DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 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 - - - - - - 65.6 - - 71.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 53 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2707 - - 2942 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2465 - - 1875 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3711 - - 3946 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 964 - - 1481 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 315 - - 237 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 30 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 220 - - 226 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -824 - - -3508 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4535 - - 7454 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5774 - - -7296 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9485 - - 11242 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.6 - - 71.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.3 - - 42.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.1 - - 71.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.0 - - 41.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 53 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2707 - - 2942 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 64 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 97329 20 242 28 242 97329 89904 23 246 29 255 89904 84212 25 244 30 240 84212 79515 23 244 21 244 79515 75479 18 240 14 248 75479 71901 17 248 14 254 71901 68653 12 247 13 260 68653 65665 12 289 16 271 65665 62896 23 297 22 300 62896 60218 27 287 29 297 60218 57423 31 291 30 289 57423 54510 36 290 33 287 54510 51719 35 289 36 291 51719 49207 34 293 39 292 49207 46959 34 297 38 289 46959 44930 34 299 37 289 44930 43087 34 299 37 293 43087 41403 35 297 41 291 41403 39851 40 292 44 281 39851 38411 44 289 42 274 38411 37070 48 287 43 275 37070 35780 50 285 46 278 35780 34469 49 283 48 279 34469 33104 45 283 46 280 33104 31689 43 284 43 281 31689 30209 42 286 40 285 30209 28651 41 290 38 287 28651 27019 41 294 35 287 27019 25312 40 295 33 284 25312 23531 37 292 32 284 23531 21680 34 291 31 288 21680 19758 36 298 33 295 19758 17755 43 307 41 300 17755 15706 39 278 38 294 15706 13725 39 257 36 275 13725 11919 42 255 37 264 11919 10310 41 259 40 263 10310 8877 35 255 40 256 8877 7599 31 248 41 259 7599 6461 31 244 38 255 6461 5453 30 240 37 247 5453 4565 31 234 34*230 4565 3782 29*230 33*227 3782 3081 25*222 32 226 3081 2461 24 221 31 225 2461 1942 23 220 30 225 1942 1544 22 220 28 225 1544 1269 20 220 26 225 1269 1103 18 219 23 225 1103 1007 14 219 17 225 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