DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/12 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.4 - - 81.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 174 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3693 - - 6315 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3456 - - 5175 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4697 - - 7319 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2817 - - 2186 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 431 - - 426 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 115 - - 131 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2908 - - 307 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7605 - - 7013 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5462 - - -269 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10159 - - 7588 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 130 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.4 - - 81.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 53.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.8 - - 80.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.6 - - 53.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 174 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3693 - - 6315 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 49 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - - 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] 97904 18 206 15 242 97904 90494 7 226 7 196 90494 84823 5 288 1 039 84823 80116 6 283 9 329 80116 76055 8 270 12 307 76055 72473 10 284 10 304 72473 69234 12 285 12 304 69234 66252 12 284 15 298 66252 63489 12 277 14 290 63489 60817 10 263 14 272 60817 58030 9 261 15 261 58030 55147 12 271 17 246 55147 52405 17 287 15 244 52405 49933 26 259 21 248 49933 47708 28 246 22 240 47708 45689 27 234 19 229 45689 43846 22 234 13 231 43846 42147 29 202 25 199 42147 40577 29 168 27 161 40577 39125 24 151 18 150 39125 37760 19 179 34 174 37760 36441 31 190 55 164 36441 35106 49 182 56 153 35106 33718 57 178 52 153 33718 32276 47 180 48 155 32276 30766 38 176 43 157 30766 29177 44 179 37 164 29177 27510 50 188 30 170 27510 25764 35 192 34 171 25764 23939 24 178 33 171 23939 22040 22 153 36 189 22040 20065 27 147 20 184 20065 18010 22 145 19 146 18010 15915 18 149 16 151 15915 13895 14 153 11 164 13895 12057 14 159 14 171 12057 10424 15 162 18 162 10424 8976 20 152 18 148 8976 7689 22 135 17*133 7689 6544 20 124 17*132 6544 5527 18*122 17 131 5527 4629 16*119 17 131 4629 3834 16 117 17 131 3834 3120 16 115 17 130 3120 2488 16 114 17 131 2488 1960 15 113 17 131 1960 1555 14 111 16 131 1555 1275 14 111 16 131 1275 1105 13 111 15 130 1105 1008 11 111 12 130 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