DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/11 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 - - - - - - 27.4 - - 31.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 19 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1497 - - 1949 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2567 - - 3019 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 508 - - 693 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 148 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 308 - - 310 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 344 - - 385 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2223 - - 2634 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6091 - - -4842 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8658 - - 7861 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 77 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.4 - - 31.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.9 - - 24.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 32.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.7 - - 23.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 19 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1497 - - 1949 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 71 - - 10 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96105 8 325 27 002 96105 89216 15 022 21 008 89216 83761 24 012 17 004 83761 79162 23 001 11 354 79162 75166 16 339 10 315 75166 71607 18 347 14 331 71607 68368 18 298 25 301 68368 65382 15 287 24 287 65382 62603 15 320 20 299 62603 59881 23 308 28 298 59881 57022 33 284 32 289 57022 54058 35 284 34 289 54058 51222 46 295 47 294 51222 48653 54 289 52 286 48653 46338 51 285 55 285 46338 44237 51 287 60 290 44237 42317 62 286 66 293 42317 40555 69 285 68 293 40555 38928 72 287 72 294 38928 37416 73 290 82 292 37416 36001 81 294 90 288 36001 34648 89 293 89 288 34648 33293 90 290 91 295 33293 31910 95 294 104 299 31910 30498 107 297 117 300 30498 29040 114 297 121 299 29040 27514 119 296 116 298 27514 25916 118 294 116 301 25916 24244 110 293 108 301 24244 22504 96 296 98 299 22504 20703 86 301 85 301 20703 18843 68 304 70 305 18843 16919 52 306 57 307 16919 14964 47 308 48 304 14964 13079 45 309 44 306 13079 11359 43 311 43 310 11359 9826 43 315 43 313 9826 8461 42 319 43 315 8461 7249 42 321 42 316 7249 6173 42 322 41 317 6173 5221 39 322 40 318 5221 4385 34 323 35 317 4385 3651 28 323 26*313 3651 3000 25*321 20*310 3000 2426 18*309 19 310 2426 1947 18 308 18 310 1947 1579 17 307 17 311 1579 1326 16 307 15 311 1326 1173 15 307 13 311 1173 1084 12 306 10 310 1084 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