DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.9 - - 56.3 - - 58.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -2 - - 86 - - 23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 696 - - 707 - - 835 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 1070 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1766 - - 1777 - - 1905 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1410 - - 811 - - 903 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 63 - - 165 - - 114 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 29 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 128 - - 117 - - 135 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -13 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 75 - - 691 - - 742 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1691 - - 1086 - - 1163 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1848 - - -6938 - - 257 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3614 - - 8715 - - 1648 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 40 - - 510 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.9 - - 56.3 - - 58.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 54.5 - - 55.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 56.4 - - 58.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.3 - - 54.1 - - 55.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -2 - - 86 - - 23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 696 - - 707 - - 835 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 94 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 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] 99121 27 096 21 106 17 084 99121 91535 20 097 21 101 19 071 91535 85715 17 088 22 084 17 095 85715 80913 16 086 18 068 19 100 80913 76787 12 098 10 088 12 065 76787 73148 11 113 10 128 5 064 73148 69849 11 107 4 142 2 025 69849 66806 7 023 1 068 2 042 66806 63980 11 301 9 289 12 301 63980 61234 12 282 8 262 17 274 61234 58363 17 277 22 278 25 284 58363 55393 19 276 30 271 37 284 55393 52566 31 297 33 274 41 274 52566 50020 39 285 39 283 44 271 50020 47723 39 289 49 278 44 272 47723 45627 46 288 52 272 52 281 45627 43703 56 282 53 270 63 282 43703 41931 67 275 59 271 72 282 41931 40287 84 265 69 267 83 280 40287 38753 92 255 76 262 94 278 38753 37314 94 248 81 260 102 276 37314 35931 98 242 85 261 107 275 35931 34535 94 242 88 261 112 273 34535 33096 87 245 86 261 116 272 33096 31618 80 244 77 258 112 271 31618 30088 75 242 63 250 97 269 30088 28500 74 243 54 237 75 264 28500 26853 73 250 57 230 61 261 26853 25142 66 259 62 231 60 260 25142 23363 55 266 67 234 61 258 23363 21520 47 265 71 236 68 254 21520 19608 44 264 74 236 71 254 19608 17619 42 261 75 238 67 257 17619 15592 42 258 77 244 61 259 15592 13634 46 254 77 255 50 260 13634 11850 51 250 66 259 44 262 11850 10265 54 242 57 256 43 258 10265 8854 57 224 49 249 39 262 8854 7596 52 199 42 238 37 268 7596 6474 41 176 38 224 33 264 6474 5475 38 170 38 209 28 259 5475 4592 36 169 37 192 23 252 4592 3813 33 164 35 169 17 243 3813 3119 30 154 35 147 9 211 3119 2508 27 143 35 133 8 142 2508 2001 23*135 34*124 8*139 2001 1611 19*130 32*119 7*136 1611 1343 17 128 30 117 7 135 1343 1180 15 127 27 116 6 134 1180 1086 10 125 21 116 5 135 1086 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