DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.4 - - 48.5 - - 40.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 14 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 624 - - 1166 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1069 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1694 - - 2236 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 672 - - 756 - - 425 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 159 - - 118 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 228 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -938 - - -1232 - - -393 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2632 - - 3469 - - 1478 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6581 - - -6044 - - -6222 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8275 - - 8280 - - 7307 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 78 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.4 - - 48.5 - - 40.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.8 - - 37.2 - - 37.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.0 - - 48.7 - - 44.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.6 - - 36.0 - - 38.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 14 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 624 - - 1166 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 14 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96786 35 068 33 073 25 071 96786 89646 33 084 24 078 23 063 89646 84034 29 085 17 083 18 047 84034 79341 19 075 12 064 13 043 79341 75286 10 044 8 021 11 040 75286 71693 9 000 8 343 8 020 71693 68424 12 324 12 324 7 356 68424 65409 13 302 16 309 12 321 65409 62608 16 298 18 302 21 309 62608 59899 24 291 27 293 34 295 59899 57073 30 288 34 286 37 285 57073 54136 34 289 37 291 39 285 54136 51327 37 291 41 285 43 281 51327 48794 38 290 43 277 48 277 48794 46518 42 285 43 278 52 275 46518 44448 45 284 46 282 55 275 44448 42556 53 284 54 281 56 275 42556 40826 61 282 61 280 57 273 40826 39246 67 281 63 277 65 272 39246 37795 73 272 65 275 79 267 37795 36449 76 271 74 270 81 257 36449 35164 88 274 81 264 74 256 35164 33862 94 272 83 266 66 261 33862 32508 91 268 86 268 69 261 32508 31107 91 269 87 265 72 263 31107 29645 88 268 84 266 76 263 29645 28108 81 269 83 271 71 263 28108 26495 82 273 81 271 64 270 26495 24805 82 277 74 268 64 273 24805 23043 78 280 70 274 62 277 23043 21216 54 288 60 288 42 281 21216 19322 36 287 33 283 31 269 19322 17356 29 286 26 276 25 268 17356 15354 27 291 25 277 23 275 15354 13421 23 289 24 274 22 275 13421 11661 22 292 21 273 20 279 11661 10093 23 293 20 283 19 285 10093 8697 24 293 22 290 20 290 8697 7453 22 294 24 291 23 288 7453 6348 20 297 24 288 24 283 6348 5371 16 298 21 287 23 281 5371 4510 13 293 17 288 19 276 4510 3751 11 280 13 284 14 263 3751 3073 11 270 10 267 11 243 3073 2475 9 269 7*247 11 216 2475 1979 6*271 5*230 9 203 1979 1597 4*268 5 228 7 185 1597 1335 3 266 5 228 5 155 1335 1176 3 264 4 227 5*129 1176 1085 2 264 4 226 4*118 1085 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