DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 53.5 - - 56.1 - - 52.8 - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 92 - - 54 - - 59 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1460 - - 2555 - - 1452 - - 565 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 989 - - 990 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2464 - - 3559 - - 2456 - - 1569 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2225 - - 3045 - - 1631 - - 1259 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 214 - - 220 - - 185 - - 51 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 246 - - 213 - - 202 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 4 - - 7 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 1 - - -5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 67 - - 792 - - 680 - - -59 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2397 - - 2767 - - 1776 - - 1628 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1508 - - -29 - - -272 - - -1610 ODpotential blCL - - - 3972 - - 3588 - - 2728 - - 3179 blCL maxRH - - - 97 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 60 - - 30 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 53.5 - - 56.1 - - 52.8 - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.4 - - 47.4 - - 48.3 - - 50.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.9 - - 55.9 - - 52.6 - - 54.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.5 - - 46.5 - - 47.7 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 92 - - 54 - - 59 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1460 - - 2555 - - 1452 - - 565 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 89 - - 100 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 97521 4 076 8 014 6 325 5 268 97521 90192 5 007 5 321 5 353 5 319 90192 84539 5 088 8 266 6 308 12 339 84539 79832 4 354 8 177 9 248 9 283 79832 75746 7 267 5 264 11 245 9 286 75746 72117 16 265 15 267 12 276 11 290 72117 68815 20 234 28 235 21 265 16 278 68815 65765 17 280 23 242 29 251 29 276 65765 62935 32 277 29 274 25 253 29 264 62935 60198 35 265 37 271 29 264 30 265 60198 57338 35 263 35 269 34 267 33 270 57338 54361 41 271 45 270 45 274 41 275 54361 51517 54 271 52 266 54 271 49 273 51517 48962 56 266 55 266 60 265 55 269 48962 46676 58 270 58 268 63 261 63 265 46676 44606 67 269 64 268 66 260 65 260 44606 42713 70 263 73 265 69 259 65 262 42713 40974 66 266 76 258 71 262 68 266 40974 39372 73 272 72 260 81 266 75 266 39372 37887 80 275 81 264 88 264 81 262 37887 36503 87 277 91 267 92 265 87 262 36503 35186 92 278 101 268 99 268 94 263 35186 33873 90 277 105 267 104 270 96 262 33873 32527 85 275 93 267 103 270 93 261 32527 31134 81 275 83 267 99 267 91 260 31134 29675 78 276 80 269 95 266 89 261 29675 28140 79 275 81 268 93 264 80 264 28140 26531 80 272 76 266 92 263 72 261 26531 24848 75 272 74 266 85 264 77 259 24848 23088 71 277 72 272 77 266 79 263 23088 21259 67 274 66 275 63 264 65 271 21259 19359 58 275 57 274 53 260 49 274 19359 17383 49 273 49 270 52 260 42 270 17383 15365 44 273 41 270 50 257 37 267 15365 13417 47 265 44 265 45 257 34 259 13417 11643 51 267 47 257 34 253 34 265 11643 10068 41 280 43 254 31 251 30 268 10068 8671 33 283 38 255 32 258 27 270 8671 7430 25 271 22 269 36 263 23 267 7430 6326 20 259 14 277 32 263 20 264 6326 5345 17 260 11 262 18 257 17 262 5345 4479 14 267 11 241 14 248 15 256 4479 3713 12 270 12*225 16 236 14 249 3713 3026 13*264 13*217 17*224 13 240 3026 2420 12*254 14 214 15*210 11 228 2420 1914 11 246 14 212 14 202 10*211 1914 1527 11 244 14 211 13 200 7*187 1527 1261 10 243 13 210 12 199 7 183 1261 1099 9 242 12 210 11 198 6 181 1099 1006 7 241 10 209 9 198 5 179 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