DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 77.0 - - 52.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 15 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2149 - - 3524 - - 930 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1812 - - 991 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3153 - - 4528 - - 1934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 852 - - 1809 - - 595 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 164 - - 124 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 24 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 244 - - 021 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 16 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - 18 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -674 - - 38 - - 643 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3828 - - 4490 - - 1292 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3485 - - -953 - - 150 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6638 - - 5481 - - 1784 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 860 - - 1400 - - 1190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 77.0 - - 52.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.7 - - 60.3 - - 50.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.9 - - 77.2 - - 53.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.4 - - 60.1 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 15 - - 26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2149 - - 3524 - - 930 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 92 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 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] 96341 24 250 32 251 37 260 96341 89087 13 238 28 251 22 248 89087 83551 22 241 30 253 27 262 83551 78972 31 243 35 248 35 266 78972 75031 29 259 33 250 35 262 75031 71553 26 273 28 257 33 266 71553 68401 39 273 33 267 31 268 68401 65502 44 271 37 274 34 271 65502 62824 43 267 41 273 39 274 62824 60239 52 262 41 280 38 273 60239 57525 54 270 46 277 55 290 57525 54708 53 277 54 282 75 286 54708 52027 55 284 73 288 78 287 52027 49593 75 297 84 288 82 289 49593 47393 88 297 87 286 82 288 47393 45392 88 294 85 285 78 285 45392 43566 84 289 81 284 74 279 43566 41888 79 282 77 284 73 278 41888 40330 75 276 75 284 76 282 40330 38876 77 281 75 285 81 285 38876 37514 80 287 81 286 81 284 37514 36202 81 289 85 285 78 284 36202 34870 82 290 85 283 76 284 34870 33488 83 291 84 283 73 281 33488 32056 82 291 84 284 72 280 32056 30557 79 292 87 287 73 280 30557 28976 80 291 84 289 73 278 28976 27315 82 285 78 287 74 274 27315 25574 82 285 73 281 73 271 25574 23756 69 287 65 277 71 269 23756 21864 61 288 63 276 68 268 21864 19891 65 291 68 277 76 269 19891 17838 69 290 77 274 84 265 17838 15756 70 281 73 268 75 264 15756 13751 62 272 66 263 60 269 13751 11924 47 260 61 260 55 262 11924 10296 42 251 58 259 48 250 10296 8843 39 257 50 258 45 245 8843 7547 33 272 44 256 43 244 7547 6395 27 278 42 251 39 244 6395 5378 27 260 34 244 27 256 5378 4487 27 240 30*242 15 299 4487 3709 24*234 29*243 18 353 3709 3018 20*227 27 243 28 017 3018 2412 18 223 26 244 29*021 2412 1909 18 222 24 244 28*021 1909 1524 17 222 22 244 25 021 1524 1259 16 221 20 244 22 021 1259 1098 15 220 18 245 19 020 1098 1006 12 219 13 244 14 020 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