DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - - - - 54.6 - - 53.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1995 - - 1867 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1621 - - 990 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2999 - - 2871 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 949 - - 1435 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 119 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 299 - - 309 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1183 - - 885 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1816 - - 1986 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 739 - - 425 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2260 - - 2446 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 53.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.3 - - 48.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.3 - - 53.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.2 - - 47.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1995 - - 1867 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 97060 48 252 41 249 97060 89595 45 258 43 255 89595 83911 36 263 47 256 83911 79248 33 252 42 254 79248 75253 25 246 33 254 75253 71717 31 271 28 260 71717 68500 35 265 35 275 68500 65548 39 265 40 267 65548 62807 42 261 40 260 62807 60132 40 258 45 262 60132 57334 38 262 45 263 57334 54433 39 270 47 262 54433 51657 46 270 49 263 51657 49146 46 264 52 269 49146 46895 43 265 56 272 46895 44876 49 271 59 266 44876 43057 56 266 58 256 43057 41387 57 258 55 257 41387 39839 58 259 63 268 39839 38406 64 265 71 271 38406 37069 71 267 76 271 37069 35780 79 267 79 271 35780 34470 85 266 80 271 34470 33106 87 262 80 271 33106 31692 83 259 77 271 31692 30211 77 259 72 270 30211 28653 72 259 69 270 28653 27019 69 262 69 270 27019 25309 63 263 70 268 25309 23519 60 262 70 266 23519 21654 60 258 67 266 21654 19708 56 256 62 267 19708 17678 50 252 54 266 17678 15605 45 253 51 260 15605 13603 49 263 51 260 13603 11781 53 266 48 265 11781 10164 46 260 46 265 10164 8728 42 259 47 269 8728 7458 33 263 24 263 7458 6335 30 276 25 273 6335 5341 24 273 24 273 5341 4468 22 286 13 285 4468 3703 19 300 12 302 3703 3019 19*301 14*308 3019 2416 18*300 14*309 2416 1913 17 299 14 309 1913 1526 17 298 14 309 1526 1260 16 298 13 309 1260 1099 14 298 11 308 1099 1006 11 297 9 308 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