DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 73.5 - - 78.3 - - 69.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 98 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3357 - - 3799 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2810 - - 2980 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4361 - - 4803 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1435 - - 2302 - - 2043 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 314 - - 304 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 229 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1249 - - 545 - - -230 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3112 - - 4258 - - 1238 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -290 - - -420 - - -3095 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4651 - - 5223 - - 4103 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 82 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1250 - - 2070 - - 2450 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 78.3 - - 69.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.9 - - 62.7 - - 67.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.1 - - 77.8 - - 71.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.6 - - 62.0 - - 67.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 98 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3357 - - 3799 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 27 - - 29 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 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] 96626 18 270 26 293 22 294 96626 89419 15 264 25 276 25 282 89419 83961 16 289 17 245 24 277 83961 79451 20 283 14 287 16 274 79451 75551 20 256 21 281 21 287 75551 72067 14 255 20 261 21 280 72067 68880 16 265 19 256 20 260 68880 65926 15 264 19 268 16 252 65926 63167 26 258 23 259 26 250 63167 60492 30 248 31 256 33 266 60492 57710 36 258 43 258 38 261 57710 54819 51 259 41 256 39 251 54819 52052 50 257 49 262 51 260 52052 49580 55 259 55 259 59 259 49580 47378 61 261 60 261 61 259 47378 45388 72 260 74 258 72 259 45388 43580 88 255 82 254 83 260 43580 41933 91 249 83 251 89 262 41933 40416 85 249 78 252 89 264 40416 38995 82 248 72 256 89 265 38995 37649 81 247 68 261 89 265 37649 36341 79 249 68 264 87 264 36341 35008 76 252 70 264 84 264 35008 33621 74 254 73 264 78 262 33621 32183 74 255 77 263 71 255 32183 30679 73 255 80 261 66 251 30679 29094 66 254 72 258 63 249 29094 27430 57 252 64 254 63 251 27430 25686 50 247 53 254 62 257 25686 23867 48 245 50 253 59 261 23867 21976 49 252 43 256 53 258 21976 20013 48 260 38 269 45 259 20013 17968 44 267 34 271 40 258 17968 15885 41 274 33 270 37 254 15885 13877 41 274 34 264 35 248 13877 12052 40 275 33 258 32 243 12052 10427 41 273 30 256 33 246 10427 8978 27 270 28 250 35 252 8978 7687 29 254 29 241 35 253 7687 6539 30 246 30 231 33 246 6539 5520 28 244 28*229 32 238 5520 4620 25*241 26*228 34 231 4620 3824 23*239 23 228 34 222 3824 3112 22 236 20 229 32 217 3112 2482 20 235 19 230 28 212 2482 1956 20 234 18 230 24 207 1956 1552 19 234 17 230 19 203 1552 1273 18 233 16 230 14 199 1273 1104 16 234 15 230 12*196 1104 1008 13 233 12 230 6*191 1008 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