DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/23 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.5 - - 67.1 - - 74.5 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 46 - - 57 - - 191 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1175 - - 760 - - 6025 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 990 - - 990 - - 4992 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2179 - - 1764 - - 7029 - - 1007 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1728 - - 2178 - - 1932 - - 7379 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 164 - - 145 - - 428 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 12 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 7 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 282 - - 333 - - 211 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 2 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -8 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1821 - - -3354 - - -1034 - - -6706 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4000 - - 5118 - - 8063 - - 7713 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3869 - - -5270 - - -2642 - - -8822 ODpotential blCL - - - 6048 - - 7034 - - 9671 - - 9829 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 99 - - 83 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 130 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.5 - - 67.1 - - 74.5 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 51.7 - - 48.5 - - 42.7 - - 42.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.3 - - 66.8 - - 73.3 - - 74.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 50.5 - - 48.0 - - 41.9 - - 41.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 46 - - 57 - - 191 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1175 - - 760 - - 6025 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 75 - - 98 - - 32 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 7 - - 5 - - 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] 97642 10 149 7 122 4 227 6 065 97642 90264 7 113 6 167 6 201 3 083 90264 84566 7 103 7 124 8 159 4 309 84566 79842 9 127 4 139 10 126 2 229 79842 75766 7 114 5 155 2 177 5 002 75766 72144 6 057 5 161 8 272 6 304 72144 68862 10 351 4 208 11 272 12 283 68862 65853 16 319 7 314 9 289 11 277 65853 63049 16 291 19 295 14 279 15 287 63049 60323 16 259 23 283 22 277 21 284 60323 57486 22 268 27 266 25 275 30 289 57486 54553 22 276 27 267 32 276 33 270 54553 51758 34 275 31 256 35 265 25 271 51758 49233 35 261 31 261 34 277 38 283 49233 46981 31 259 45 272 50 265 52 268 46981 44975 39 265 49 257 52 249 50 259 44975 43165 46 256 43 240 43 260 45 264 43165 41509 36 259 36 245 47 271 53 268 41509 39984 31 269 45 279 57 273 60 265 39984 38568 38 276 60 287 60 276 60 264 38568 37238 44 277 61 286 57 276 57 262 37238 35950 48 277 57 278 50 274 53 262 35950 34636 49 277 60 272 48 269 49 259 34636 33271 46 274 58 272 50 259 50 257 33271 31856 48 272 41 260 54 253 52 258 31856 30375 49 261 42 251 56 254 53 258 30375 28816 47 253 44 252 51 257 49 259 28816 27181 42 251 40 251 41 262 42 264 27181 25469 40 254 33 244 35 265 36 272 25469 23682 38 252 27 237 32 272 31 276 23682 21821 32 249 27 236 28 271 27 275 21821 19875 22 251 27 240 27 262 23 270 19875 17846 18 261 26 247 27 246 21 273 17846 15780 16 252 29 252 24 255 24 282 15780 13789 10 253 28 245 25 259 23 273 13789 11976 11 237 29 240 25 260 19 262 11976 10361 12 239 29 240 24 269 17 252 10361 8923 11 241 26 241 21 265 17 241 8923 7643 10 247 23 242 14*258 15 229 7643 6504 11 245 19 241 11*252 14 214 6504 5493 14 246 15 238 8 236 12 209 5493 4600 16 267 11 241 7 216 12 206 4600 3809 15 286 8 252 6 200 11 202 3809 3101 14 289 7 279 6 194 10 199 3101 2474 13*286 8 302 6 190 10 195 2474 1950 12*285 8*316 6 187 9 192 1950 1548 9 281 7*329 6 184 9 188 1548 1271 8 280 7 333 6 183 8 185 1271 1104 8 279 6 334 6 183 6 181 1104 1007 6 279 5 335 5 182 4*176 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