DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 72.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 328 - - 23 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4030 - - 3706 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3736 - - 1838 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5034 - - 4710 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3232 - - 5074 - - 3071 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 452 - - 229 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 26 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 226 - - 236 - - 229 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 395 - - 235 - - -1198 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4640 - - 4476 - - 2205 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -591 - - -1565 - - -3163 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5625 - - 6275 - - 4170 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 77 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1210 - - 1700 - - 1870 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 72.2 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.5 - - 55.6 - - 59.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 72.4 - - 67.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.8 - - 54.3 - - 58.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 328 - - 23 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4030 - - 3706 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 10 - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 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] 97805 12 219 12 239 10 289 97805 90358 15 213 12 248 16 249 90358 84628 16 219 11 246 15 253 84628 79871 14 213 15 233 15 227 79871 75746 12 217 14 235 10 233 75746 72079 10 224 17 232 10 243 72079 68743 9 262 12 235 5 233 68743 65659 20 251 21 251 15 257 65659 62800 19 246 21 242 19 257 62800 60039 21 255 22 254 24 265 60039 57165 25 263 26 264 28 263 57165 54179 31 269 33 267 31 263 54179 51327 36 265 38 262 39 273 51327 48776 37 264 43 261 45 274 48776 46513 39 268 45 256 47 273 46513 44484 41 273 37 271 43 270 44484 42648 44 275 44 274 42 270 42648 40976 47 283 46 269 45 268 40976 39441 52 281 43 272 45 261 39441 38018 53 277 41 277 40 260 38018 36685 47 288 41 279 37 274 36685 35403 46 289 41 275 40 277 35403 34103 38 278 41 273 40 269 34103 32755 34 278 37 274 38 260 32755 31361 36 285 33 275 37 257 31361 29904 36 285 34 276 37 254 29904 28371 35 280 38 275 39 252 28371 26764 33 276 37 268 39 254 26764 25081 31 271 35 259 39 257 25081 23324 32 262 37 254 37 254 23324 21495 34 261 38 261 36 253 21495 19588 38 261 44 265 36 258 19588 17598 42 260 49 261 37 258 17598 15568 45 256 50 261 37 258 15568 13611 43 247 50 263 38 262 13611 11830 42 248 47 260 39 264 11830 10246 39 255 43 253 38 261 10246 8835 33 260 40 248 38 254 8835 7577 31 251 37 245 41 246 7577 6454 33 240 33 241 44 239 6454 5455 31*235 32*240 46 234 5455 4571 27*230 30*238 45 231 4571 3788 25 227 29 237 43 231 3788 3086 24 226 28 237 41 231 3086 2464 23 225 26 236 37 231 2464 1944 23 225 25 235 33 231 1944 1544 22 225 23 235 27 231 1544 1269 20 225 21 235 21 230 1269 1103 19 224 18 234 17 230 1103 1007 15 224 14 234 10*229 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