DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 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 = 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 - - - - - - 78.5 - - 79.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 267 - - 226 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3788 - - 4230 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3544 - - 3800 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4858 - - 5300 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 884 - - 1039 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 416 - - 406 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 024 - - 025 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -821 - - -1109 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5679 - - 6409 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4874 - - -4442 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9732 - - 9742 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 79.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.2 - - 55.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.2 - - 78.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.3 - - 54.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 267 - - 226 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3788 - - 4230 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 99590 28 100 28 095 99590 92068 26 091 26 101 92068 86272 26 102 22 106 86272 81462 19 098 20 097 81462 77316 18 104 15 088 77316 73650 19 083 10 093 73650 70328 13 074 7 103 70328 67274 8 068 5 057 67274 64449 6 101 5 019 64449 61727 13 015 5 043 61727 58906 19 330 9 342 58906 55990 26 311 14 319 55990 53231 44 311 37 316 53231 50768 47 319 45 311 50768 48548 64 324 55 312 48548 46520 80 317 72 311 46520 44662 89 313 84 313 44662 42945 97 309 93 310 42945 41343 99 307 97 305 41343 39834 98 308 96 305 39834 38407 99 310 98 307 38407 37028 100 311 100 307 37028 35628 102 313 100 309 35628 34177 96 317 84 309 34177 32683 78 314 67 307 32683 31133 59 313 64 311 31133 29508 52 319 57 315 29508 27808 47 320 47 316 27808 26034 43 318 44 315 26034 24188 43 315 44 313 24188 22269 45 316 44 313 22269 20270 46 318 43 318 20270 18187 42 320 40 324 18187 16062 34 322 37 327 16062 14017 31 327 35 331 14017 12164 23 328 30 337 12164 10522 20 338 23 333 10522 9065 19 348 21 346 9065 7767 18 354 19 354 7767 6614 16 354 14 351 6614 5596 13*007 11*353 5596 4699 12*016 10*359 4699 3906 13 019 10 010 3906 3194 13 023 10 026 3194 2564 13 026 10 031 2564 2038 13 028 10 035 2038 1633 12 030 10 037 1633 1354 12 031 10 039 1354 1185 11 031 10 040 1185 1087 9 031 8 041 1087 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