DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1003z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 41.7 - - 37.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 128 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6801 - - 1319 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 5342 - - 983 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 7805 - - 2323 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1387 - - 4036 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 397 - - 59 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 278 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -3 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 2800 - - -537 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5005 - - 2860 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - 857 - - -1294 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 6948 - - 3617 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 76 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 60 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 41.7 - - 37.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 23.6 - - 28.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 41.1 - - 37.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 21.0 - - 27.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 128 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6801 - - 1319 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 3 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] 96582 35 247 40 266 96582 89335 20 249 26 271 89335 83747 12 281 14 258 83747 79073 9 273 15 290 79073 75031 10 282 17 287 75031 71449 14 302 13 287 71449 68185 16 296 17 290 68185 65170 17 286 20 289 65170 62362 22 289 22 287 62362 59626 28 285 27 278 59626 56749 34 280 31 276 56749 53748 43 275 39 278 53748 50887 47 271 45 275 50887 48320 48 272 50 273 48320 46024 50 278 52 274 46024 43946 55 282 54 277 43946 42053 59 282 57 279 42053 40319 61 283 58 280 40319 38717 62 287 57 282 38717 37232 65 289 57 288 37232 35851 66 290 60 292 35851 34538 66 292 63 294 34538 33224 67 297 65 295 33224 31876 69 301 64 299 31876 30494 69 302 66 303 30494 29059 67 302 67 305 29059 27554 64 302 65 304 27554 25978 59 302 61 304 25978 24326 58 303 58 305 24326 22598 55 307 55 305 22598 20796 50 307 52 305 20796 18912 46 302 50 308 18912 16942 42 298 47 310 16942 14935 36 291 40 308 14935 13012 30 289 33 302 13012 11277 23 291 28 299 11277 9745 17 284 17 281 9745 8392 10*286 13 246 8392 7190 10*287 12 259 7190 6120 9 285 12 270 6120 5173 9 282 12 278 5173 4339 9 279 13 286 4339 3602 9 277 13 296 3602 2943 8 274 13 300 2943 2361 8 272 13*301 2361 1875 8 271 12*299 1875 1502 8 271 11 298 1502 1245 7 270 10 297 1245 1089 7 271 9 296 1089 1000 6 270 6 294 1000 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