DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 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 - - - - - - 70.0 - - 71.0 - - 62.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 321 - - 226 - - 39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3144 - - 3280 - - 938 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3111 - - 3082 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4214 - - 4350 - - 2008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 907 - - 1315 - - 930 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 411 - - 371 - - 138 W* B/S - - - - - - 38 - - 12 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 130 - - 161 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 10 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -116 - - 153 - - -828 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4330 - - 4197 - - 2836 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2453 - - -152 - - -3948 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6667 - - 4502 - - 5956 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 99 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 71.0 - - 62.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.7 - - 56.3 - - 53.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 69.8 - - 62.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 55.7 - - 53.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 321 - - 226 - - 39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3144 - - 3280 - - 938 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 70 - - 95 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 9 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] 98573 21 122 10 158 7 096 98573 91062 15 088 13 118 11 118 91062 85269 9 062 10 094 7 108 85269 80504 1 060 9 064 7 071 80504 76411 6 169 3 311 6 007 76411 72782 6 130 5 216 5 327 72782 69490 8 117 3 196 2 280 69490 66464 2 135 4 199 4 239 66464 63657 7 225 5 212 4 251 63657 60940 14 247 10 241 9 256 60940 58105 18 233 14 218 14 237 58105 55147 19 214 18 223 20 235 55147 52318 25 233 29 231 28 232 52318 49785 33 232 28 224 31 227 49785 47545 38 227 33 241 38 236 47545 45559 46 226 49 236 48 236 45559 43769 55 219 52 226 51 221 43769 42124 44 208 48 213 56 209 42124 40588 30 213 46 224 63 207 40588 39140 28 226 37 223 61 211 39140 37773 32 246 33 228 50 229 37773 36455 38 262 40 251 58 234 36455 35115 35 262 27 242 54 232 35115 33719 34 264 19 209 50 228 33719 32269 26 259 23 210 44 223 32269 30750 22 240 27 210 42 220 30750 29149 32 218 32 208 41 217 29149 27465 41 216 40 216 41 209 27465 25703 36 223 43 229 40 210 25703 23876 24 233 38 232 35 219 23876 21987 20 252 28 236 28 227 21987 20024 17 256 19 242 25 234 20024 17975 13 251 14 251 22 235 17975 15884 14 246 15 251 20 241 15884 13869 15 245 14 248 17 246 13869 12035 13 237 11 248 15 246 12035 10405 13 209 11 244 13 230 10405 8956 16 197 10 236 11 226 8956 7670 15 196 9 239 9 221 7670 6530 10 200 9 248 8 234 6530 5521 4 206 6 228 10 249 5521 4630 2*214 6*195 11 246 4630 3843 2*162 5*181 8 230 3843 3141 2 147 6 170 6 214 3141 2523 2 132 6 163 5 161 2523 2010 2 123 6 155 8*117 2010 1616 2 116 6 151 9*114 1616 1345 2 111 6 148 9 112 1345 1181 2 109 5 147 8 112 1181 1086 2 110 5 147 7 111 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