DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.5 - - 39.3 - - 36.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 115 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3124 - - 3089 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2525 - - 2562 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4128 - - 4093 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1272 - - 1313 - - 3399 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 296 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 22 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 293 - - 297 - - 294 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1837 - - 1582 - - -1037 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2291 - - 2511 - - 2042 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1198 - - 798 - - -1711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2930 - - 3295 - - 2716 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.5 - - 39.3 - - 36.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.2 - - 32.1 - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.2 - - 38.9 - - 37.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.0 - - 30.9 - - 30.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 115 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3124 - - 3089 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 98 - - 40 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] 96662 24 273 24 264 27 278 96662 89368 10 279 12 253 18 271 89368 83843 5 250 7 271 10 263 83843 79267 6 308 8 255 11 270 79267 75322 10 291 10 273 8 286 75322 71818 13 287 13 277 7 282 71818 68619 19 275 20 262 18 264 68619 65656 21 255 26 250 27 248 65656 62877 17 265 24 246 24 257 62877 60171 21 263 28 252 30 253 60171 57354 21 252 29 238 31 262 57354 54437 33 264 38 267 41 262 54437 51643 43 261 40 253 43 246 51643 49092 44 250 37 252 37 244 49092 46772 41 256 45 258 47 267 46772 44655 50 263 51 261 64 267 44655 42722 56 257 62 263 70 259 42722 40945 63 248 68 258 68 260 40945 39301 69 246 65 252 67 263 39301 37774 71 246 59 262 72 269 37774 36353 72 245 69 265 80 271 36353 34996 70 245 72 260 85 268 34996 33628 71 249 71 257 83 268 33628 32222 76 252 66 261 80 272 32222 30782 83 253 65 267 76 275 30782 29298 85 252 63 269 71 280 29298 27761 83 250 60 272 66 281 27761 26165 77 248 53 279 61 281 26165 24499 71 249 50 285 57 282 24499 22761 70 249 50 287 55 284 22761 20956 69 248 50 284 50 284 20956 19079 61 251 49 283 46 287 19079 17121 57 256 46 284 43 290 17121 15118 53 262 43 286 39 294 15118 13183 46 269 41 290 36 300 13183 11419 44 277 40 293 36 306 11419 9851 43 287 37 297 37 307 9851 8460 41 294 35 301 37 307 8460 7228 39 299 34 308 35 306 7228 6140 34 298 32 312 33 306 6140 5182 28 292 24 301 33 298 5182 4343 29*292 23*299 32 296 4343 3607 29*292 23*298 26 296 3607 2949 28 293 23 297 21 297 2949 2366 28 293 23 297 19 297 2366 1880 27 293 22 296 17 297 1880 1507 26 293 22 296 15 297 1507 1250 24 294 20 296 13 296 1250 1094 21 293 18 296 11*296 1094 1005 16 293 14 295 7*294 1005 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