DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/02 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 - - - - - - 44.4 - - 47.6 - - 45.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 149 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5145 - - 6586 - - 117 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4286 - - 5275 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6149 - - 7590 - - 1121 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2577 - - 1747 - - 7090 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 397 - - 410 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 314 - - 307 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1401 - - 1486 - - -4965 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4748 - - 6104 - - 6086 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 614 - - 465 - - -6196 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5535 - - 7125 - - 7317 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.4 - - 47.6 - - 45.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.3 - - 24.3 - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.5 - - 46.9 - - 46.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.1 - - 23.2 - - 21.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 149 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5145 - - 6586 - - 117 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 72 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 97686 13 250 14 266 14 247 97686 90268 15 237 14 236 18 271 90268 84577 14 225 14 237 12 273 84577 79853 9 192 14 247 10 253 79853 75779 6 159 9 220 11 235 75779 72169 1 212 4 222 13 236 72169 68889 14 223 11 253 11 234 68889 65848 20 216 24 253 19 246 65848 62999 22 220 31 233 28 241 62999 60224 20 235 29 223 30 239 60224 57322 22 238 26 231 27 244 57322 54315 29 247 27 249 31 252 54315 51446 35 251 36 254 33 246 51446 48859 39 251 38 248 31 259 48859 46540 38 248 33 246 34 263 46540 44437 38 250 35 256 34 262 44437 42513 41 253 35 256 34 259 42513 40739 41 253 32 256 29 257 40739 39094 39 255 31 262 27 267 39094 37564 38 254 33 267 27 276 37564 36139 37 252 33 265 30 283 36139 34779 37 252 30 266 31 289 34779 33418 37 252 28 272 29 301 33418 32030 34 251 25 284 29 317 32030 30615 31 258 25 299 32 322 30615 29157 28 259 24 305 33 321 29157 27636 25 266 24 310 32 317 27636 26049 27 268 25 310 30 313 26049 24391 25 278 28 306 30 313 24391 22666 21 296 30 299 32 316 22666 20871 22 306 29 301 32 322 20871 19000 20 304 24 312 30 324 19000 17047 20 305 21 322 26 319 17047 15051 20 311 21 325 24 318 15051 13124 19 315 23 321 24 323 13124 11374 17 318 25 320 26 326 11374 9830 18 322 22 316 30 327 9830 8469 16 316 17*305 31 327 8469 7260 17*315 17*305 28 327 7260 6186 17*315 17 306 21 323 6186 5233 16 315 17 306 15 316 5233 4392 14 314 17 307 13 312 4392 3647 13 314 17 307 12 310 3647 2980 13 314 16 307 11 309 2980 2389 12 314 16 307 11 309 2389 1895 12 314 15 307 10 308 1895 1515 12 313 15 307 10 307 1515 1255 11 313 14 307 9*307 1255 1096 10 313 13 307 7*306 1096 1005 9 313 11 306 5 305 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