DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/07 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 54.7 - - 54.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 135 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7172 - - 6536 - - 4546 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6213 - - 5156 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8176 - - 7540 - - 5550 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3632 - - 3240 - - 3391 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 552 - - 394 - - 92 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 18 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 287 - - 268 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1112 - - 901 - - 213 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7064 - - 6639 - - 5337 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 372 - - -69 - - -624 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7804 - - 7609 - - 6174 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 70 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 54.7 - - 54.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.6 - - 28.9 - - 34.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 54.2 - - 55.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.5 - - 28.1 - - 34.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 135 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7172 - - 6536 - - 4546 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97736 6 276 12 302 14 329 97736 90395 11 271 10 284 10 308 90395 84697 8 229 13 272 10 310 84697 79955 7 163 17 256 18 283 79955 75868 9 283 12 225 11 247 75868 72234 22 271 19 277 17 276 72234 68933 24 263 25 274 24 267 68933 65891 30 258 31 259 29 259 65891 63053 37 256 39 258 35 259 63053 60298 45 257 41 261 37 256 60298 57416 43 258 44 260 36 262 57416 54413 46 260 42 262 46 278 54413 51544 50 265 57 270 58 274 51544 48970 67 264 70 265 65 270 48970 46668 73 257 75 261 71 270 46668 44580 70 262 75 263 75 267 44580 42667 80 264 77 264 75 266 42667 40900 87 259 81 264 78 267 40900 39260 85 256 87 263 82 268 39260 37734 85 258 90 262 88 271 37734 36316 89 259 93 264 96 271 36316 34965 92 259 100 266 98 269 34965 33609 96 258 106 266 97 269 33609 32211 101 258 110 264 99 271 32211 30775 105 258 111 263 103 271 30775 29285 109 257 112 265 104 272 29285 27730 109 256 112 267 97 274 27730 26114 107 256 105 269 85 277 26114 24436 102 255 90 272 76 279 24436 22696 92 256 73 276 65 282 22696 20900 75 257 59 281 54 284 20900 19041 59 253 58 281 49 283 19041 17104 52 257 61 271 47 283 17104 15125 53 271 59 266 47 278 15125 13224 53 277 52 261 44 267 13224 11496 44 283 44 269 39 267 11496 9954 38 286 39 267 35 268 9954 8580 31*289 31*268 30 268 8580 7357 29*290 26*269 26 267 7357 6268 25 289 22 269 24*265 6268 5302 22 288 20 268 23*262 5302 4448 19 287 18 268 23 260 4448 3692 19 286 17 267 23 258 3692 3014 18 286 16 267 23 257 3014 2413 17 286 16 267 22 255 2413 1911 17 285 15 267 21 254 1911 1525 16 285 15 267 20 253 1525 1260 16 285 14 267 18 252 1260 1098 15 285 13 267 15 251 1098 1006 12 284 11 267 11 251 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