DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 42.3 - - 43.3 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 10 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 888 - - 568 - - 144 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1892 - - 1572 - - 1148 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 210 - - 459 - - 523 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 75 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 108 - - 114 - - 085 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 145 - - 15 - - 30 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1748 - - 1557 - - 1118 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9120 - - -8636 - - -9556 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11012 - - 10208 - - 10704 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 90 - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 43.3 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.5 - - 40.3 - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.5 - - 43.4 - - 42.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.7 - - 39.9 - - 40.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 10 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 888 - - 568 - - 144 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96165 26 265 27 265 28 282 96165 88992 22 250 22 255 31 268 88992 83449 29 252 29 270 36 260 83449 78852 31 258 34 267 43 280 78852 74929 32 252 41 268 43 269 74929 71453 34 269 42 260 39 278 71453 68284 40 276 43 267 55 288 68284 65379 45 280 52 278 59 285 65379 62686 56 283 59 285 57 283 62686 60068 62 278 62 283 61 278 60068 57319 63 271 65 274 67 275 57319 54442 65 269 67 266 71 274 54442 51677 73 271 69 267 74 274 51677 49182 79 271 73 270 77 272 49182 46950 79 270 77 271 78 272 46950 44933 75 270 76 272 78 272 44933 43109 76 271 79 272 75 269 43109 41464 82 268 88 271 68 270 41464 39955 91 264 93 270 73 274 39955 38541 100 260 96 260 77 265 38541 37210 98 258 95 254 87 260 37210 35922 89 259 98 251 97 256 35922 34608 80 263 95 251 92 249 34608 33241 78 269 90 253 84 245 33241 31820 79 270 83 255 85 247 31820 30332 85 272 76 258 81 256 30332 28768 86 273 72 262 74 263 28768 27125 76 267 70 265 70 267 27125 25400 64 265 62 270 65 269 25400 23598 58 266 58 272 56 276 23598 21721 54 264 49 267 48 265 21721 19771 50 263 42 246 39 254 19771 17743 41 266 41 249 39 246 17743 15677 30 263 33 272 40 243 15677 13679 23 258 24 245 38 245 13679 11858 18 250 27 236 38 246 11858 10236 19 261 25 243 33 249 10236 8794 15 265 25 242 28 252 8794 7512 15 251 23 241 24 245 7512 6374 13 235 18 241 18 233 6374 5368 13 224 14 232 15 231 5368 4482 11 225 13 228 14 223 4482 3702 9 214 10 225 14 214 3702 3007 7 181 10 204 15 195 3007 2397 11*118 10 149 17 164 2397 1894 12*109 10*118 17 130 1894 1513 11 108 9*114 15 096 1513 1253 11 108 9 115 12*089 1253 1095 10 108 8 114 10*087 1095 1005 9 108 6 114 6 084 1005 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