DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 78.8 - - 72.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 259 - - 173 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4325 - - 5692 - - 447 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3873 - - 4709 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5329 - - 6696 - - 1451 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2317 - - 1514 - - 4857 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 430 - - 413 - - 50 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 070 - - 090 - - 137 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3107 - - -3314 - - -4600 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8437 - - 10011 - - 6052 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10678 - - -9615 - - -8584 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16007 - - 16311 - - 10035 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 56 - - 63 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 78.8 - - 72.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.8 - - 38.4 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.8 - - 77.7 - - 74.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.5 - - 37.2 - - 49.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 259 - - 173 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4325 - - 5692 - - 447 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 8 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] 98667 17 110 9 070 5 073 98667 91188 16 074 11 101 9 054 91188 85414 13 079 16 097 9 062 85414 80626 8 059 11 070 13 078 80626 76504 6 051 7 069 12 066 76504 72872 8 106 7 062 11 050 72872 69607 11 117 3 004 12 019 69607 66610 9 079 3 165 5 353 66610 63813 2 116 1 092 1 289 63813 61095 7 207 7 273 6 243 61095 58270 11 249 14 259 11 274 58270 55348 19 262 21 232 24 247 55348 52570 26 265 22 247 26 247 52570 50079 41 250 37 252 39 251 50079 47864 50 234 46 250 48 247 47864 45879 51 239 58 246 57 252 45879 44088 61 240 72 244 89 248 44088 42446 83 242 87 241 105 243 42446 40911 92 241 91 240 106 240 40911 39459 84 242 91 240 102 241 39459 38081 74 241 84 240 95 242 38081 36743 67 242 72 239 83 243 36743 35380 66 246 67 240 71 244 35380 33963 66 249 66 244 64 250 33963 32494 63 247 64 245 62 251 32494 30958 56 248 57 247 56 252 30958 29345 48 249 47 251 49 255 29345 27657 44 249 40 255 42 257 27657 25893 40 249 39 257 36 261 25893 24054 35 248 38 261 32 268 24054 22141 30 248 36 265 31 272 22141 20147 26 248 30 261 32 268 20147 18065 21 260 25 261 33 268 18065 15942 20 251 19 270 28 278 15942 13899 17 253 16 276 19 290 13899 12046 10 271 10 278 14 312 12046 10404 3 287 7 253 10 300 10404 8948 9 022 4 049 5 257 8948 7654 16 024 9*054 3 082 7654 6508 16 029 8*070 6 069 6508 5495 12*038 8 078 6 079 5495 4601 10*059 8 084 7 096 4601 3810 9 066 8 091 9 121 3810 3102 8 071 9 094 10 129 3102 2475 8 072 9 097 11 133 2475 1951 7 074 9 100 11 135 1951 1549 7 075 9 101 11*137 1549 1272 7 076 8 102 10*137 1272 1104 6 076 8 102 9 137 1104 1007 6 076 7 103 6 137 1007 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