DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.5 - - 46.5 - - 46.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - 21 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1 - - 493 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1005 - - 1497 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 346 - - 247 - - 497 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 91 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 100 - - 094 - - 187 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 449 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1005 - - 1048 - - 1006 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6847 - - 215 - - -6314 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7852 - - 1282 - - 7320 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 280 - - 350 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.5 - - 46.5 - - 46.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.3 - - 45.4 - - 45.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.8 - - 46.5 - - 47.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.6 - - 45.0 - - 46.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - 21 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1 - - 493 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 96042 22 263 35 252 34 258 96042 88915 29 253 29 262 26 271 88915 83456 24 265 27 270 28 262 83456 78932 24 276 25 273 17 269 78932 75036 28 267 29 265 33 290 75036 71603 31 256 38 272 42 272 71603 68487 37 285 44 267 43 277 68487 65596 44 278 48 273 50 278 65596 62899 57 280 59 279 52 277 62899 60273 66 275 60 283 56 278 60273 57524 65 276 63 283 61 279 57524 54667 67 282 69 279 68 279 54667 51936 73 279 74 272 69 273 51936 49467 65 272 71 269 64 271 49467 47238 59 269 66 266 60 272 47238 45202 58 268 62 265 60 274 45202 43330 56 267 59 266 61 273 43330 41605 56 265 55 265 61 271 41605 40013 69 262 60 268 63 269 40013 38536 81 252 71 268 67 270 38536 37160 83 239 77 265 72 271 37160 35842 78 233 76 260 71 275 35842 34516 79 233 69 258 70 280 34516 33145 83 233 65 263 70 282 33145 31726 86 232 72 268 67 285 31726 30242 86 229 81 266 65 287 30242 28680 84 226 81 262 63 290 28680 27039 81 224 69 259 60 294 27039 25317 76 224 55 257 56 297 25317 23515 68 224 50 253 51 308 23515 21639 64 222 51 252 44 310 21639 19692 57 231 48 261 35 298 19692 17671 38 249 37 267 25 277 17671 15614 20 251 29 267 19 273 15614 13631 22 230 29 270 16 275 13631 11822 24 238 29 267 16 268 11822 10212 24 248 27 261 20 266 10212 8781 24 248 25 254 20 265 8781 7507 23 247 26 247 24 261 7507 6375 21 240 23 248 29 257 6375 5374 22 231 18 250 25 262 5374 4494 23 228 16 248 20 266 4494 3720 23 228 14 245 18 257 3720 3027 21 226 8 239 15 251 3027 2416 20 218 3 224 12 249 2416 1908 15 201 4 108 12 241 1908 1521 9 156 6*094 9 228 1521 1257 7 124 6*094 5 203 1257 1097 5 106 5 095 4*195 1097 1006 4*100 5 094 2*187 1006 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