DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.3 - - 61.5 - - 59.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 18 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 953 - - 1461 - - 954 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1957 - - 2465 - - 1958 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1310 - - 1381 - - 1819 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 133 - - 47 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 323 - - 278 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 5 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 660 - - 728 - - 478 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1297 - - 1737 - - 1480 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 364 - - 177 - - -105 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1593 - - 2288 - - 2063 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.3 - - 61.5 - - 59.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.9 - - 57.2 - - 56.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.1 - - 61.4 - - 59.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.5 - - 56.6 - - 55.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 18 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 953 - - 1461 - - 954 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 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] 98545 17 107 7 147 5 337 98545 91030 16 100 10 082 10 054 91030 85269 11 084 12 060 10 067 85269 80518 7 036 7 051 8 067 80518 76419 3 322 3 279 6 017 76419 72783 3 222 5 208 7 305 72783 69497 5 164 2 142 5 292 69497 66490 3 131 2 171 4 276 66490 63707 3 179 6 161 4 186 63707 61006 5 251 2 199 2 208 61006 58182 8 229 13 261 8 248 58182 55245 20 238 26 243 23 247 55245 52453 30 226 29 229 32 240 52453 49957 32 225 29 234 28 227 49957 47738 35 231 34 233 28 233 47738 45753 42 223 34 222 37 236 45753 43959 53 203 33 215 37 230 43959 42318 46 207 32 221 27 238 42318 40794 46 214 34 226 17 246 40794 39360 48 216 40 224 8 258 39360 37998 48 218 39 217 17 271 37998 36671 50 219 36 216 28 261 36671 35318 49 220 36 216 22 263 35318 33911 43 222 38 217 14 269 33911 32449 38 217 39 218 5 282 32449 30915 37 211 37 221 7 236 30915 29300 33 213 31 220 22 234 29300 27609 28 213 26 218 26 237 27609 25841 26 221 26 218 24 235 25841 23995 21 222 26 227 24 233 23995 22075 22 231 25 235 25 227 22075 20074 24 246 19 244 17 219 20074 17988 21 265 19 263 13 233 17988 15867 18 272 19 278 13 261 15867 13832 15 273 25 291 17 284 13832 11982 12 287 30 296 19 284 11982 10339 16 315 29 299 19 300 10339 8883 18 306 23 309 23 306 8883 7588 14 305 24 320 23 307 7588 6436 10 306 27 322 23 312 6436 5417 11 306 24 312 22 301 5417 4523 14 312 22 300 19 281 4523 3743 14 302 20 302 15 279 3743 3049 13 313 15*311 12 280 3049 2437 13*313 12*319 10*279 2437 1926 12*312 11 323 7*278 1926 1534 11 311 10 324 7 278 1534 1264 11 311 10 325 6 278 1264 1100 10 310 9 325 5 278 1100 1006 8 310 7 326 4 278 1006 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