 295 66 294 68 286 28885 27228 65 303 57 297 63 294 63 288 27228 25491 63 300 58 300 59 293 60 288 25491 23677 58 296 57 300 55 291 57 286 23677 21791 59 295 54 299 50 290 54 286 21791 19829 60 298 49 298 46 291 50 284 19829 17782 55 304 44 300 41 291 48 280 17782 15692 52 307 40 303 38 285 42 278 15692 13680 47 306 38 303 36 283 39 281 13680 11851 42 306 35 303 34 285 36 285 11851 10227 39 309 32 306 31 291 29 286 10227 8784 36 315 30 311 28 294 26 283 8784 7501 32 323 27 313 24 297 24 278 7501 6363 28 325 24 311 20 296 22 273 6363 5358 25 323 20 307 17 290 21 269 5358 4478 20 306 18 298 16 279 19 265 4478 3705 15 299 15*288 13*269 19 260 3705 3019 13 301 10*278 12*265 19 247 3019 2415 10 307 10 277 11 263 16 237 2415 1911 7 325 9 277 11 262 14 233 1911 1525 5*353 9 277 10 262 11 232 1525 1259 4*356 8 276 9 261 9 228 1259 1097 2 355 8 276 9 260 7*219 1097 1006 2 357 7 276 7 260 4*213 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