DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 63.6 - - 64.2 - - 62.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 44 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2341 - - 1736 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2264 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3345 - - 2740 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1120 - - 5288 - - 5176 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 314 - - 186 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 229 - - 259 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 197 - - 67 - - -1782 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3148 - - 2673 - - 2789 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1798 - - -1250 - - -3748 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5143 - - 3990 - - 4755 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 88 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 830 - - 910 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.6 - - 64.2 - - 62.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.9 - - 55.6 - - 53.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.8 - - 64.1 - - 64.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.0 - - 54.6 - - 52.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 182 - - 44 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2341 - - 1736 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 79 - - 53 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 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] 97667 7 136 5 182 4 091 97667 90292 7 209 4 134 4 239 90292 84621 9 177 4 205 3 259 84621 79891 7 153 8 212 3 271 79891 75791 5 219 3 204 2 182 75791 72156 7 221 8 240 9 284 72156 68865 9 258 11 253 11 297 68865 65830 15 285 18 266 21 291 65830 63005 26 260 28 259 25 253 63005 60267 21 254 23 260 22 278 60267 57413 24 249 26 262 24 273 57413 54439 22 281 28 283 32 287 54439 51596 51 274 46 277 48 272 51596 49055 57 262 54 268 50 270 49055 46797 49 270 55 266 57 271 46797 44761 60 277 60 273 60 270 44761 42908 67 272 70 273 68 271 42908 41212 67 273 80 272 76 270 41212 39651 79 279 84 271 78 270 39651 38203 88 279 86 272 87 269 38203 36851 85 283 89 275 93 266 36851 35551 91 289 93 277 93 266 35551 34230 100 290 96 278 88 267 34230 32858 102 290 98 279 84 268 32858 31435 101 289 98 279 83 269 31435 29947 100 290 96 280 83 270 29947 28382 97 289 95 282 83 273 28382 26742 95 286 93 283 84 276 26742 25025 90 282 88 283 83 278 25025 23235 79 281 83 282 78 280 23235 21377 62 277 75 280 73 281 21377 19451 57 270 65 275 68 278 19451 17455 53 268 51 268 63 275 17455 15434 41 271 46 271 58 271 15434 13496 35 261 43 265 53 269 13496 11733 39 258 42 259 45 263 11733 10167 38 262 39 253 40 266 10167 8772 37 260 36 255 37 268 8772 7525 38 255 35 258 34 267 7525 6411 38 250 32 259 32 267 6411 5421 37 250 29 258 30 266 5421 4544 35 248 27 259 29 264 4544 3767 29*240 25 259 27 263 3767 3070 25*231 22*260 26 261 3070 2452 24 229 19*260 24 259 2452 1937 23 229 16 260 22 256 1937 1540 22 228 15 259 18 252 1540 1267 20 228 14 259 14 250 1267 1102 18 228 12 259 11*248 1102 1007 14 228 10 258 6*245 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