DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/12 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.6 - - 70.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 36 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2791 - - 2759 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2772 - - 990 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3795 - - 3763 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 877 - - 1828 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 392 - - 200 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 191 - - 200 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4158 - - -4533 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7953 - - 8297 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10258 - - -7754 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14053 - - 11517 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.6 - - 70.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.4 - - 37.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.0 - - 70.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.2 - - 36.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 36 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2791 - - 2759 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 64 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - 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] 98057 6 111 7 044 98057 90647 5 106 6 253 90647 84932 2 009 5 196 84932 80172 3 335 2 334 80172 76064 7 300 5 285 76064 72426 6 319 1 332 72426 69122 13 309 4 331 69122 66075 12 267 12 290 66075 63250 9 274 17 277 63250 60520 14 309 15 265 60520 57670 33 293 25 294 57670 54716 38 271 37 287 54716 51905 32 285 40 280 51905 49378 45 296 44 286 49378 47116 52 280 53 280 47116 45079 40 269 52 276 45079 43237 41 287 52 279 43237 41564 66 293 61 283 41564 40034 69 290 67 282 40034 38614 73 291 66 280 38614 37279 74 294 63 281 37279 35986 74 298 61 281 35986 34666 72 299 59 280 34666 33292 69 298 58 280 33292 31867 63 293 59 281 31867 30377 61 291 59 277 30377 28810 61 294 52 270 28810 27164 59 295 48 273 27164 25439 56 293 52 282 25439 23636 50 289 56 285 23636 21759 44 280 62 286 21759 19799 35 267 66 283 19799 17757 30 267 53 263 17757 15685 34 275 47 246 15685 13698 30 272 43 255 13698 11893 21 259 42 260 11893 10286 19 273 37 256 10286 8855 25 286 32 254 8855 7579 28 284 31 254 7579 6445 26 273 32 250 6445 5439 24 258 29 242 5439 4553 20*243 25 224 4553 3772 15*201 22*211 3772 3073 15 194 21*204 3073 2455 15 191 19 201 2455 1938 14 189 18 199 1938 1542 14 187 17 198 1542 1268 13 187 16 197 1268 1102 12 186 14 196 1102 1007 11 186 11 194 1007 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