DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.3 - - 53.0 - - 50.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 183 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6875 - - 5138 - - 2753 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5937 - - 4294 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7879 - - 6142 - - 3757 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2396 - - 1986 - - 2477 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 530 - - 400 - - 73 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 312 - - 297 - - 347 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 6 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1280 - - -28 - - -2557 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6599 - - 6170 - - 6315 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 334 - - -728 - - -4860 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7545 - - 6870 - - 8617 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 91 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.3 - - 53.0 - - 50.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.8 - - 29.4 - - 26.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.0 - - 52.2 - - 50.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.6 - - 28.5 - - 25.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 183 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6875 - - 5138 - - 2753 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 64 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97294 13 237 23 263 16 268 97294 89901 10 233 14 247 13 272 89901 84307 8 229 7 245 8 244 84307 79664 6 237 6 242 6 286 79664 75640 2 203 7 183 6 260 75640 72077 2 345 4 126 5 223 72077 68839 1 299 3 010 2 120 68839 65828 7 262 6 268 4 291 65828 63021 10 241 12 259 15 266 63021 60287 16 243 15 241 16 253 60287 57402 19 235 23 251 24 255 57402 54391 21 257 27 251 28 252 54391 51513 34 263 30 265 32 265 51513 48930 37 255 38 262 40 264 48930 46618 38 258 43 262 40 266 46618 44518 46 259 50 265 46 274 44518 42596 46 262 55 266 54 274 42596 40827 49 269 56 270 58 272 40827 39189 53 271 57 274 61 271 39189 37667 54 273 62 275 66 272 37667 36249 57 277 67 274 73 272 36249 34897 62 278 70 272 77 271 34897 33546 67 277 69 272 77 269 33546 32169 71 276 69 274 76 269 32169 30760 74 276 72 276 78 271 30760 29298 71 276 72 278 79 273 29298 27769 66 278 69 278 71 274 27769 26171 62 279 66 281 60 274 26171 24502 57 280 62 286 52 276 24502 22764 54 281 59 288 48 278 22764 20958 49 281 54 285 49 279 20958 19077 48 281 52 284 50 280 19077 17119 43 286 50 286 50 281 17119 15127 37 289 44 286 46 283 15127 13213 33 295 46 295 42 286 13213 11472 36 300 43 291 39 286 11472 9922 31 305 37 286 34 274 9922 8545 29*308 32 283 30 257 8545 7320 26*309 27 281 25 249 7320 6231 22 310 20*284 18 247 6231 5266 19 312 16*292 10 255 5266 4416 18 312 16 294 6*287 4416 3666 18 313 16 295 7*335 3666 2994 17 313 15 297 8 344 2994 2399 17 314 15 298 9 348 2399 1902 16 314 15 300 9 349 1902 1520 16 314 14 300 9 350 1520 1257 15 315 14 300 9 351 1257 1097 14 314 13 301 8 351 1097 1006 12 314 11 300 7 351 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