DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.0 - - 67.9 - - 62.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 185 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1899 - - 1543 - - 148 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1958 - - 1749 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2969 - - 2613 - - 1218 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1678 - - 1989 - - 386 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 280 - - 270 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 125 - - 106 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 7 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 11 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1779 - - -2664 - - -2791 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4749 - - 5277 - - 4009 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4020 - - -7257 - - -9109 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6989 - - 9870 - - 10327 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 84 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 280 - - 470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.0 - - 67.9 - - 62.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.9 - - 48.4 - - 48.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 67.0 - - 63.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.1 - - 47.8 - - 48.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 185 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1899 - - 1543 - - 148 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 37 - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96391 28 249 26 252 38 259 96391 89100 21 236 20 255 15 269 89100 83517 12 224 16 229 17 251 83517 78890 6 244 11 247 14 275 78890 74909 11 285 12 272 16 276 74909 71400 15 267 14 284 22 262 71400 68231 23 271 25 280 23 279 68231 65315 37 271 35 276 27 285 65315 62592 42 271 44 274 30 280 62592 59917 45 273 49 270 36 279 59917 57100 46 276 45 269 47 276 57100 54180 51 274 55 275 56 269 54180 51406 60 266 67 272 56 269 51406 48915 61 266 68 269 60 273 48915 46697 63 273 68 269 69 276 46697 44715 70 274 67 268 74 272 44715 42936 71 270 64 268 70 270 42936 41322 68 270 63 269 64 273 41322 39829 68 275 63 266 64 270 39829 38429 69 276 61 263 65 265 38429 37107 70 275 61 264 65 263 37107 35824 69 274 62 265 65 264 35824 34516 67 275 62 266 65 266 34516 33154 65 276 62 267 65 268 33154 31739 62 275 62 267 63 269 31739 30261 58 272 61 267 62 274 30261 28709 54 271 60 265 63 280 28709 27086 52 274 57 262 65 279 27086 25389 52 276 52 263 63 281 25389 23618 51 277 46 273 54 280 23618 21776 48 279 43 280 58 276 21776 19856 45 281 43 285 61 268 19856 17851 43 272 53 282 60 260 17851 15804 41 264 56 281 55 259 15804 13829 36 262 43 282 47 261 13829 12028 32 263 33 273 42 267 12028 10419 26 261 32 264 44 263 10419 8979 26 258 31 259 42 254 8979 7693 29 245 27 251 37 247 7693 6551 30 235 25 239 32 231 6551 5542 23 227 22 227 31 213 5542 4654 15 213 18 207 29 204 4654 3868 8 210 16 197 26 200 3868 3163 5*193 13*185 24 197 3163 2538 4*182 10*155 21 192 2538 2017 5 180 10 124 17 181 2017 1618 5 179 11 120 11 146 1618 1346 5 178 10 118 10*116 1346 1181 4 176 10 117 9*108 1181 1087 4 175 9 115 6 105 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