DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/27 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 - - - - - - 81.6 - - 85.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 261 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4229 - - 7418 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3804 - - 5920 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5233 - - 8422 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2975 - - 2650 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 428 - - 429 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 19 - - 27 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 121 - - 348 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 19 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1777 - - -1512 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7010 - - 9934 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4377 - - -3430 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9610 - - 11852 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 76 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.6 - - 85.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 45.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.0 - - 84.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.1 - - 44.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 261 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4229 - - 7418 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 6 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - - 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] 98521 16 090 12 037 98521 91105 13 064 11 077 91105 85383 12 055 10 078 85383 80600 12 085 6 080 80600 76485 12 077 7 134 76485 72870 14 049 13 087 72870 69604 8 038 13 049 69604 66598 4 015 7 015 66598 63814 3 301 7 288 63814 61125 9 270 16 281 61125 58325 16 261 21 281 58325 55414 24 267 29 274 55414 52628 30 264 32 264 52628 50127 33 264 31 261 50127 47902 40 269 34 268 47902 45897 50 258 41 271 45897 44069 53 245 47 269 44069 42385 51 246 50 268 42385 40823 49 252 50 273 40823 39359 47 256 50 272 39359 37982 43 252 42 264 37982 36655 39 248 39 267 36655 35303 38 248 37 262 35303 33894 38 249 39 255 33894 32433 37 250 41 255 32433 30905 36 250 40 258 30905 29297 35 247 36 262 29297 27612 32 248 33 264 27612 25850 25 257 31 270 25850 24015 21 265 29 279 24015 22108 19 274 27 286 22108 20124 18 290 23 296 20124 18064 18 305 16 306 18064 15967 12 292 17 308 15967 13945 7 290 11 311 13945 12108 6 315 12 001 12108 10476 7 012 14 005 10476 9025 7 037 10*355 9025 7732 7 052 6*348 7732 6580 7 060 6 347 6580 5557 6*076 4 347 5557 4653 4*105 3 348 4653 3852 4 115 2 348 3852 3134 4 121 1 350 3134 2498 4 124 1 358 2498 1966 4 128 1 357 1966 1558 4 129 0 032 1558 1276 4 130 0 028 1276 1106 4 130 0 082 1106 1008 3 131 0 067 1008 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