DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/12 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 = 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 - - - - - - 38.9 - - 39.5 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 88 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4728 - - 4222 - - 1 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3837 - - 3216 - - 988 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5732 - - 5226 - - 1005 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4034 - - 1784 - - 3566 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 358 - - 306 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 19 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 288 - - 287 - - 217 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 2146 - - 1054 - - -1249 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3586 - - 4172 - - 2254 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 157 - - -1621 - - -2526 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5575 - - 6847 - - 3531 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.9 - - 39.5 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.9 - - 24.9 - - 28.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 39.1 - - 36.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.6 - - 23.7 - - 27.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 88 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4728 - - 4222 - - 1 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96205 3 026 2 257 7 290 96205 89094 2 210 3 073 8 271 89094 83585 10 213 7 326 1 191 83585 78966 10 195 14 250 8 266 78966 74949 8 204 15 234 16 255 74949 71390 12 243 12 230 17 235 71390 68158 22 246 17 245 23 238 68158 65159 30 226 27 239 24 249 65159 62362 31 235 32 247 30 253 62362 59652 38 244 36 240 31 250 59652 56813 34 244 24 250 33 258 56813 53835 50 260 47 264 43 266 53835 50977 59 245 59 252 53 261 50977 48401 59 237 57 250 53 254 48401 46089 56 242 56 251 49 268 46089 43992 57 250 60 265 62 273 43992 42076 60 259 72 263 67 267 42076 40309 75 260 67 256 62 267 40309 38675 88 250 58 265 71 278 38675 37167 80 244 68 274 82 280 37167 35771 66 249 76 270 81 282 35771 34436 68 263 70 267 78 288 34436 33093 67 261 61 279 80 294 33093 31718 57 258 58 287 85 296 31718 30322 51 269 68 303 87 297 30322 28892 59 296 95 308 86 294 28892 27404 82 307 104 304 88 293 27404 25842 100 305 95 304 84 293 25842 24203 99 305 87 307 80 294 24203 22487 95 302 85 308 81 294 22487 20701 98 307 84 310 65 299 20701 18843 91 310 79 311 52 300 18843 16904 73 304 78 307 51 298 16904 14922 61 300 75 306 57 295 14922 13010 55 302 59 305 57 295 13010 11273 48 305 44 300 48 295 11273 9737 39 305 40 299 36 294 9737 8382 33 302 36 302 26 292 8382 7181 29 298 31 303 21 287 7181 6114 27*294 24*295 20 277 6114 5169 26*292 20*288 21 261 5169 4337 25 291 20 287 19 250 4337 3603 23 288 20 287 17 247 3603 2945 22 286 20 287 13 246 2945 2364 21 286 19 287 10 248 2364 1879 21 285 19 287 8 251 1879 1506 20 285 18 287 6 253 1506 1250 19 285 18 286 5 250 1250 1094 17 285 16 286 4*241 1094 1005 14 285 13 286 2*217 1005 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