DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.5 - - 49.7 - - 54.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -8 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1483 - - 369 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 989 - - 989 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2487 - - 1373 - - 1006 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 918 - - 1922 - - 3071 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 182 - - 40 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 207 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2282 - - -2767 - - -4707 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4769 - - 4140 - - 5713 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10697 - - -10251 - - -12641 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13184 - - 11624 - - 13647 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.5 - - 49.7 - - 54.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.5 - - 35.4 - - 33.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.2 - - 50.3 - - 55.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.4 - - 34.5 - - 32.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -8 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1483 - - 369 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96417 25 231 28 256 21 269 96417 89142 21 270 19 247 18 268 89142 83544 18 279 19 281 16 257 83544 78912 19 267 27 295 18 271 78912 74920 15 277 21 290 21 293 74920 71410 26 307 18 275 26 292 71410 68255 33 292 22 259 34 280 68255 65356 37 291 26 284 34 290 65356 62666 43 291 39 290 39 294 62666 60049 51 287 49 280 45 290 60049 57286 55 288 53 280 53 286 57286 54394 64 287 65 286 62 284 54394 51630 76 284 79 285 71 283 51630 49141 82 283 86 284 77 284 49141 46904 82 282 88 282 85 285 46904 44878 81 284 86 281 88 283 44878 43040 81 283 82 282 83 282 43040 41366 81 280 80 281 81 282 41366 39832 73 278 77 276 78 279 39832 38411 66 280 71 272 75 276 38411 37078 65 284 66 275 73 277 37078 35785 65 284 64 276 72 279 35785 34470 64 282 64 276 77 284 34470 33107 64 282 71 284 79 282 33107 31695 64 284 76 287 79 279 31695 30214 62 286 69 284 80 281 30214 28655 58 286 61 281 76 284 28655 27018 57 286 59 281 69 283 27018 25305 57 286 58 282 60 282 25305 23516 56 284 57 284 56 284 23516 21654 56 284 58 286 56 285 21654 19712 54 281 56 284 57 282 19712 17683 49 278 54 279 58 280 17683 15609 43 276 47 275 54 284 15609 13606 43 268 39 264 46 289 13606 11781 47 258 44 266 39 275 11781 10161 40 247 47 263 34 279 10161 8726 36 247 38 252 38 274 8726 7455 31 241 31 253 32 262 7455 6330 25 232 29 244 30 247 6330 5340 19 214 27 230 32 236 5340 4472 14 210 26 222 31 223 4472 3708 16 221 25 224 28 214 3708 3024 19*218 23 225 26 212 3024 2419 17*213 19 221 24 213 2419 1915 14 209 14 213 22 212 1915 1527 13 208 12*210 19 211 1527 1260 12 208 10*208 15 208 1260 1098 11 208 9 207 12*207 1098 1006 8 208 6 206 7*205 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