DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.7 - - 74.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 11 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3447 - - 838 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2444 - - 991 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4451 - - 1842 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1680 - - 969 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 263 - - 103 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 280 - - 233 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -427 - - -253 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4878 - - 2095 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3041 - - -3128 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7492 - - 4970 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 220 - - 250 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.7 - - 74.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.6 - - 68.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.4 - - 74.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 67.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 11 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3447 - - 838 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 96 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - - 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] 99091 10 101 7 040 99091 91642 9 137 3 340 91642 85873 4 199 4 199 85873 81065 4 216 5 234 81065 76930 3 214 8 268 76930 73293 5 259 11 256 73293 70012 5 244 11 230 70012 67002 7 229 14 235 67002 64224 10 240 16 230 64224 61546 14 237 20 241 61546 58771 27 257 26 260 58771 55936 33 258 38 252 55936 53280 33 257 41 241 53280 50909 33 249 40 244 50909 48777 37 255 41 246 48777 46825 40 261 49 254 46825 45013 46 262 55 252 45013 43320 52 252 63 246 43320 41733 57 247 68 247 41733 40236 61 254 70 253 40236 38821 64 253 71 254 38821 37450 61 247 69 252 37450 36056 56 244 67 252 36056 34605 49 246 65 254 34605 33100 47 250 64 255 33100 31524 48 253 61 256 31524 29867 48 255 58 257 29867 28132 49 256 56 257 28132 26321 50 258 53 256 26321 24439 50 261 48 256 24439 22480 49 263 48 256 22480 20441 51 265 49 254 20441 18322 51 265 47 255 18322 16176 45 262 35 279 16176 14119 36 251 32 284 14119 12245 30 248 38 273 12245 10578 30 253 42 267 10578 9095 29 255 44 264 9095 7776 30 254 45 265 7776 6604 27 258 41 266 6604 5567 18 278 39 262 5567 4653 17*279 35 252 4653 3846 17*279 25 240 3846 3125 17 279 14 235 3125 2489 16 280 11 235 2489 1960 16 280 11*235 1960 1554 16 281 10*234 1554 1275 15 281 10 233 1275 1105 13 281 8 232 1105 1008 10 280 7 231 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