DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/15 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 - - - 68.0 - - 65.3 - - 68.2 - - 68.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 11 - - 47 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1305 - - 518 - - 827 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 991 - - 990 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2309 - - 1522 - - 1831 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1471 - - 1655 - - 1291 - - 2396 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 177 - - 77 - - 147 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 11 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 260 - - 245 - - 217 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 0 - - 9 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 919 - - 515 - - 598 - - -80 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1390 - - 1007 - - 1233 - - 1087 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 478 - - 178 - - -1017 - - -1615 ODpotential blCL - - - 1831 - - 1344 - - 2848 - - 2622 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 880 - - 420 - - 1080 - - 2020 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 68.0 - - 65.3 - - 68.2 - - 68.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 64.9 - - 64.1 - - 65.6 - - 66.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.8 - - 65.4 - - 68.0 - - 70.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 64.3 - - 63.9 - - 64.9 - - 66.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 53 - - 11 - - 47 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1305 - - 518 - - 827 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 102 - - 80 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 13 - - 13 - - 13 - - 15 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] 96723 11 227 22 277 13 262 19 252 96723 89538 11 261 11 238 18 259 22 271 89538 84091 13 244 10 245 20 255 17 288 84091 79562 8 235 16 246 21 238 19 267 79562 75640 11 235 20 242 20 241 17 262 75640 72146 16 230 16 242 22 262 16 257 72146 68958 18 236 15 244 22 262 16 268 68958 66007 18 262 17 244 23 264 18 272 66007 63254 25 259 28 245 31 253 26 278 63254 60588 31 252 29 245 37 244 49 257 60588 57813 34 247 32 245 40 239 47 243 57813 54925 38 250 35 245 33 235 44 251 54925 52166 46 259 43 253 49 259 63 252 52166 49691 57 251 47 250 63 251 63 234 49691 47478 47 244 65 255 60 251 51 236 47478 45463 74 263 73 249 69 257 69 249 45463 43626 95 255 88 252 85 253 88 250 43626 41956 94 249 103 249 102 253 98 255 41956 40426 87 253 105 247 107 251 108 255 40426 39004 92 257 102 248 96 249 102 245 39004 37663 87 259 94 249 81 247 99 243 37663 36361 80 260 86 250 78 242 86 243 36361 35031 74 258 87 251 75 237 80 243 35031 33643 66 259 87 253 72 233 69 241 33643 32201 60 255 76 257 67 237 59 240 32201 30691 57 252 61 256 65 246 56 240 30691 29102 55 251 56 252 56 243 55 241 29102 27434 52 249 55 247 52 234 53 242 27434 25688 54 248 55 237 51 233 48 242 25688 23866 58 244 52 232 48 231 47 241 23866 21970 58 237 49 233 46 233 48 237 21970 19998 59 238 47 236 45 235 47 233 19998 17943 66 238 45 238 45 237 37 237 17943 15850 65 230 46 241 48 237 31 247 15850 13837 65 224 53 243 52 238 30 240 13837 12007 61 217 50 235 58 237 28 233 12007 10383 55 213 45 225 54 238 29 237 10383 8942 37 215 41 223 36 244 29 241 8942 7660 27 237 35 223 23 257 32 238 7660 6519 32 259 29 225 19 263 32 239 6519 5504 30 266 24 231 21 254 34 241 5504 4609 23 268 22 239 25 249 34 239 4609 3817 20 268 21 243 26 248 31 238 3817 3107 18 267 20 244 24 245 27 240 3107 2479 17*264 20 244 19 235 23 242 2479 1954 15*262 18 245 16*227 18 244 1954 1550 13 259 16*245 12*219 15 247 1550 1272 12 259 13*246 10 217 11 249 1272 1104 11 259 12 245 10 217 9 251 1104 1007 9 258 9 244 8 216 4*256 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