DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 72.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 265 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4482 - - 4470 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4002 - - 3707 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5486 - - 5474 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1093 - - 862 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 438 - - 363 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 301 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 172 - - -25 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5314 - - 5500 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4543 - - -5750 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10029 - - 11224 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 85 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 72.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.2 - - 51.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.7 - - 71.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.1 - - 50.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 265 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4482 - - 4470 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 38 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 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] 99373 15 093 16 108 99373 91895 13 111 13 102 91895 86103 16 115 13 076 86103 81313 19 108 11 095 81313 77197 16 104 12 120 77197 73546 18 118 9 115 73546 70225 17 114 9 138 70225 67161 8 097 11 113 67161 64304 3 114 3 057 64304 61532 2 118 1 168 61532 58655 12 327 9 317 58655 55684 21 329 20 327 55684 52864 33 319 36 317 52864 50349 36 326 39 317 50349 48108 45 333 46 331 48108 46084 60 329 60 330 46084 44233 68 317 65 317 44233 42531 67 307 64 304 42531 40954 67 326 59 315 40954 39487 84 333 70 325 39487 38113 84 326 72 319 38113 36779 81 318 70 314 36779 35416 81 323 67 309 35416 33995 73 319 65 307 33995 32520 65 317 59 308 32520 30976 62 310 56 304 30976 29350 63 304 57 302 29350 27646 60 308 55 304 27646 25868 51 316 49 311 25868 24020 45 327 38 315 24020 22100 38 328 30 319 22100 20101 35 323 28 317 20101 18017 36 320 32 318 18017 15893 37 319 33 321 15893 13847 33 319 30 323 13847 11993 28 320 25 323 11993 10352 23 318 21 321 10352 8898 20 319 19 321 8898 7610 19 324 17 319 7610 6470 16*307 16*307 6470 5463 15*294 14*300 5463 4576 14 294 14 300 4576 3792 14 293 14 300 3792 3088 14 293 13 301 3088 2465 14 294 13 302 2465 1945 14 293 13 302 1945 1546 13 293 12 303 1546 1270 13 294 12 303 1270 1103 12 294 11 303 1103 1007 10 293 9 303 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