DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/30 Hartford_WI 1070ft pt39925@43.360,-88.340,973ft SPONSORED BY: Wisconsin Soaring Society BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.3 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 11.6 - - 16.2 - - 17.5 - - 14.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 185 - - 61 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1125 - - 2060 - - 2028 - - 13 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1066 - - 2096 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2195 - - 3130 - - 3098 - - 1083 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 427 - - 560 - - 726 - - 2201 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 153 - - 293 - - 202 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 20 - - 19 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 293 - - 283 - - 286 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -6 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 118 - - -756 - - -2248 - - -3648 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2077 - - 3886 - - 5347 - - 4732 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6920 - - -7157 - - -9444 - - -11262 ODpotential blCL - - - 9115 - - 10287 - - 12542 - - 12345 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 78 - - 57 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 11.6 - - 16.2 - - 17.5 - - 14.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.7 - - 3.1 - - -2.0 - - -2.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 11.8 - - 15.7 - - 17.4 - - 15.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.5 - - 2.9 - - -2.3 - - -2.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 185 - - 61 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1125 - - 2060 - - 2028 - - 13 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 75 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96025 59 256 80 269 66 267 76 256 96025 88940 46 269 47 271 50 274 50 277 88940 83413 45 283 39 277 43 267 45 284 83413 78764 39 281 38 281 39 274 47 281 78764 74703 30 284 35 277 38 282 43 283 74703 71066 33 296 35 276 39 289 39 295 71066 67739 39 292 38 280 39 296 41 302 67739 64661 41 279 39 279 41 297 44 296 64661 61797 40 271 41 279 45 293 46 291 61797 59010 40 272 43 283 48 289 48 293 59010 56095 42 279 45 286 51 292 53 293 56095 53066 45 281 45 285 53 293 55 291 53066 50179 44 282 43 285 51 291 53 290 50179 47595 44 282 42 288 46 289 52 291 47595 45293 42 281 43 288 44 290 49 292 45293 43210 44 284 43 288 45 293 47 296 43210 41311 49 288 46 288 49 294 50 300 41311 39569 54 287 51 288 52 294 53 299 39569 37962 54 283 53 287 54 293 54 296 37962 36467 52 286 52 286 55 291 55 294 36467 35071 55 289 51 287 55 289 55 294 35071 33733 55 287 50 289 53 288 53 294 33733 32393 54 286 51 290 50 289 50 295 32393 31027 54 288 51 288 47 291 45 296 31027 29643 57 290 51 289 46 293 40 298 29643 28222 64 288 54 289 45 295 34 300 28222 26745 68 286 57 288 46 295 30 303 26745 25204 67 285 57 286 47 295 31 305 25204 23595 65 286 57 286 49 294 34 306 23595 21919 65 287 57 286 51 293 36 304 21919 20180 65 289 56 286 51 292 37 301 20180 18369 65 290 55 288 49 292 38 300 18369 16485 65 293 53 290 45 293 37 299 16485 14565 58 295 49 292 42 294 35 300 14565 12715 47 295 45 293 40 296 33 301 12715 11032 42 295 41 295 37 297 32 301 11032 9539 39 297 36 296 33 299 29 303 9539 8214 35 299 32 297 28 301 25 304 8214 7040 29 299 28 295 25 302 22 305 7040 5999 25 296 26 293 22 302 20 304 5999 5079 21 293 25 292 21 304 20 305 5079 4271 20 295 25 294 23 300 23 306 4271 3562 22 296 23*288 22*290 26 300 3562 2933 24 297 22*285 21*286 26 294 2933 2379 23*296 21 284 21 286 25 292 2379 1916 21*294 21 283 20 286 24 290 1916 1561 20 293 20 283 19 285 21 288 1561 1317 18 292 19 283 18 285 16 285 1317 1168 16 292 17 283 16 285 14 283 1168 1083 12 291 13 282 12 285 9*282 1083 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