DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/28 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 69.0 - - 64.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 144 - - 34 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2661 - - 3089 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2398 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3665 - - 4093 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1042 - - 965 - - 3902 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 212 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 353 - - 343 - - 319 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -238 - - -490 - - -1959 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3903 - - 4583 - - 2966 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7258 - - -7372 - - -8831 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10923 - - 11465 - - 9838 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 76 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 69.0 - - 64.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.7 - - 52.4 - - 54.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.4 - - 68.8 - - 67.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.4 - - 51.1 - - 53.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 144 - - 34 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2661 - - 3089 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 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] 97880 12 250 8 258 19 292 97880 90668 9 254 12 247 15 282 90668 85072 1 218 9 234 7 261 85072 80393 3 105 1 256 3 247 80393 76354 6 121 2 222 2 260 76354 72785 7 135 7 226 3 335 72785 69552 5 154 9 226 6 339 69552 66581 4 144 7 213 8 325 66581 63831 4 117 7 199 11 296 63831 61173 2 006 4 176 11 280 61173 58398 7 310 3 291 9 273 58398 55515 7 297 10 294 8 287 55515 52765 7 288 13 290 10 293 52765 50293 9 307 16 301 15 315 50293 48079 15 320 18 318 21 317 48079 46065 22 334 20 325 23 311 46065 44215 25 335 19 326 24 313 44215 42501 23 329 19 325 23 313 42501 40905 21 325 20 320 20 310 40905 39412 16 315 21 316 17 311 39412 38013 17 299 21 312 17 314 38013 36669 18 280 20 307 19 306 36669 35311 19 280 20 298 19 297 35311 33902 18 278 20 291 19 303 33902 32443 16 288 20 285 17 309 32443 30919 18 304 20 286 17 312 30919 29316 19 310 18 292 17 311 29316 27635 17 320 17 300 17 310 27635 25876 15 325 15 309 17 308 25876 24040 15 327 14 318 15 312 24040 22126 14 326 12 313 11 316 22126 20131 13 318 12 319 11 317 20131 18050 10 321 11 328 9 323 18050 15933 8 321 9 328 7 314 15933 13898 9 333 7 321 7 310 13898 12047 10 351 6 336 8 312 12047 10398 11 360 9 347 8 327 10398 8933 12 004 13 352 11 359 8933 7632 14 005 15 001 14 019 7632 6479 14 002 15 003 15 020 6479 5465 11 358 11 356 13 356 5465 4576 9 355 7*344 11 353 4576 3791 6*354 6*344 10 356 3791 3087 6*353 6 343 8 358 3087 2464 6 353 6 343 7 359 2464 1944 5 353 6 342 6 358 1944 1545 5 353 5 342 5 354 1545 1269 5 352 5 341 4 347 1269 1103 4 352 5 340 3*332 1103 1007 4 353 4 341 2*319 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