DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 73.9 - - 69.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 109 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4041 - - 4481 - - 405 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3567 - - 3547 - - 991 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5045 - - 5485 - - 1409 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3464 - - 2789 - - 5349 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 393 - - 333 - - 52 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 199 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -2 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 686 - - 464 - - -1781 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4359 - - 5021 - - 3190 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -466 - - -637 - - -3001 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5511 - - 6122 - - 4410 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 88 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 230 - - 170 - - 390 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 73.9 - - 69.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.6 - - 55.2 - - 58.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 73.3 - - 70.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.3 - - 54.2 - - 58.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 109 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4041 - - 4481 - - 405 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 53 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 11 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] 98418 22 074 18 096 19 052 98418 91056 20 080 15 083 19 057 91056 85392 18 096 15 080 18 075 85392 80669 15 106 16 092 19 087 80669 76579 10 119 11 093 12 100 76579 72948 12 137 6 135 6 154 72948 69665 5 180 5 209 5 222 69665 66652 9 213 8 241 8 251 66652 63849 16 242 16 243 15 241 63849 61119 19 261 21 248 22 240 61119 58260 30 274 25 265 32 256 58260 55278 39 264 42 260 39 256 55278 52417 35 254 41 253 38 259 52417 49840 31 248 36 256 35 258 49840 47535 27 251 37 260 38 257 47535 45452 38 267 40 253 44 259 45452 43567 50 258 51 244 55 246 43567 41863 53 242 49 231 52 229 41863 40301 37 231 38 233 49 257 40301 38852 31 254 35 262 75 266 38852 37498 44 272 56 266 71 256 37498 36191 56 269 60 265 61 243 36191 34858 59 261 54 260 60 240 34858 33470 56 260 50 254 58 239 33470 32027 50 258 48 247 53 239 32027 30517 44 256 49 243 48 241 30517 28926 39 255 50 239 51 239 28926 27256 27 267 51 238 52 237 27256 25512 23 257 46 241 45 241 25512 23697 34 250 41 235 38 248 23697 21812 35 255 40 235 34 251 21812 19850 30 255 30 247 32 247 19850 17808 27 250 24 257 26 242 17808 15731 26 254 20 250 19 235 15731 13732 18 245 18 239 16 239 13732 11916 14 237 14 238 14 240 11916 10304 11 246 10 234 10 241 10304 8874 12 247 9 226 9 210 8874 7602 12 242 10 211 13 194 7602 6472 10 223 11*204 13 197 6472 5468 9*217 11*201 13 208 5468 4581 7*201 11 200 13 215 4581 3795 7 197 11 199 13 224 3795 3091 7 194 11 199 14 232 3091 2467 7 192 11 199 14 239 2467 1946 7 190 10 198 15 247 1946 1546 7 188 10 198 14*251 1546 1270 6 187 10 198 13*253 1270 1103 6 187 9 197 11 254 1103 1007 5 187 8 198 7 256 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