DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 - - - - - - 68.5 - - 65.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 137 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2753 - - 1913 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2657 - - 1796 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3757 - - 2917 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 699 - - 1244 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 359 - - 262 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 270 - - 301 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2005 - - -2213 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5762 - - 5130 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4983 - - -5741 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8740 - - 8658 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 88 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.5 - - 65.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.6 - - 46.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.5 - - 65.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.9 - - 46.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 137 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2753 - - 1913 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 51 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 96507 8 236 11 232 96507 89406 7 172 14 219 89406 83899 4 338 11 211 83899 79292 5 330 5 321 79292 75318 4 318 5 284 75318 71802 8 332 6 301 71802 68601 19 317 11 332 68601 65653 23 309 27 330 65653 62934 24 317 22 304 62934 60288 32 337 20 289 60288 57475 33 323 29 294 57475 54511 34 311 35 289 54511 51667 43 317 41 314 51667 49116 58 319 54 321 49116 46848 67 316 60 318 46848 44800 68 313 69 319 44800 42936 68 313 78 317 42936 41234 73 317 84 318 41234 39677 84 321 94 321 39677 38243 95 322 100 321 38243 36904 97 321 103 322 36904 35612 92 321 105 323 35612 34296 94 323 104 323 34296 32928 95 321 102 324 32928 31510 94 318 100 325 31510 30028 92 315 99 325 30028 28471 92 312 97 324 28471 26840 91 311 95 323 26840 25135 88 311 92 322 25135 23357 82 311 87 318 23357 21515 71 308 79 312 21515 19603 65 302 72 303 19603 17612 64 299 65 298 17612 15578 58 296 55 297 15578 13614 50 288 50 297 13614 11822 49 286 47 297 11822 10225 47 289 45 296 10225 8802 43 291 41 295 8802 7534 41 292 37 294 7534 6407 40 288 33 296 6407 5408 37 286 31 300 5408 4528 30*278 29 305 4528 3751 26*272 28 307 3751 3056 26 271 24*304 3056 2443 25 270 22*301 2443 1931 25 270 21 301 1931 1537 24 270 21 300 1537 1266 23 270 20 300 1266 1101 21 270 18 300 1101 1007 16 270 14 300 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