DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 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 - - - - - - 62.0 - - 62.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 41 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1767 - - 1324 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1683 - - 990 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2771 - - 2328 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 603 - - 798 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 254 - - 166 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 263 - - 269 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 846 - - 617 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1925 - - 1711 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 80 - - 123 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2691 - - 2205 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 62.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.9 - - 58.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 62.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.7 - - 57.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 41 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1767 - - 1324 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 88 - - 95 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 96783 19 249 34 261 96783 89532 13 242 22 259 89532 83963 12 247 15 285 83963 79357 8 264 12 275 79357 75391 9 285 14 286 75391 71892 15 312 18 292 71892 68727 18 298 23 290 68727 65803 15 292 24 283 65803 63076 18 301 22 286 63076 60421 28 307 24 298 60421 57639 39 288 30 287 57639 54753 38 266 34 276 54753 51999 34 260 33 259 51999 49518 35 252 35 262 49518 47307 35 251 41 262 47307 45337 47 249 56 256 45337 43571 57 239 62 241 43571 41961 58 233 57 238 41961 40462 55 236 57 242 40462 39046 50 242 62 243 39046 37699 51 247 65 241 37699 36387 50 248 62 243 36387 35047 50 248 59 245 35047 33652 52 247 56 248 33652 32206 54 246 53 249 32206 30697 53 244 50 249 30697 29112 51 246 50 250 29112 27451 53 248 49 252 27451 25710 56 248 47 253 25710 23888 57 250 44 258 23888 21991 56 253 43 260 21991 20014 52 251 39 256 20014 17953 44 253 31 252 17953 15852 36 253 29 253 15852 13830 35 248 35 249 13830 11992 43 245 39 247 11992 10361 41 240 37 250 10361 8912 36 247 34 249 8912 7623 36 252 30 249 7623 6475 38 255 31 250 6475 5455 40 259 31 254 5455 4556 38 258 28 254 4556 3765 34 256 24 244 3765 3062 26*258 19 239 3062 2445 18*262 11*250 2445 1931 17 263 8*265 1931 1537 16 264 8 269 1537 1266 15 264 8 271 1266 1101 14 264 7 272 1101 1007 11 264 6 272 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