DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 68.9 - - 67.8 - - 61.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 370 - - 249 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2875 - - 2716 - - 1535 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2884 - - 2634 - - 990 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3879 - - 3720 - - 2539 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 642 - - 646 - - 590 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 417 - - 359 - - 150 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 082 - - 088 - - 084 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1778 - - -939 - - -243 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5657 - - 4659 - - 2782 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6243 - - -5824 - - -5556 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10122 - - 9544 - - 8095 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 67.8 - - 61.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.7 - - 51.0 - - 53.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.2 - - 66.7 - - 61.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.0 - - 50.5 - - 52.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 370 - - 249 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2875 - - 2716 - - 1535 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 90 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 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] 98347 14 104 10 106 3 074 98347 90888 7 093 7 126 6 087 90888 85148 13 095 8 156 9 097 85148 80400 13 105 6 086 6 091 80400 76314 9 089 4 021 5 038 76314 72702 8 028 5 136 1 308 72702 69434 6 317 3 145 3 284 69434 66435 10 230 5 285 5 288 66435 63652 11 216 11 254 7 265 63652 60955 10 247 15 249 13 264 60955 58134 19 256 21 238 20 245 58134 55205 35 245 25 251 21 248 55205 52419 42 232 35 245 31 256 52419 49922 39 244 38 231 37 241 49922 47709 48 259 46 240 44 243 47709 45746 66 235 67 240 51 239 45746 43980 74 227 72 219 58 237 43980 42352 73 228 62 222 73 229 42352 40829 68 230 58 234 73 223 40829 39394 65 224 65 241 63 224 39394 38033 65 221 67 237 60 224 38033 36707 59 227 57 236 57 225 36707 35351 55 230 49 231 52 223 35351 33936 50 232 41 234 45 217 33936 32467 42 243 42 230 41 215 32467 30931 38 250 45 227 42 217 30931 29316 33 241 41 230 41 221 29316 27620 36 234 32 240 39 226 27620 25844 32 228 33 227 36 226 25844 23992 23 222 34 224 25 216 23992 22068 25 225 32 228 24 220 22068 20070 21 231 18 237 17 209 20070 17997 18 224 4 214 7 146 17997 15885 14 191 7 154 14 133 15885 13849 10 173 18 143 11 142 13849 12000 11 168 17 129 12 145 12000 10357 12 160 13 108 14 152 10357 8897 15 144 12 103 13 136 8897 7599 14 119 13 105 15 129 7599 6449 14 108 15 110 17 134 6449 5434 17 110 18 111 17 132 5434 4541 21*098 19 100 17 120 4541 3754 23*084 21*090 20 110 3754 3053 23 083 23*088 24*093 3053 2439 23 082 23 088 24*086 2439 1927 23 082 23 087 23 084 1927 1535 22 081 23 087 22 083 1535 1265 21 082 22 087 20 083 1265 1100 19 082 20 087 18 082 1100 1007 16 081 16 087 13 082 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