DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 53.5 - - 52.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - 9 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 597 - - 1252 - - 460 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1601 - - 2256 - - 1464 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 998 - - 1196 - - 2212 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 60 - - 105 - - 49 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 20 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 077 - - 060 - - 037 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 128 - - 823 - - -176 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1473 - - 1433 - - 1640 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2485 - - 350 - - -1086 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4086 - - 1906 - - 2550 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 210 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 53.5 - - 52.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.5 - - 50.4 - - 48.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 53.6 - - 52.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.0 - - 50.0 - - 47.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - 9 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 597 - - 1252 - - 460 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 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] 98188 23 248 10 252 17 231 98188 90736 16 241 13 256 15 256 90736 85006 5 204 17 244 14 288 85006 80259 6 331 8 218 11 297 80259 76188 7 323 3 189 8 277 76188 72589 4 315 3 238 6 280 72589 69325 7 269 6 316 5 266 69325 66323 12 263 15 310 11 285 66323 63536 17 261 21 280 18 285 63536 60825 16 260 24 266 22 282 60825 57978 14 266 24 269 25 274 57978 54995 20 256 25 247 26 259 54995 52136 25 266 29 257 23 263 52136 49566 44 265 41 257 25 280 49566 47262 46 259 39 254 35 269 47262 45173 45 254 40 256 41 257 45173 43263 54 250 51 249 41 255 43263 41501 63 250 47 245 41 261 41501 39862 72 248 53 257 50 264 39862 38336 80 245 68 254 55 266 38336 36919 85 244 78 246 56 265 36919 35565 86 244 81 243 56 263 35565 34207 84 243 83 242 57 265 34207 32818 80 243 82 243 59 266 32818 31404 76 245 80 243 56 265 31404 29938 72 250 75 247 52 263 29938 28397 70 253 66 252 46 261 28397 26780 66 255 53 250 39 263 26780 25084 54 255 40 245 33 263 25084 23310 35 247 31 245 32 260 23310 21460 29 239 31 243 32 255 21460 19529 27 243 30 248 29 253 19529 17517 25 239 27 265 32 254 17517 15464 26 232 27 268 36 250 15464 13484 28 229 30 257 36 250 13484 11683 27 225 30 246 32 266 11683 10084 20 209 25 246 23 268 10084 8664 12 164 14 224 8 278 8664 7407 14 096 13 127 17 057 7407 6298 22 069 26 070 27 058 6298 5317 25 059 28 059 30 057 5317 4454 25 063 28 058 30 057 4454 3693 24 071 28 065 29 057 3693 3013 24 076 27 064 26 054 3013 2412 23 076 26*063 23 049 2412 1910 19*077 24*062 20 042 1910 1525 15*077 21 060 17*039 1525 1259 12 077 19 059 14*037 1259 1098 10 077 16 058 12 037 1098 1006 6 075 12 057 8 035 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