DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.9 - - 67.3 - - 69.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - 6 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 601 - - 565 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1605 - - 1569 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 862 - - 1275 - - 2572 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 52 - - 78 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 170 - - 139 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -916 - - -1446 - - -1403 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2521 - - 3015 - - 2410 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4758 - - -7122 - - -4770 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6363 - - 8691 - - 5777 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.9 - - 67.3 - - 69.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.3 - - 57.4 - - 61.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.3 - - 67.5 - - 70.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.6 - - 56.6 - - 60.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - 6 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 601 - - 565 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 88 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 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] 97830 18 226 27 249 13 262 97830 90594 13 244 15 248 11 247 90594 85007 13 252 5 261 10 258 85007 80360 10 233 6 302 6 306 80360 76354 9 211 9 305 9 344 76354 72821 4 200 11 294 12 319 72821 69622 4 113 11 254 15 286 69622 66683 6 034 6 263 13 288 66683 63965 7 324 7 282 10 287 63965 61328 17 304 13 287 12 294 61328 58568 22 291 15 270 15 283 58568 55710 27 291 25 299 36 294 55710 53005 39 282 52 285 50 278 53005 50580 39 275 55 272 42 280 50580 48400 41 284 41 279 46 305 48400 46420 51 302 49 304 62 305 46420 44611 71 308 69 307 72 304 44611 42948 90 303 77 303 69 298 42948 41397 93 298 73 301 61 290 41397 39933 85 301 70 303 59 289 39933 38542 62 300 60 297 58 282 38542 37189 48 288 58 288 53 280 37189 35806 49 279 58 284 49 279 35806 34365 53 273 58 274 50 278 34365 32869 50 266 55 268 49 278 32869 31303 46 262 50 260 47 278 31303 29657 41 261 49 256 43 273 29657 27933 37 264 43 252 41 267 27933 26129 35 264 38 248 42 265 26129 24249 34 260 36 254 42 264 24249 22298 31 260 32 263 40 263 22298 20272 30 266 31 272 39 257 20272 18168 36 271 32 274 35 251 18168 16030 39 266 32 271 30 247 16030 13975 40 262 30 264 28 245 13975 12109 39 265 34 261 30 248 12109 10452 36 255 38 262 32 254 10452 8983 35 230 39 262 34 257 8983 7678 33 217 40 255 35 252 7678 6520 25 207 40 246 34 244 6520 5497 22 214 34 234 30 237 5497 4597 22 224 25 233 26 226 4597 3805 21 232 21 233 23 214 3805 3097 18 240 19 226 19 208 3097 2472 13 258 17 219 14 203 2472 1950 10*275 12*202 10 195 1950 1548 7*280 8*174 7 191 1548 1271 6 281 7 170 5 187 1271 1104 5 281 7 168 3 175 1104 1007 3 281 5 167 2*139 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