DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - - - - 69.4 - - 67.8 - - 65.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - -40 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1824 - - 173 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1569 - - 1071 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2894 - - 1243 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2812 - - 6776 - - 3812 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 234 - - 46 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 200 - - 181 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 904 - - -183 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1990 - - 1426 - - 1087 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -858 - - -1570 - - -1061 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3752 - - 2813 - - 2148 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 89 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1760 - - 2350 - - 1190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.4 - - 67.8 - - 65.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.9 - - 64.6 - - 63.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.2 - - 69.2 - - 66.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.5 - - 64.2 - - 63.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - -40 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1824 - - 173 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 55 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 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] 96790 23 247 24 266 25 294 96790 89512 16 219 19 264 26 259 89512 83976 11 259 13 276 22 255 83976 79408 30 240 25 277 23 260 79408 75453 33 233 31 254 27 270 75453 71923 28 236 33 243 35 265 71923 68716 34 244 44 246 36 257 68716 65760 38 243 40 241 28 255 65760 62987 37 254 26 243 32 261 62987 60276 42 261 38 257 42 253 60276 57469 48 257 40 260 43 250 57469 54582 50 253 57 256 39 252 54582 51819 52 252 55 249 40 255 51819 49318 55 256 45 249 52 254 49318 47077 56 259 45 254 58 255 47077 45049 57 258 58 257 66 258 45049 43217 59 256 70 256 81 254 43217 41581 62 249 80 252 75 246 41581 40089 59 241 80 244 61 242 40089 38685 56 241 75 244 60 241 38685 37351 58 245 75 243 57 238 37351 36054 57 247 72 243 56 236 36054 34730 55 248 65 242 55 234 34730 33350 53 246 58 241 55 234 33350 31918 54 241 52 241 55 234 31918 30419 52 242 49 242 54 234 30419 28843 50 245 47 242 53 233 28843 27190 48 244 45 241 53 232 27190 25458 47 240 44 237 52 232 25458 23651 44 239 44 233 50 232 23651 21773 41 235 44 229 48 231 21773 19819 37 233 44 225 45 228 19819 17788 33 224 46 221 43 225 17788 15720 34 216 43 214 43 226 15720 13729 32 216 38 206 42 226 13729 11920 28 217 34 197 41 226 11920 10317 25 216 33 196 39 225 10317 8899 24 211 36 207 38 222 8899 7639 27 198 40 217 39 219 7639 6516 32 191 41 221 41 216 6516 5519 33 195 41 220 43 214 5519 4638 33 195 40 217 44 213 4638 3859 32 193 39 212 43 212 3859 3160 29*189 37 208 41 210 3160 2540 24*182 34 205 38 207 2540 2022 21 174 30 203 32 198 2022 1623 19 171 27 202 26 190 1623 1349 18 170 23*201 21 184 1349 1182 16 169 19*201 18*182 1182 1087 13 168 13 200 12*181 1087 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