DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.6 - - 44.8 - - 41.8 - - 38.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 107 - - 150 - - 74 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3934 - - 3249 - - 2569 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3147 - - 2834 - - 1873 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4938 - - 4253 - - 3573 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1942 - - 4012 - - 4923 - - 5608 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 318 - - 330 - - 244 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 22 - - 25 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 296 - - 294 - - 295 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -2 - - -10 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1578 - - 1305 - - 777 - - -990 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3360 - - 2948 - - 2796 - - 1995 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -73 - - 543 - - -144 - - -1507 ODpotential blCL - - - 5011 - - 3710 - - 3717 - - 2512 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 90 - - 93 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 130 - - 100 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.6 - - 44.8 - - 41.8 - - 38.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.6 - - 35.6 - - 33.4 - - 33.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.1 - - 44.2 - - 41.6 - - 39.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.3 - - 34.4 - - 32.0 - - 32.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 107 - - 150 - - 74 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3934 - - 3249 - - 2569 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 62 - - 71 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96387 20 256 22 226 32 240 36 261 96387 89096 17 248 19 249 20 253 26 256 89096 83545 10 252 16 262 16 277 9 252 83545 78936 9 186 10 216 15 254 13 258 78936 74950 10 220 10 244 18 244 18 261 74950 71412 12 245 13 234 18 242 22 257 71412 68194 17 279 13 257 17 255 27 257 68194 65222 24 254 23 259 22 263 21 257 65222 62456 23 258 26 270 30 276 30 284 62456 59765 29 265 33 272 37 263 39 272 59765 56937 36 274 35 270 41 266 43 269 56937 53979 49 273 49 275 52 276 48 270 53979 51139 57 269 60 271 60 276 56 276 51139 48581 59 269 64 261 64 271 64 276 48581 46297 62 268 61 260 65 267 69 275 46297 44242 61 269 64 262 66 263 72 272 44242 42374 67 277 62 267 62 265 71 269 42374 40655 76 279 70 277 68 275 73 274 40655 39074 83 279 85 280 82 277 82 271 39074 37617 95 278 101 275 96 273 86 266 37617 36254 106 272 107 270 101 271 82 268 36254 34936 106 267 103 271 101 275 85 280 34936 33604 95 272 107 278 106 281 97 289 33604 32232 90 280 113 280 112 284 109 292 32232 30822 97 283 112 280 115 283 112 292 30822 29356 97 279 107 281 113 283 110 291 29356 27819 96 276 103 282 109 284 105 291 27819 26211 95 277 99 281 105 286 97 291 26211 24530 93 280 98 279 100 285 90 289 24530 22779 92 282 95 279 96 284 85 285 22779 20955 88 284 90 283 93 287 82 285 20955 19050 81 286 84 285 89 288 80 284 19050 17061 77 289 79 289 82 288 80 284 17061 15031 66 293 72 294 75 290 80 287 15031 13080 50 293 58 296 64 293 70 292 13080 11319 40 291 45 296 50 293 55 294 11319 9769 37 294 36 295 39 294 41 289 9769 8408 34 299 27 294 29 292 35 282 8408 7206 30 301 23 292 26 290 33 286 7206 6138 27 296 22 291 27 291 34 294 6138 5190 27*295 22 292 27 293 33 302 5190 4354 24*297 23*293 27 294 32 306 4354 3616 22 297 23*293 27*295 31 307 3616 2956 20 297 23 294 27*295 29 306 2956 2371 19 296 23 294 27 295 25 305 2371 1883 18 296 23 294 26 295 22 303 1883 1509 18 295 22 294 25 295 19 302 1509 1251 17 295 21 294 23 295 17 301 1251 1094 15 295 19 293 21 294 14*300 1094 1005 12 295 15 293 15 295 10*300 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