DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 73.7 - - 67.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - -2 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2212 - - 2285 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1964 - - 991 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3216 - - 3289 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1982 - - 4828 - - 121 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 268 - - 157 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 147 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -8 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -275 - - -1281 - - -2081 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3491 - - 4570 - - 3088 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2346 - - -3524 - - -5490 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5562 - - 6813 - - 6497 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 70 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 240 - - 400 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 73.7 - - 67.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 57.0 - - 57.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 74.0 - - 70.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.7 - - 55.6 - - 55.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - -2 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2212 - - 2285 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 10 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] 96774 24 243 28 250 25 274 96774 89573 15 245 18 253 18 254 89573 84078 19 250 19 264 19 264 84078 79532 24 220 27 254 22 261 79532 75576 21 223 28 253 29 265 75576 72043 18 249 29 251 32 261 72043 68818 27 253 34 250 35 266 68818 65844 30 252 38 250 47 258 65844 63100 38 253 39 253 44 252 63100 60440 44 254 43 259 38 256 60440 57652 46 257 43 259 44 260 57652 54757 46 264 46 260 46 261 54757 51993 53 262 49 257 49 265 51993 49510 56 261 48 260 51 262 49510 47294 56 263 51 266 48 263 47294 45287 55 266 61 268 57 268 45287 43463 53 266 67 265 62 266 43463 41801 52 266 62 261 63 270 41801 40275 55 262 54 259 66 273 40275 38856 54 254 52 257 61 275 38856 37519 53 248 53 261 54 272 37519 36219 49 250 56 264 49 269 36219 34890 49 245 55 266 45 267 34890 33506 43 241 52 266 42 267 33506 32070 32 239 49 264 43 267 32070 30567 35 239 48 265 43 266 30567 28985 40 241 46 265 42 266 28985 27326 38 246 44 264 40 263 27326 25590 32 255 41 261 39 253 25590 23783 28 256 34 254 39 249 23783 21905 24 255 33 252 35 245 21905 19948 22 251 26 242 28 226 19948 17908 23 246 27 236 26 220 17908 15826 25 246 27 233 25 229 15826 13821 23 244 26 233 20 250 13821 12000 18 236 25 240 20 257 12000 10384 18 238 25 235 30 220 10384 8949 16 232 24 222 31 213 8949 7669 7 200 28 208 29 207 7669 6527 5 204 28 199 28 202 6527 5513 10 226 25 191 27 195 5513 4617 13 224 21 180 26 190 4617 3823 13*212 19*169 26 187 3823 3112 12*180 16*158 26 185 3112 2482 11 164 14 149 26 183 2482 1955 11 162 13 145 25 180 1955 1551 11 160 12 143 22 176 1551 1272 10 160 11 142 18 166 1272 1104 10 159 10 141 15 162 1104 1007 8 158 8 140 7*154 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