DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 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 - - 80.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 117 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3495 - - 4658 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3235 - - 3828 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4565 - - 5728 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1415 - - 1216 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 377 - - 352 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 066 - - 042 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1073 - - -2374 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5638 - - 8103 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4703 - - -9184 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9268 - - 14912 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 46 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 80.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.5 - - 48.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.2 - - 47.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 117 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3495 - - 4658 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - - 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] 99579 36 094 24 096 99579 92005 27 091 26 103 92005 86160 24 091 28 092 86160 81335 20 080 26 078 81335 77196 18 090 15 068 77196 73552 19 091 8 083 73552 70254 13 078 11 077 70254 67218 8 064 13 062 67218 64399 7 073 15 056 64399 61671 6 064 10 043 61671 58842 3 046 1 324 58842 55934 1 174 7 261 55934 53180 3 003 8 264 53180 50704 11 329 9 267 50704 48478 15 307 11 257 48478 46449 12 283 13 248 46449 44587 10 272 16 257 44587 42872 8 248 20 263 42872 41285 10 246 25 271 41285 39804 11 251 27 278 39804 38413 13 255 27 279 38413 37068 11 244 27 276 37068 35701 6 248 25 277 35701 34281 5 002 19 282 34281 32811 9 014 15 298 32811 31276 13 011 13 314 31276 29660 14 008 12 328 29660 27964 14 004 12 337 27964 26187 17 008 14 338 26187 24330 17 013 14 344 24330 22395 15 010 14 356 22395 20375 18 008 14 011 20375 18272 17 012 12 029 18272 16135 12 027 10 029 16135 14081 8 060 5 028 14081 12215 6 069 2 353 12215 10557 7 069 5 039 10557 9086 6 062 7 047 9086 7782 5 054 7 049 7782 6628 7 056 9*035 6628 5608 10 070 8*031 5608 4708 12*070 9 034 4708 3912 12*068 9 037 3912 3199 11 066 9 042 3199 2567 11 066 9 045 2567 2039 11 066 9 049 2039 1634 11 066 8 051 1634 1354 10 066 8 052 1354 1185 9 067 8 052 1185 1088 8 067 7 052 1088 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