DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/04 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 - - - - - - 65.4 - - 58.6 - - 47.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 37 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1305 - - 805 - - 1592 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 990 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2309 - - 1809 - - 2596 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2345 - - 1010 - - 1178 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 143 - - 132 - - 84 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 24 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 283 - - 274 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 12 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 970 - - 803 - - 1094 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1339 - - 1006 - - 1502 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 346 - - 397 - - 372 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1963 - - 1412 - - 2224 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 400 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 58.6 - - 47.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.6 - - 57.4 - - 44.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.5 - - 58.4 - - 48.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.0 - - 56.9 - - 43.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 37 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1305 - - 805 - - 1592 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 6 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] 96697 28 259 26 276 25 277 96697 89499 15 266 19 280 16 283 89499 83999 12 311 12 282 15 294 83999 79435 15 312 14 293 15 308 79435 75481 13 313 16 293 18 302 75481 71972 18 319 14 317 21 306 71972 68793 23 310 21 313 24 302 68793 65865 19 295 19 301 23 297 65865 63132 10 295 16 296 18 297 63132 60460 16 281 20 290 16 289 60460 57656 22 263 23 282 19 267 57656 54738 28 256 28 266 28 267 54738 51949 29 245 32 256 39 270 51949 49439 29 251 43 255 51 263 49439 47198 49 252 54 244 56 239 47198 45187 50 228 57 221 51 224 45187 43369 47 211 49 225 54 230 43369 41713 68 247 74 240 80 240 41713 40192 86 241 90 232 104 232 40192 38774 82 239 77 221 101 222 38774 37430 77 238 78 220 98 218 37430 36121 75 234 77 217 95 217 36121 34784 74 232 77 216 91 215 34784 33391 74 229 76 214 87 215 33391 31944 74 225 77 216 90 221 31944 30427 67 221 77 218 90 223 30427 28829 62 218 76 221 88 221 28829 27153 59 219 75 223 84 220 27153 25403 57 218 74 221 79 219 25403 23578 58 215 65 216 78 219 23578 21676 61 211 58 217 79 218 21676 19691 59 211 59 222 79 216 19691 17631 56 211 58 226 72 229 17631 15542 54 210 46 215 65 223 15542 13537 51 210 53 220 65 209 13537 11718 50 202 44 223 59 222 11718 10107 49 200 37 226 58 229 10107 8675 50 208 34 219 55 225 8675 7400 48 216 35 217 55 224 7400 6272 44 225 34 223 48 233 6272 5283 41 228 32 234 40 246 5283 4418 39 224 30 244 35 257 4418 3662 35 221 28 255 30 269 3662 2990 33 220 28 271 29*272 2990 2396 31*220 30 281 28*274 2396 1900 27*219 29*282 26 274 1900 1519 24 217 28*283 24 274 1519 1256 21 216 26 283 21 274 1256 1097 19 216 23 283 18 274 1097 1006 14 215 17 283 13 274 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