DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 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 - - - - - - 57.5 - - 56.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - -7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 817 - - 453 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 1070 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1887 - - 1523 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 627 - - 911 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 156 - - 43 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 22 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 142 - - 146 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -354 - - 437 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2241 - - 1086 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5013 - - -107 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6900 - - 1630 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 420 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.5 - - 56.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.3 - - 55.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.5 - - 57.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 55.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 61 - - -7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 817 - - 453 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 94 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 97232 26 226 25 244 97232 89898 18 248 20 247 89898 84280 11 259 12 267 84280 79640 5 228 7 252 79640 75651 1 034 4 218 75651 72116 7 326 5 302 72116 68906 10 314 11 294 68906 65948 13 294 16 281 65948 63197 16 275 24 285 63197 60523 22 285 29 277 60523 57718 26 264 32 274 57718 54786 25 266 34 272 54786 51971 30 264 36 267 51971 49431 29 261 33 254 49431 47156 36 254 36 251 47156 45104 40 245 40 242 45104 43244 38 247 44 242 43244 41554 55 251 55 235 41554 40009 83 228 74 217 40009 38582 73 223 84 199 38582 37246 69 225 79 194 37246 35948 65 226 75 194 35948 34623 61 225 74 196 34623 33242 53 221 74 200 33242 31809 39 223 72 206 31809 30313 38 232 64 210 30313 28744 43 231 53 213 28744 27103 48 228 55 219 27103 25388 53 224 57 225 25388 23599 52 222 56 228 23599 21737 43 223 54 230 21737 19800 37 216 52 235 19800 17784 42 200 49 239 17784 15729 44 188 43 231 15729 13745 42 186 42 224 13745 11939 46 175 37 220 11939 10332 51 169 42 220 10332 8900 47 167 46 212 8900 7623 44 170 48 210 7623 6487 41 174 51 203 6487 5482 41 181 53 193 5482 4598 43 181 54 183 4598 3820 41 180 52 176 3820 3124 36 176 49 167 3124 2511 28 167 44 160 2511 2002 21*150 38 154 2002 1611 19*144 32*150 1611 1343 18 142 27*147 1343 1180 16 140 23 146 1180 1086 12 139 16 145 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