DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 18.9 - - 19.3 - - 20.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 32 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1348 - - 853 - - 679 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2418 - - 1923 - - 1749 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 279 - - 726 - - 947 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 191 - - 123 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 236 - - 221 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 897 - - 626 - - 368 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1521 - - 1297 - - 1381 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 513 - - 494 - - 27 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1905 - - 1429 - - 1722 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.9 - - 19.3 - - 20.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.4 - - 17.7 - - 18.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 18.7 - - 19.4 - - 21.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.8 - - 17.8 - - 18.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 32 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1348 - - 853 - - 679 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96328 10 010 13 025 4 039 96328 89136 8 024 8 026 11 019 89136 83574 8 017 5 016 8 005 83574 78941 12 323 10 318 13 328 78941 74916 13 269 18 272 20 281 74916 71340 14 283 14 267 17 274 71340 68078 20 281 18 269 24 282 68078 65064 23 291 23 267 31 273 65064 62259 30 286 27 272 32 271 62259 59530 34 280 30 279 33 274 59530 56679 36 278 38 283 37 281 56679 53730 41 275 47 282 43 284 53730 50925 42 273 53 278 51 277 50925 48405 42 277 53 273 55 270 48405 46146 45 284 46 274 53 264 46146 44089 47 281 44 277 54 265 44089 42195 48 284 47 278 55 269 42195 40450 57 289 52 280 64 270 40450 38843 66 285 56 276 67 272 38843 37358 68 276 56 275 69 279 37358 35975 61 276 58 279 77 282 35975 34657 54 279 66 282 84 281 34657 33337 51 279 69 281 85 280 33337 31981 47 281 72 281 82 282 31981 30590 47 291 73 283 77 279 30590 29148 56 299 72 286 67 273 29148 27637 60 301 69 289 60 279 27637 26052 55 302 68 289 56 282 26052 24393 55 298 63 292 51 280 24393 22660 55 289 60 295 52 280 22660 20853 45 293 60 300 53 280 20853 18966 42 300 52 300 47 280 18966 16999 41 306 45 296 42 279 16999 14994 36 296 43 293 40 279 14994 13064 31 287 33 294 35 279 13064 11314 26 285 25 283 31 278 11314 9766 23 287 21 274 29 278 9766 8397 19 284 20 271 25 275 8397 7185 16 279 19 268 23 263 7185 6113 15 268 20 258 24 249 6113 5167 13 253 21 248 25 243 5167 4337 11 232 22 240 26 247 4337 3606 11 228 22 235 27 253 3606 2959 12*236 21 235 25 244 2959 2395 11*239 18*236 23 232 2395 1927 11 241 16*236 20*226 1927 1567 10 242 15 236 17*222 1567 1320 10 242 13 236 15 221 1320 1170 9 242 11 236 13 220 1170 1083 7 243 9 236 9 219 1083 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