DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - - - - - 60.4 - - 59.5 - - 55.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 264 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7839 - - 7626 - - 4771 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6817 - - 6429 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8843 - - 8630 - - 5775 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1157 - - 950 - - 3575 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 596 - - 516 - - 93 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 309 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 230 - - -398 - - -2019 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8614 - - 9028 - - 7795 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5954 - - -6473 - - -4740 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14797 - - 15103 - - 10515 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 72 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 59.5 - - 55.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.8 - - 23.2 - - 25.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.4 - - 58.5 - - 56.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.5 - - 21.9 - - 24.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 264 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7839 - - 7626 - - 4771 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 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] 97998 12 149 9 179 7 249 97998 90566 9 180 8 199 9 251 90566 84839 12 168 5 160 9 238 84839 80085 6 205 10 217 7 194 80085 75983 4 219 13 200 4 239 75983 72347 7 206 10 209 7 221 72347 69045 6 224 13 236 10 283 69045 66015 7 270 13 221 18 259 66015 63203 18 261 12 264 10 257 63203 60463 23 236 22 269 19 285 60463 57607 21 256 29 260 32 264 57607 54649 32 266 29 265 31 251 54649 51821 47 273 44 276 38 273 51821 49275 64 263 61 265 57 270 49275 47000 67 256 67 254 66 265 47000 44937 66 256 66 253 70 263 44937 43047 67 257 66 259 73 260 43047 41306 69 259 69 263 74 258 41306 39694 72 264 75 263 74 258 39694 38198 77 267 81 261 77 261 38198 36806 83 264 86 260 85 260 36806 35478 83 259 90 260 91 259 35478 34142 80 257 88 261 92 259 34142 32765 71 259 80 261 91 259 32765 31343 64 262 72 262 86 259 31343 29860 64 266 71 265 77 259 29860 28300 67 263 71 266 73 260 28300 26667 68 260 72 265 73 263 26667 24959 68 259 75 263 73 263 24959 23176 71 258 74 261 69 261 23176 21321 69 259 70 261 67 262 21321 19387 64 264 66 263 65 264 19387 17371 63 268 65 265 64 266 17371 15319 60 268 59 268 55 271 15319 13349 51 269 46 272 43 279 13349 11571 40 273 35 278 35 286 11571 10005 25*285 24*276 28 292 10005 8619 11*298 12*294 23 296 8619 7388 11 300 12 297 18 299 7388 6293 11 303 12 299 16*302 6293 5320 11 305 15 311 15*306 5320 4461 11 308 16 313 14 309 4461 3700 11 309 17 314 13 310 3700 3019 11 310 17 314 13 312 3019 2416 11 311 18 315 12 313 2416 1913 11 312 18 315 12 314 1913 1526 11 312 17 315 11 314 1526 1260 10 312 17 315 10 315 1260 1098 10 313 16 315 9 314 1098 1006 9 313 13 315 6 314 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