DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.9 - - 65.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 371 - - 205 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4622 - - 5552 - - 2276 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4230 - - 4675 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5626 - - 6556 - - 3280 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 820 - - 481 - - 3396 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 488 - - 427 - - 127 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 004 - - 009 - - 086 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 11 - - 21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -179 - - -218 - - -1515 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5806 - - 6775 - - 4795 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5387 - - -5328 - - -2347 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11013 - - 11884 - - 5627 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 88 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.9 - - 65.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.0 - - 43.8 - - 48.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.9 - - 68.6 - - 65.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 42.9 - - 47.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 371 - - 205 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4622 - - 5552 - - 2276 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 52 - - 78 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98161 13 117 5 109 10 064 98161 90714 11 096 7 073 9 054 90714 85036 9 126 3 087 9 035 85036 80337 5 161 4 094 7 029 80337 76279 5 146 7 159 7 279 76279 72688 2 064 8 134 7 235 72688 69431 5 259 3 072 2 208 69431 66428 10 195 9 233 10 231 66428 63650 12 197 14 226 12 228 63650 60971 15 225 18 216 18 228 60971 58190 23 230 28 241 20 247 58190 55301 36 221 38 218 25 245 55301 52532 40 236 44 241 39 245 52532 50034 56 238 54 235 47 245 50034 47808 58 228 49 239 58 248 47808 45817 57 224 67 244 55 249 45817 44014 59 228 68 239 65 259 44014 42360 64 242 61 241 72 258 42360 40820 69 248 68 241 69 250 40820 39371 68 245 75 244 68 238 39371 38000 68 242 74 239 69 235 38000 36669 66 239 71 241 71 228 36669 35311 66 235 69 239 70 221 35311 33895 69 231 66 229 69 221 33895 32424 72 229 70 229 68 222 32424 30882 71 230 72 232 66 220 30882 29257 63 233 69 234 64 222 29257 27552 55 231 64 236 59 232 27552 25773 54 224 57 234 49 242 25773 23927 57 225 56 234 40 247 23927 22014 47 241 43 255 36 256 22014 20026 44 256 37 269 24 254 20026 17955 41 258 33 269 19 260 17955 15844 38 257 34 262 22 254 15844 13806 36 256 31 260 23 250 13806 11951 27 260 27 265 20 258 11951 10304 22 262 24 265 18 268 10304 8842 20 265 20 262 18 281 8842 7551 15 273 12*263 11 299 7551 6419 5*313 4*013 10 355 6419 5422 5*000 4 012 10 004 5422 4541 5 003 5 011 9 027 4541 3763 6 005 6 009 9*052 3763 3066 6 005 6 008 10*076 3066 2449 6 005 6 007 10 083 2449 1934 6 005 6 006 11 088 1934 1539 6 005 6 006 11 090 1539 1267 6 005 6 006 10 091 1267 1101 6 004 6 006 9 092 1101 1007 5 004 5 006 8 093 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