DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.7 - - 86.6 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - 35 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 800 - - 2299 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 992 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1804 - - 3303 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 866 - - 1599 - - 2398 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 152 - - 197 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 16 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 215 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2488 - - -1853 - - -2186 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4292 - - 5156 - - 3195 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7588 - - -4324 - - -6519 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9392 - - 7627 - - 7527 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 89 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 1240 - - 1880 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.7 - - 86.6 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.3 - - 67.4 - - 70.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.4 - - 86.6 - - 83.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.7 - - 66.6 - - 70.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - 35 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 800 - - 2299 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 57 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 17 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] 99066 10 128 5 101 12 041 99066 91613 15 113 3 145 10 034 91613 85867 16 102 3 082 8 043 85867 81107 10 081 8 098 8 048 81107 77012 8 059 9 108 3 055 77012 73399 8 059 9 086 2 348 73399 70130 6 033 6 070 2 004 70130 67123 3 023 0 292 6 024 67123 64345 2 024 3 267 7 316 64345 61677 7 318 7 329 7 280 61677 58900 14 278 14 281 13 281 58900 56023 17 289 19 274 20 286 56023 53300 29 282 25 276 29 279 53300 50874 28 282 27 285 31 273 50874 48703 31 291 33 303 34 296 48703 46729 42 291 50 299 43 291 46729 44926 46 288 44 286 42 284 44926 43266 43 294 36 289 47 287 43266 41711 49 304 36 294 48 285 41711 40240 46 299 37 291 42 271 40240 38846 45 295 37 291 40 268 38846 37492 42 292 36 291 36 271 37492 36110 39 292 33 285 35 270 36110 34670 38 290 31 288 38 267 34670 33178 38 290 32 287 42 273 33178 31619 38 292 39 284 42 279 31619 29980 38 297 44 289 45 278 29980 28262 31 291 42 291 41 283 28262 26463 28 278 38 280 35 289 26463 24584 22 267 34 270 40 292 24584 22631 27 275 31 279 38 293 22631 20605 31 293 30 286 32 290 20605 18504 35 291 33 293 29 288 18504 16361 37 284 35 292 28 299 16361 14288 30 279 32 297 26 300 14288 12394 24 268 27 290 26 299 12394 10706 19 257 22 275 30 297 10706 9204 15 245 22 269 28 289 9204 7870 18 245 22 264 25 272 7870 6686 21 246 23 250 23 259 6686 5638 22 248 25 243 25 251 5638 4714 19 250 25 240 27 243 4714 3898 16 248 23*235 28 232 3898 3168 15 244 19*218 28 222 3168 2521 17 234 17 215 26 219 2521 1981 16*223 17 214 24 216 1981 1566 12*214 16 214 21 212 1566 1281 10 213 14 213 16 209 1281 1108 9 211 13 213 13 208 1108 1008 7 211 10 212 8*207 1008 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