DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/19 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 - - - - - - 53.9 - - 57.3 - - 48.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 93 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1821 - - 2599 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1860 - - 2053 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2825 - - 3603 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 830 - - 996 - - 1034 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 259 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 190 - - 284 - - 086 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1552 - - -1373 - - -558 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4377 - - 4976 - - 1565 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5859 - - -4767 - - -4512 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8684 - - 8370 - - 5518 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 86 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 100 - - 140 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 57.3 - - 48.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.4 - - 39.2 - - 45.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 56.7 - - 50.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.2 - - 38.0 - - 45.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 93 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1821 - - 2599 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 46 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 96535 9 162 15 232 9 307 96535 89434 2 219 5 202 4 232 89434 83944 3 244 2 263 2 017 83944 79375 5 260 7 263 12 316 79375 75427 6 326 5 244 14 288 75427 71916 18 337 11 020 6 306 71916 68715 24 305 24 329 19 331 68715 65753 23 279 29 298 23 316 65753 62997 17 294 25 287 31 315 62997 60319 18 300 29 294 34 304 60319 57490 30 309 34 303 35 301 57490 54508 39 306 40 295 41 304 54508 51654 43 307 33 297 40 312 51654 49097 46 311 39 317 36 318 49097 46809 51 313 45 325 58 332 46809 44747 59 315 67 324 63 319 44747 42880 65 316 70 320 55 321 42880 41159 68 318 72 325 65 336 41159 39561 70 319 77 326 86 331 39561 38080 70 319 77 327 91 329 38080 36704 69 320 81 332 96 330 36704 35389 68 321 87 333 103 330 35389 34059 66 322 89 332 100 330 34059 32688 65 323 86 333 89 332 32688 31283 62 323 82 333 79 330 31283 29825 60 324 76 332 80 329 29825 28291 60 327 67 330 79 328 28291 26679 57 328 61 331 68 336 26679 24992 49 326 62 330 58 339 24992 23230 40 320 59 325 55 331 23230 21398 36 310 50 318 41 336 21398 19491 34 304 38 310 37 327 19491 17500 34 304 38 302 38 321 17500 15473 31 305 39 301 35 310 15473 13517 29 305 35 301 36 295 13517 11731 26 307 29 296 31 289 11731 10139 21 301 26 290 25 292 10139 8721 21 289 22 287 22 291 8721 7461 22 280 21 290 25 281 7461 6342 19 293 18 279 24 263 6342 5351 14 282 13 267 20 260 5351 4479 13 251 12 265 16 254 4479 3709 11 226 5*269 12 248 3709 3021 5*205 4*278 8 225 3021 2415 4*195 3 282 5 195 2415 1911 4 192 3 285 4 113 1911 1525 4 188 3 287 8 087 1525 1259 3 187 3 287 9 085 1259 1098 3 187 3 289 8*085 1098 1006 3 187 2 288 5*086 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