DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - - - - 53.0 - - 65.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 121 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1490 - - 2097 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1765 - - 1865 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2494 - - 3101 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 310 - - 746 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 261 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 153 - - 203 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -949 - - -3045 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3443 - - 6146 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7364 - - -7377 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9858 - - 10478 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 90 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.0 - - 65.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.4 - - 41.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.7 - - 64.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.4 - - 41.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 121 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1490 - - 2097 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 48 - - 59 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - 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] 96499 20 214 19 231 96499 89388 10 264 8 222 89388 83884 6 256 14 234 83884 79305 3 200 19 216 79305 75356 7 308 12 219 75356 71859 8 306 9 240 71859 68673 11 320 7 298 68673 65729 16 305 15 290 65729 63003 18 275 21 288 63003 60367 15 269 32 282 60367 57603 24 307 35 285 57603 54695 37 316 38 306 54695 51903 52 318 58 313 51903 49400 57 313 63 309 49400 47155 58 312 66 307 47155 45113 65 310 65 306 45113 43240 68 308 72 307 43240 41520 76 312 81 308 41520 39940 88 311 84 308 39940 38482 87 308 80 309 38482 37127 77 305 75 312 37127 35829 62 306 72 313 35829 34511 59 315 68 311 34511 33142 62 320 63 309 33142 31721 62 321 60 306 31721 30236 60 319 57 304 30236 28674 55 310 53 302 28674 27035 54 307 49 301 27035 25316 52 309 46 300 25316 23518 48 301 46 303 23518 21647 47 299 45 307 21647 19702 44 299 42 307 19702 17678 40 297 38 307 17678 15620 34 286 37 302 15620 13642 30 284 38 302 13642 11839 32 294 38 299 11839 10233 32 296 40 294 10233 8805 32 296 37 285 8805 7534 26 290 35 277 7534 6404 23 278 33 271 6404 5402 21 267 31 260 5402 4519 19 258 30 246 4519 3743 15 236 26*236 3743 3050 14*195 18*208 3050 2439 11*156 17 205 2439 1928 11 153 16 203 1928 1535 11 152 15 201 1535 1265 10 152 14 201 1265 1101 10 151 13 200 1101 1007 8 151 11 199 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