DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.8 - - 47.7 - - 40.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 87 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1011 - - 1480 - - 128 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1069 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2081 - - 2550 - - 1198 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 356 - - 426 - - 884 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 223 - - 210 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 132 - - 140 - - 122 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 23 - - -143 - - -289 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2058 - - 2693 - - 1487 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8616 - - -7536 - - -9911 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10697 - - 10086 - - 11109 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 83 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.8 - - 47.7 - - 40.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.8 - - 39.9 - - 37.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.0 - - 47.3 - - 41.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.7 - - 38.7 - - 37.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 87 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1011 - - 1480 - - 128 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 74 - - 31 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96089 29 266 31 248 29 259 96089 88884 36 257 42 273 46 278 88884 83381 39 248 41 246 38 265 83381 78783 30 258 34 265 42 275 78783 74813 40 267 48 287 45 286 74813 71344 50 259 55 276 44 275 71344 68213 48 259 52 264 51 280 68213 65311 47 275 49 270 50 277 65311 62587 61 282 48 279 53 280 62587 59918 72 284 54 290 63 280 59918 57115 77 281 68 285 69 278 57115 54198 78 274 79 280 75 278 54198 51422 79 271 84 276 79 277 51422 48940 79 269 83 270 76 277 48940 46727 78 267 79 263 77 270 46727 44733 77 264 72 264 73 262 44733 42925 71 261 70 268 70 260 42925 41269 64 261 70 261 69 255 41269 39743 58 268 65 254 68 252 39743 38320 59 271 62 251 70 253 38320 36977 62 271 56 256 74 251 36977 35679 63 270 61 261 73 250 35679 34362 62 265 68 265 72 248 34362 32997 58 260 76 263 71 246 32997 31585 53 258 75 263 66 245 31585 30110 49 256 74 263 60 244 30110 28559 45 256 67 263 53 245 28559 26931 38 259 47 262 42 248 26931 25224 33 264 36 258 35 244 25224 23440 26 262 28 260 32 242 23440 21587 20 266 22 257 26 246 21587 19658 19 267 17 258 20 240 19658 17646 19 260 16 261 21 250 17646 15590 19 260 18 263 21 255 15590 13605 15 263 17 261 21 247 13605 11797 11 256 13 248 21 230 11797 10186 9 241 9 225 21 226 10186 8756 8 217 9 221 16 219 8756 7487 10 207 8 224 13 203 7487 6363 9 193 7 201 9 194 6363 5370 9 168 9 173 5 147 5370 4499 10 149 11 164 5 120 4499 3735 11 139 11 153 4 133 3735 3057 10 141 8*143 5 130 3057 2462 8*143 6*141 5 130 2462 1968 5*133 6 141 7 130 1968 1591 5 132 6 140 11 126 1591 1332 4 132 5 139 11*123 1332 1175 4 130 5 139 9*123 1175 1085 4 130 4 139 6 122 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