DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.6 - - 68.3 - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -24 - - -89 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 454 - - 274 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1458 - - 1278 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1057 - - 3516 - - 814 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 115 - - 59 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 20 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 161 - - 184 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 181 - - -138 - - -162 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1277 - - 1416 - - 1169 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1420 - - -1124 - - -2892 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2878 - - 2402 - - 3899 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 97 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 990 - - 550 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.6 - - 68.3 - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.1 - - 65.0 - - 62.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.8 - - 69.1 - - 67.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.5 - - 64.5 - - 62.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -24 - - -89 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 454 - - 274 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 88 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 12 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] 96649 17 251 21 232 24 262 96649 89427 20 238 13 247 19 264 89427 83884 12 227 17 292 12 281 83884 79297 6 250 16 286 9 303 79297 75347 9 292 11 284 11 315 75347 71855 17 283 14 282 15 297 71855 68688 17 274 14 287 14 294 68688 65756 21 281 18 299 13 310 65756 63011 28 272 27 282 28 302 63011 60350 27 261 31 269 33 280 60350 57581 23 260 27 266 27 262 57581 54702 25 271 27 261 28 257 54702 51949 35 261 33 256 30 255 51949 49474 46 243 49 244 38 246 49474 47283 41 239 51 233 47 241 47283 45345 57 249 68 232 63 231 45345 43606 57 246 69 225 77 226 43606 42004 54 242 68 225 71 213 42004 40495 55 231 66 227 72 213 40495 39067 53 226 65 225 73 213 39067 37710 55 221 64 221 72 213 37710 36391 57 215 66 217 70 214 36391 35043 52 213 64 214 68 215 35043 33638 47 217 57 208 66 215 33638 32180 42 222 46 195 64 216 32180 30655 39 224 44 200 62 217 30655 29054 40 228 46 211 62 219 29054 27379 39 230 47 221 68 220 27379 25629 40 234 54 227 66 219 25629 23806 47 233 61 228 58 221 23806 21914 54 226 64 226 54 225 21914 19947 55 227 62 222 52 227 19947 17899 56 224 56 220 53 224 17899 15814 55 220 52 216 52 222 15814 13808 58 215 54 216 53 220 13808 11984 55 213 54 217 55 220 11984 10362 49 214 52 218 51 219 10362 8920 46 214 50 219 51 218 8920 7638 46 212 48 221 55 217 7638 6498 46 211 48 215 57 214 6498 5488 46 209 51 206 57 210 5488 4596 45 205 49 200 57 205 4596 3806 42 199 46 197 55 200 3806 3097 35 191 43 194 53 195 3097 2470 31 186 39 192 48 191 2470 1947 25 178 33 189 42 187 1947 1546 19*169 29*187 35 183 1546 1270 15*163 24*185 26 178 1270 1103 14 160 21 184 22 177 1103 1007 11 159 15 183 13*175 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