DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.2 - - 36.2 - - 31.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 397 - - 211 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3536 - - 4662 - - 0 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3399 - - 3993 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4540 - - 5666 - - 1004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 983 - - 844 - - 4921 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 451 - - 401 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 048 - - 028 - - 042 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4042 - - -4840 - - -8180 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8582 - - 10507 - - 9185 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -16046 - - -16304 - - -20448 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 20586 - - 21970 - - 21452 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 44 - - 58 - - 41 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.2 - - 36.2 - - 31.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -2.0 - - -6.5 - - -5.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.4 - - 35.0 - - 32.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -2.1 - - -6.8 - - -5.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 397 - - 211 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3536 - - 4662 - - 0 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96483 11 129 13 157 6 183 96483 89295 12 139 10 212 7 207 89295 83702 12 200 12 207 14 232 83702 79040 14 232 17 223 17 253 79040 75010 22 230 19 240 18 230 75010 71420 18 242 22 253 20 260 71420 68155 21 266 28 242 23 256 68155 65148 22 280 25 270 30 273 65148 62361 32 270 34 268 36 267 62361 59658 27 270 33 270 38 271 59658 56835 44 279 42 277 41 285 56835 53908 50 270 51 277 53 287 53908 51115 49 274 59 279 60 280 51115 48599 54 281 64 276 65 277 48599 46347 59 284 65 274 65 275 46347 44307 70 284 66 277 62 277 44307 42441 80 280 72 284 64 284 42441 40728 85 276 82 283 75 288 40728 39162 86 276 88 278 88 283 39162 37732 90 281 90 275 97 275 37732 36404 100 282 91 278 93 273 36404 35124 105 281 97 282 95 277 35124 33821 106 283 101 280 99 279 33821 32463 107 282 101 278 100 277 32463 31050 108 279 100 277 100 279 31050 29571 109 280 101 277 99 281 29571 28014 105 281 103 278 99 281 28014 26382 98 281 100 281 95 279 26382 24675 92 282 91 281 92 277 24675 22895 86 284 87 281 91 275 22895 21044 81 287 84 284 88 276 21044 19118 81 290 81 288 82 279 19118 17113 75 291 76 292 74 284 17113 15074 63 291 64 294 72 285 15074 13112 51 292 55 293 63 293 13112 11331 44 294 49 290 51 297 11331 9751 33 299 41 289 42 293 9751 8358 25 302 28 294 32 293 8358 7136 18 309 17 303 20 298 7136 6068 13 350 5*002 1 302 6068 5132 10*022 5*019 4 069 5132 4308 7*042 5 023 6 063 4308 3579 7 046 5 027 7 058 3579 2927 7 048 5 028 8 054 2927 2351 7 049 5 031 9 050 2351 1870 7 050 5 032 10 048 1870 1500 7 051 5 033 10 046 1500 1246 7 051 5 035 10 045 1246 1092 6 052 5 034 8 044 1092 1004 6 052 5 035 5*042 1004 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