DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 = 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 - - - - - - 50.0 - - 50.4 - - 48.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 95 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6681 - - 7497 - - 6384 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5727 - - 5636 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7751 - - 8567 - - 7454 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2491 - - 2219 - - 2967 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 486 - - 367 - - 129 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 267 - - 278 - - 288 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1343 - - 979 - - 252 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6408 - - 7588 - - 7202 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 667 - - 387 - - -645 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7084 - - 8180 - - 8099 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 20 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 50.4 - - 48.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.5 - - 20.6 - - 20.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.9 - - 50.0 - - 49.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.4 - - 19.6 - - 20.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 95 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6681 - - 7497 - - 6384 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 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] 97950 8 200 12 242 14 298 97950 90556 11 221 13 220 13 282 90556 84833 9 250 7 198 10 238 84833 80065 14 229 7 268 7 249 80065 75940 16 222 14 249 10 254 75940 72276 11 238 14 228 10 248 72276 68946 18 247 14 250 18 269 68946 65880 24 240 22 259 24 258 65880 63036 22 248 28 261 26 258 63036 60273 28 259 30 265 31 262 60273 57376 31 260 34 264 35 258 57376 54356 34 257 40 259 39 257 54356 51473 46 258 45 254 44 260 51473 48889 56 258 52 254 52 262 48889 46581 64 256 60 255 60 261 46581 44491 67 252 68 253 64 259 44491 42582 69 247 68 250 68 256 42582 40818 67 248 66 251 67 254 40818 39175 68 256 69 253 68 257 39175 37640 77 260 74 254 73 258 37640 36204 88 256 79 253 76 256 36204 34826 93 251 87 252 76 255 34826 33439 94 251 91 251 78 256 33439 32016 97 253 94 250 78 256 32016 30566 101 254 95 250 78 256 30566 29072 105 252 101 251 77 254 29072 27522 109 252 108 250 76 254 27522 25914 107 252 111 248 69 256 25914 24248 106 250 106 245 62 258 24248 22523 102 254 95 244 55 261 22523 20738 83 260 77 248 49 263 20738 18888 61 259 61 252 45 265 18888 16964 47 253 52 252 42 268 16964 15005 41 254 46 254 36 270 15005 13117 34 262 38 256 32 270 13117 11404 22 263 25 256 24 262 11404 9887 15 265 18*266 17 261 9887 8540 15*265 17*270 17*264 8540 7339 14*266 17 272 17*271 7339 6269 14 267 16 276 19 285 6269 5317 13 267 15 278 19 288 5317 4476 13 268 15 280 20 289 4476 3732 12 268 14 281 20 290 3732 3064 12 268 14 281 20 291 3064 2472 11 268 13 282 20 291 2472 1977 11 267 13 282 19 291 1977 1597 10 267 12 282 18 292 1597 1336 10 267 12 282 17 291 1336 1176 9 266 11 282 14 291 1176 1085 8 266 9 282 11 291 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