DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/15 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 - - - - - - 69.6 - - 65.0 - - 58.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 72 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5673 - - 1851 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4637 - - 990 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6677 - - 2855 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2502 - - 2441 - - 2798 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 400 - - 215 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 41 - - 33 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 205 - - 180 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 26 - - 18 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 2161 - - 955 - - -108 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4517 - - 1900 - - 1114 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17 - - 127 - - -870 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6694 - - 2728 - - 1876 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 500 - - 920 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 65.0 - - 58.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 59.4 - - 56.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.3 - - 65.0 - - 59.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.8 - - 59.0 - - 55.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 72 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5673 - - 1851 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 71 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 10 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] 96101 21 206 20 247 32 255 96101 88844 1 202 11 206 18 236 88844 83327 6 021 6 169 19 227 83327 78811 17 332 6 351 6 286 78811 74938 16 314 12 304 9 311 74938 71504 10 308 10 278 8 312 71504 68363 14 291 16 274 14 276 68363 65446 17 280 18 259 17 262 65446 62737 22 273 25 272 24 270 62737 60117 30 257 35 268 24 264 60117 57359 35 252 36 247 25 251 57359 54455 34 239 30 236 30 231 54455 51662 29 233 31 236 37 224 51662 49143 35 240 41 236 44 229 49143 46874 49 239 47 232 46 221 46874 44803 59 242 53 241 43 221 44803 42906 87 244 72 249 50 247 42906 41168 102 239 96 244 95 237 41168 39595 89 221 106 231 118 224 39595 38164 96 227 126 227 130 218 38164 36824 112 233 125 214 123 213 36824 35527 133 230 120 209 107 212 35527 34206 123 212 119 210 103 212 34206 32832 109 205 113 209 96 210 32832 31409 118 213 103 204 91 207 31409 29924 122 223 90 195 80 199 29924 28366 103 227 85 192 72 196 28366 26735 92 225 84 196 70 197 26735 25030 86 224 76 210 68 202 25030 23252 84 226 65 217 68 209 23252 21404 82 228 61 222 66 211 21404 19480 80 228 56 230 60 209 19480 17479 83 225 63 239 47 215 17479 15441 81 223 61 229 40 214 15441 13480 77 224 57 219 36 216 13480 11698 73 229 52 219 34 209 11698 10116 63 230 50 220 33 208 10116 8711 53 218 49 221 33 207 8711 7463 49*211 42 213 37 198 7463 6352 48*209 38 206 42 191 6352 5366 46 207 37 200 43 190 5366 4497 45 206 38 193 43 190 4497 3729 42 205 39 187 41 190 3729 3041 40 203 39*184 38 188 3041 2433 39 203 38*182 34 186 2433 1924 37 202 36 180 31 184 1924 1533 35 201 34 179 27 183 1533 1264 33 201 31 178 23 181 1264 1100 29 201 27 177 19 180 1100 1006 23 200 20 177 13*179 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