DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 64.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - -23 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 990 - - 991 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1006 - - 1007 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 514 - - 2794 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 152 - - 195 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - -252 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1006 - - 1259 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4299 - - -1102 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5305 - - 2109 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 370 - - 810 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 64.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.1 - - 62.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.5 - - 65.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.3 - - 62.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - -23 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - - 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] 95861 38 245 38 256 95861 88793 33 269 37 247 88793 83347 30 262 34 254 83347 78845 24 267 27 270 78845 75003 19 256 26 260 75003 71617 28 277 27 258 71617 68545 37 278 40 263 68545 65704 42 272 46 255 65704 63050 50 258 56 261 63050 60474 44 261 69 261 60474 57781 57 264 68 262 57781 54950 70 263 63 260 54950 52208 75 263 63 256 52208 49717 69 259 64 256 49717 47471 61 258 63 259 47471 45427 57 262 66 262 45427 43554 54 263 71 260 43554 41838 54 263 69 260 41838 40272 61 259 66 260 40272 38834 60 252 64 249 38834 37490 54 244 64 229 37490 36192 51 240 56 226 36192 34868 49 243 54 229 34868 33489 47 251 52 236 33489 32057 44 254 46 241 32057 30558 40 252 40 235 30558 28980 37 252 33 233 28980 27322 34 247 30 238 27322 25586 31 238 33 239 25586 23770 34 243 36 245 23770 21880 37 243 46 254 21880 19917 34 244 44 240 19917 17875 34 248 44 235 17875 15796 33 248 49 230 15796 13793 34 249 45 228 13793 11964 32 243 44 225 11964 10338 26 236 43 225 10338 8896 25 237 42 225 8896 7616 31 240 39 228 7616 6479 32 241 39 229 6479 5468 32 240 39 228 5468 4575 30 235 37 223 4575 3787 25 219 34 218 3787 3083 24 202 30 209 3083 2461 23 197 27 206 2461 1942 21 188 23 201 1942 1543 17 177 20 198 1543 1269 12 164 17 197 1269 1103 9 157 14 196 1103 1007 6*152 10*195 1007 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