DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 64.2 - - 49.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -18 - - -30 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1244 - - 617 - - 1128 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 991 - - 991 - - 989 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2248 - - 1621 - - 2132 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2746 - - 3857 - - 1325 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 109 - - 81 - - 106 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 25 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 231 - - 271 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 593 - - -59 - - 827 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1655 - - 1680 - - 1305 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -473 - - -1065 - - 387 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2721 - - 2686 - - 1745 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 640 - - 610 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 64.2 - - 49.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.0 - - 59.9 - - 47.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.0 - - 65.1 - - 49.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.2 - - 59.3 - - 46.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -18 - - -30 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1244 - - 617 - - 1128 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 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] 95472 47 253 54 256 50 259 95472 88444 45 250 46 258 49 268 88444 83071 42 248 45 264 50 265 83071 78614 39 252 40 253 46 260 78614 74772 38 257 38 241 48 259 74772 71361 43 258 42 256 47 254 71361 68271 49 262 48 257 50 252 68271 65425 64 252 57 254 48 252 65425 62766 66 238 66 251 55 259 62766 60167 62 234 69 243 66 252 60167 57457 62 235 66 244 69 244 57457 54648 63 242 69 245 67 241 54648 51937 70 243 70 242 68 242 51937 49459 74 239 67 239 72 243 49459 47212 70 241 69 240 76 235 47212 45159 70 246 75 240 76 234 45159 43274 78 251 79 246 84 247 43274 41541 89 250 92 252 95 252 41541 39941 91 242 102 246 105 248 39941 38462 90 235 105 237 110 235 38462 37097 86 227 104 226 106 230 37097 35792 88 229 101 219 113 228 35792 34464 93 229 101 219 118 225 34464 33080 94 227 100 220 116 221 33080 31643 95 227 91 219 115 221 31643 30141 92 229 83 215 109 223 30141 28563 87 231 82 215 102 225 28563 26911 79 230 82 219 100 229 26911 25180 75 229 85 228 102 233 25180 23375 72 228 81 232 99 236 23375 21507 65 225 80 247 87 244 21507 19574 60 227 69 248 75 248 19574 17561 60 250 62 251 69 250 17561 15504 54 256 63 263 67 253 15504 13519 48 257 57 263 58 251 13519 11713 46 257 53 254 52 240 11713 10107 48 259 50 243 56 235 10107 8687 44 258 45 237 59 235 8687 7429 43 250 47 236 60 235 7429 6309 45 244 46 242 60 238 6309 5315 47 241 45 240 60 244 5315 4441 45 239 44 238 53 257 4441 3677 41 236 42 236 37 266 3677 3000 38 233 40 234 30 269 3000 2402 35*231 38 233 28*270 2402 1904 31*228 34*233 26*271 1904 1521 28 227 31*232 24 272 1521 1257 25 226 27 231 21 272 1257 1097 21 225 23 231 19 272 1097 1006 16 225 16 230 14 271 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