DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/08 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 - - - 37.9 - - 48.2 - - 53.0 - - 46.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 86 - - 145 - - 34 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1125 - - 1560 - - 1654 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 1622 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2129 - - 2564 - - 2658 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 389 - - 576 - - 781 - - 1067 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 191 - - 257 - - 174 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 22 - - 21 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 231 - - 236 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 10 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 306 - - -919 - - -1030 - - -948 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1823 - - 3483 - - 3688 - - 1954 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5967 - - -8039 - - -6930 - - -8161 ODpotential blCL - - - 8096 - - 10603 - - 9588 - - 9167 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 66 - - 62 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.9 - - 48.2 - - 53.0 - - 46.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.6 - - 36.5 - - 40.3 - - 41.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.7 - - 47.7 - - 53.0 - - 48.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.6 - - 35.3 - - 39.1 - - 40.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 86 - - 145 - - 34 - - -62 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1125 - - 1560 - - 1654 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 95772 22 293 28 282 37 302 30 308 95772 88660 31 295 17 292 24 285 31 289 88660 83222 38 292 25 309 14 297 30 309 83222 78711 48 280 33 286 26 295 25 282 78711 74804 47 276 36 274 30 279 28 290 74804 71355 52 276 40 272 41 287 35 286 71355 68237 54 269 49 272 48 278 34 269 68237 65346 59 258 57 268 50 267 42 282 65346 62654 57 248 58 258 54 269 51 281 62654 60052 58 258 56 259 57 265 51 274 60052 57314 67 259 63 262 53 264 51 276 57314 54437 72 257 62 261 58 268 57 278 54437 51675 76 257 64 265 65 259 56 270 51675 49174 77 256 70 267 58 260 53 267 49174 46912 75 256 69 266 62 276 60 274 46912 44850 70 254 71 271 68 274 66 279 44850 42967 70 259 77 269 69 269 70 280 42967 41246 80 260 83 258 70 266 65 277 41246 39657 77 253 80 251 69 268 58 284 39657 38176 71 257 67 257 72 276 61 290 38176 36793 73 263 74 270 72 278 66 291 36793 35472 77 256 88 268 69 275 67 291 35472 34147 84 250 84 257 69 272 64 294 34147 32787 83 248 67 249 65 270 60 296 32787 31388 74 251 44 279 60 269 60 294 31388 29927 68 255 55 306 56 273 60 288 29927 28387 65 260 63 311 52 280 59 285 28387 26767 64 263 57 304 49 288 60 283 26767 25067 68 266 53 289 49 293 56 279 25067 23291 67 267 54 283 50 290 50 272 23291 21444 65 265 53 286 51 283 46 276 21444 19524 61 262 52 288 51 278 45 290 19524 17525 53 263 53 288 49 281 44 294 17525 15483 44 288 52 289 46 290 39 282 15483 13515 48 298 48 291 40 285 34 273 13515 11726 47 288 40 298 35 273 32 261 11726 10134 41 284 38 310 32 272 28 251 10134 8715 38 285 35 306 27 274 26 235 8715 7451 38 283 38 283 23 270 25 226 7451 6326 37 279 40 272 31 274 24 243 6326 5332 34 274 39 268 39 270 27 263 5332 4458 29 265 39 261 40 261 32 258 4458 3689 28 251 38 250 36 251 36 246 3689 3006 29 240 34*242 32*245 37 234 3006 2405 25*232 25*233 25*238 35 221 2405 1905 22*228 24 232 23 237 32 216 1905 1521 21 228 23 231 21 236 28 214 1521 1257 20 227 21 231 19 235 22 211 1257 1097 17 227 19 231 17 235 18*210 1097 1006 13 226 15 230 13 235 9*207 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