DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 - - - - - - 44.4 - - 50.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 174 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2651 - - 3438 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2686 - - 2997 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3655 - - 4442 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 572 - - 717 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 393 - - 342 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 241 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3218 - - -4766 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6873 - - 9208 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12060 - - -11033 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15715 - - 15475 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.4 - - 50.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 13.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.7 - - 49.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.2 - - 12.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 345 - - 174 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2651 - - 3438 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 56 - - 63 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 96193 19 264 26 262 96193 89024 20 260 26 260 89024 83512 22 245 26 255 83512 78907 20 252 22 255 78907 74905 26 273 23 252 74905 71347 31 279 32 287 71347 68140 30 276 45 284 68140 65202 30 258 42 276 65202 62460 28 286 45 281 62460 59778 41 292 55 286 59778 56966 50 293 58 286 56966 54047 59 294 58 292 54047 51263 63 294 63 299 51263 48766 66 296 68 301 48766 46536 69 297 71 299 46536 44518 72 295 74 295 44518 42674 73 290 74 292 42674 40975 71 285 70 290 40975 39403 65 289 65 295 39403 37943 68 302 66 302 37943 36585 80 307 71 304 36585 35283 85 302 76 300 35283 33970 83 299 76 295 33970 32616 86 298 71 293 32616 31216 88 293 71 289 31216 29747 80 290 72 290 29747 28199 68 287 72 291 28199 26577 60 290 71 291 26577 24878 50 291 67 289 24878 23105 45 283 64 284 23105 21260 46 283 58 279 21260 19342 50 293 49 279 19342 17348 48 298 47 282 17348 15319 45 297 48 287 15319 13359 47 290 51 284 13359 11572 32 285 42 283 11572 9986 23 294 32 273 9986 8580 16 276 28 273 8580 7332 16 252 25 271 7332 6228 18 241 23 265 6228 5256 18 245 18*257 5256 4404 14*224 11*241 4404 3655 11*212 10 240 3655 2985 10 210 10 241 2985 2392 10 209 10 241 2392 1897 10 207 10 241 1897 1517 9 207 9 242 1517 1256 8 206 9 242 1256 1096 8 206 8 242 1096 1005 7 205 7 242 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