DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - - - - - 62.0 - - 62.9 - - 58.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 362 - - 243 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5938 - - 6941 - - 3043 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5257 - - 5846 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6942 - - 7945 - - 4047 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2587 - - 1391 - - 3758 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 527 - - 487 - - 84 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 284 - - 335 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -365 - - -50 - - -3376 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7307 - - 7995 - - 7423 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -949 - - -3172 - - -7931 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7891 - - 11117 - - 11978 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 69 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 62.9 - - 58.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.4 - - 31.3 - - 29.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.0 - - 61.7 - - 59.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.2 - - 30.0 - - 28.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 362 - - 243 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5938 - - 6941 - - 3043 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 25 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98134 6 231 4 195 12 328 98134 90695 15 194 8 209 8 269 90695 84977 8 185 8 223 5 281 84977 80224 5 207 5 220 5 234 80224 76110 1 241 2 162 3 221 76110 72468 4 258 8 300 7 319 72468 69177 3 315 8 270 12 261 69177 66147 9 304 10 299 10 283 66147 63323 15 282 19 263 17 305 63323 60585 14 267 16 262 18 292 60585 57729 25 293 20 300 21 288 57729 54754 35 282 36 293 32 298 54754 51914 43 273 46 284 45 291 51914 49367 42 270 47 282 47 289 49367 47089 42 286 46 287 49 289 47089 45023 47 292 48 292 51 288 45023 43134 55 294 53 295 53 292 43134 41405 58 292 59 297 60 299 41405 39820 59 294 63 298 70 301 39820 38353 63 298 66 305 72 299 38353 36985 67 299 73 314 69 302 36985 35674 68 299 86 320 74 313 35674 34351 67 303 94 321 89 317 34351 32981 69 308 90 319 92 316 32981 31561 73 310 85 320 85 317 31561 30073 72 309 83 319 80 316 30073 28506 67 308 80 316 82 314 28506 26860 60 307 76 313 81 318 26860 25137 53 306 69 311 72 315 25137 23342 48 305 61 309 66 311 23342 21475 41 300 49 307 62 310 21475 19529 36 294 43 306 55 310 19529 17503 33 290 38 303 46 308 17503 15445 30 294 32 299 34 308 15445 13468 27 295 26 291 24 304 13468 11676 25 286 22 284 19 292 11676 10088 26 267 17 281 19 274 10088 8683 21 261 10*284 13 262 8683 7437 15*264 7*312 4 242 7437 6331 10*271 7 327 3 308 6331 5350 9 274 8 333 5 331 5350 4484 8 282 11 339 10*343 4484 3719 8 285 11 339 12*344 3719 3033 7 288 12 339 12 343 3033 2426 7 291 12 339 13 342 2426 1919 7 293 13 339 13 342 1919 1530 6 294 13 339 13 342 1530 1262 6 296 12 338 12 341 1262 1099 6 296 12 338 10 340 1099 1006 5 297 10 338 8 340 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