DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 = 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 - - - - - - 48.8 - - 40.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 164 - - 150 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8107 - - 2032 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6571 - - 1943 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9111 - - 3036 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4662 - - 2442 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 467 - - 278 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 30 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 303 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 3579 - - 1189 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5533 - - 1847 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1864 - - 864 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7247 - - 2172 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 330 - - 170 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.8 - - 40.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.1 - - 35.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.3 - - 39.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.0 - - 35.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 164 - - 150 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8107 - - 2032 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 94 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - - 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] 97051 20 232 31 230 97051 89713 30 264 32 277 89713 84124 35 261 34 267 84124 79487 28 248 42 252 79487 75496 28 240 39 239 75496 71936 27 272 29 241 71936 68673 43 275 40 255 68673 65658 51 249 44 251 65658 62850 46 227 41 243 62850 60110 31 215 35 234 60110 57228 27 249 36 249 57228 54223 45 259 44 263 54223 51359 58 262 54 264 51359 48788 62 256 55 258 48788 46475 61 252 53 254 46475 44359 57 255 47 261 44359 42410 61 257 55 268 42410 40612 59 253 61 266 40612 38952 52 260 63 272 38952 37418 58 273 71 272 37418 35992 70 273 70 265 35992 34624 77 271 59 266 34624 33241 75 269 61 278 33241 31823 72 270 72 284 31823 30375 75 274 84 286 30375 28888 75 276 92 285 28888 27345 74 278 95 286 27345 25746 73 280 96 288 25746 24087 72 282 94 289 24087 22366 71 283 84 289 22366 20584 67 285 71 289 20584 18735 65 287 59 287 18735 16814 63 284 50 285 16814 14857 57 283 54 274 14857 12979 38 277 60 267 12979 11277 32 271 42 274 11277 9762 32*270 33 275 9762 8413 31*269 30 270 8413 7209 29 268 29 271 7209 6138 27 267 27 278 6138 5189 25 266 27 289 5189 4352 23 265 28 296 4352 3613 22 264 30*301 3613 2953 21 264 31*302 2953 2369 20 264 32 303 2369 1882 19 265 32 303 1882 1508 19 265 31 303 1508 1251 18 265 29 303 1251 1095 16 264 26 303 1095 1005 13 265 19 303 1005 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