DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 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 - - - - - - 79.9 - - 85.2 - - 79.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 154 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3924 - - 5774 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3289 - - 4711 - - 992 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4928 - - 6778 - - 1008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2540 - - 2069 - - 6110 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 344 - - 402 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 20 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 207 - - 202 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1203 - - 373 - - -4669 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3726 - - 6405 - - 5677 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -77 - - -664 - - -9016 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5005 - - 7442 - - 10024 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 76 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2120 - - 1170 - - 240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.9 - - 85.2 - - 79.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.7 - - 60.4 - - 57.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.2 - - 84.4 - - 80.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.5 - - 59.7 - - 57.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 154 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3924 - - 5774 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 3 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 10 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] 97902 8 110 7 014 8 035 97902 90545 4 057 3 024 8 310 90545 84888 2 061 3 204 8 328 84888 80187 1 200 3 162 7 001 80187 76137 4 273 4 160 3 353 76137 72557 4 243 2 280 1 010 72557 69307 4 205 7 303 6 307 69307 66323 5 244 7 242 12 271 66323 63573 9 275 7 278 11 249 63573 60904 13 282 20 307 13 273 60904 58109 18 264 25 272 24 275 58109 55220 28 274 31 291 25 292 55220 52483 40 265 51 277 48 278 52483 50057 40 259 48 262 46 265 50057 47899 35 276 32 255 37 261 47899 45931 34 298 27 270 31 250 45931 44122 43 289 35 278 32 255 44122 42458 43 272 42 265 38 256 42458 40916 43 261 43 258 45 250 40916 39467 46 254 41 250 44 245 39467 38098 41 256 37 245 43 244 38098 36769 31 254 30 247 40 249 36769 35413 19 258 26 250 37 254 35413 34002 23 268 25 252 33 247 34002 32539 23 258 24 248 29 240 32539 31011 25 246 23 250 23 241 31011 29406 24 246 20 253 21 253 29406 27723 24 235 16 263 20 255 27723 25962 27 234 16 273 19 242 25962 24123 31 239 20 260 19 257 24123 22208 32 237 29 242 19 270 22208 20221 30 231 29 241 22 252 20221 18161 27 237 28 252 25 241 18161 16060 23 249 25 258 27 253 16060 14028 18 243 20 255 32 251 14028 12171 28 238 27 239 34 241 12171 10518 28 230 29 225 34 235 10518 9047 25 217 23 212 31 228 9047 7741 23 210 20*204 27 214 7741 6586 22 207 20*203 24 206 6586 5562 21*206 20 202 24 205 5562 4656 20*206 20 202 23 205 4656 3854 17 206 20 202 23 204 3854 3136 16 207 20 201 23 204 3136 2499 15 207 20 201 22 203 2499 1967 15 208 19 201 21 202 1967 1558 14 208 19 201 19 201 1558 1277 13 208 18 200 15 199 1277 1106 12 208 16 201 12 199 1106 1008 10 208 13 200 8*198 1008 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