DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.0 - - 75.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 389 - - 276 - - 16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6668 - - 6805 - - 5828 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5933 - - 5874 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7738 - - 7875 - - 6898 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 489 - - 560 - - 1105 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 560 - - 504 - - 196 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 25 - - 7 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 239 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1320 - - -1058 - - -823 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9058 - - 8933 - - 7721 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9500 - - -7617 - - -7700 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17238 - - 15492 - - 14598 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 60 - - 77 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.0 - - 75.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.3 - - 42.6 - - 45.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 76.5 - - 75.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.3 - - 41.7 - - 45.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 389 - - 276 - - 16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6668 - - 6805 - - 5828 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 7 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 99710 31 081 30 079 30 080 99710 92194 25 096 24 081 21 083 92194 86393 25 114 20 087 18 077 86393 81572 24 103 17 095 17 082 81572 77424 15 073 17 103 18 085 77424 73757 11 094 11 078 18 070 73757 70439 12 086 3 068 10 014 70439 67390 8 039 2 072 7 301 67390 64563 9 001 8 335 10 326 64563 61830 15 326 17 324 19 323 61830 58995 23 318 20 320 25 315 58995 56072 37 316 31 318 30 314 56072 53302 45 311 43 313 36 314 53302 50821 57 310 52 309 44 310 50821 48601 61 306 57 305 52 309 48601 46590 64 305 63 302 64 305 46590 44750 69 307 68 299 67 302 44750 43047 75 308 70 302 72 303 43047 41462 82 306 77 306 87 301 41462 39975 86 307 89 305 93 299 39975 38565 89 312 94 306 87 299 38565 37196 93 313 92 308 78 301 37196 35804 93 313 88 311 74 299 35804 34358 86 312 82 312 71 296 34358 32859 77 310 72 307 67 295 32859 31292 71 306 71 304 64 297 31292 29642 66 304 70 304 62 300 29642 27911 63 306 68 306 60 304 27911 26103 51 307 62 311 57 311 26103 24223 37 301 51 310 49 318 24223 22272 23 293 37 303 38 311 22272 20253 16 291 26 297 30 300 20253 18163 15 295 15 294 19 281 18163 16036 15 293 10 286 13 263 16036 13985 13 280 10 267 11 262 13985 12122 12 268 10 262 9 259 12122 10471 7 285 8 278 6 245 10471 9011 3*292 6*267 6 267 9011 7722 4*264 3*237 5*257 7722 6584 4 261 3 234 5*238 6584 5574 4 260 3 235 5 231 5574 4681 5 261 4 237 5 226 4681 3891 5 262 4 239 6 222 3891 3183 5 263 4 241 6 219 3183 2555 5 263 4 241 6 218 2555 2032 5 264 4 243 6 216 2032 1629 5 265 4 244 6 216 1629 1352 5 265 4 243 6 216 1352 1184 5 264 4 244 5 214 1184 1087 4 264 3 243 5 214 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