DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - - - - 76.0 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 209 - - -28 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3781 - - 177 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3364 - - 991 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4785 - - 1181 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1939 - - 4702 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 382 - - 52 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 229 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1073 - - -801 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3712 - - 1982 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 64 - - -2184 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4721 - - 3365 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 95 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1810 - - 2280 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.9 - - 66.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.0 - - 72.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 65.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 209 - - -28 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3781 - - 177 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 80 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - - 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] 96566 26 279 35 275 96566 89268 39 271 38 277 89268 83760 37 270 35 284 83760 79234 31 276 32 286 79234 75338 35 284 38 284 75338 71899 35 287 34 275 71899 68777 30 281 29 272 68777 65870 21 263 26 256 65870 63139 26 259 22 255 63139 60476 34 260 37 264 60476 57689 45 259 40 259 57689 54785 53 253 52 257 54785 52009 57 253 62 251 52009 49532 58 254 56 256 49532 47341 58 263 53 266 47341 45372 61 270 56 267 45372 43584 65 273 67 265 43584 41949 69 270 69 262 41949 40429 66 265 63 260 40429 38996 63 261 59 261 38996 37637 62 260 59 265 37637 36318 62 261 63 270 36318 34972 61 265 67 273 34972 33572 61 268 71 275 33572 32121 58 270 72 274 32121 30608 57 269 71 266 30608 29024 57 269 61 258 29024 27365 56 266 55 256 27365 25629 52 265 56 255 25629 23815 47 267 45 254 23815 21928 46 258 36 255 21928 19969 51 255 34 252 19969 17926 44 261 28 252 17926 15840 42 259 27 254 15840 13834 33 282 25 263 13834 12020 34 283 21 269 12020 10408 34 275 19 262 10408 8968 31 272 19 249 8968 7680 28 271 21 236 7680 6533 23 263 24 230 6533 5517 22*258 24 229 5517 4621 22*252 25 229 4621 3826 22 251 25 229 3826 3114 21 250 24 229 3114 2483 21 251 23 229 2483 1957 20 251 22 230 1957 1552 19 250 20 229 1552 1274 18 250 18*229 1274 1105 17 250 15*229 1105 1008 14 250 10 228 1008 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