DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 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 - - - - - - 74.7 - - 75.0 - - 70.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 92 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4490 - - 5503 - - 243 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3918 - - 4274 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5560 - - 6573 - - 1313 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 926 - - 1417 - - 6393 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 393 - - 344 - - 45 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 12 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 358 - - 324 - - 073 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 119 - - -746 - - -3616 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5441 - - 7320 - - 4929 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3149 - - -5598 - - -5050 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8709 - - 12171 - - 6363 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 81 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 75.0 - - 70.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.5 - - 46.7 - - 52.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.8 - - 74.6 - - 72.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.1 - - 45.4 - - 51.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 92 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4490 - - 5503 - - 243 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99559 23 087 17 101 13 088 99559 92035 20 101 12 107 11 056 92035 86216 16 097 8 091 10 068 86216 81382 10 114 8 076 12 081 81382 77208 11 151 5 129 8 061 77208 73522 5 156 10 125 3 062 73522 70175 5 204 7 177 4 250 70175 67087 5 248 6 231 11 279 67087 64235 9 244 15 240 13 263 64235 61475 19 306 11 305 6 255 61475 58584 32 273 27 287 20 285 58584 55592 30 255 35 271 35 277 55592 52761 33 276 38 271 40 272 52761 50232 44 277 43 272 43 277 50232 47986 53 273 51 272 49 270 47986 45961 56 271 55 269 51 268 45961 44111 58 272 58 269 52 270 44111 42409 68 270 58 270 53 268 42409 40828 81 270 58 273 50 263 40828 39345 90 266 62 275 46 264 39345 37948 80 266 67 272 44 269 37948 36603 70 276 71 271 44 272 36603 35239 69 277 72 268 42 273 35239 33824 67 265 62 263 40 277 33824 32360 64 257 57 260 41 281 32360 30833 58 255 60 260 49 267 30833 29229 54 259 58 265 54 263 29229 27547 52 267 50 272 52 271 27547 25792 48 270 46 274 40 272 25792 23960 46 267 48 272 41 265 23960 22050 47 267 46 274 40 270 22050 20059 47 272 43 274 40 280 20059 17990 40 278 40 276 35 279 17990 15887 35 275 37 275 35 279 15887 13865 31 270 35 272 33 283 13865 12031 29 270 31 272 30 285 12031 10405 27 268 26 276 27 288 10405 8965 25 265 22 277 21 289 8965 7690 23 265 17*279 14 284 7690 6558 18*283 8*288 8 289 6558 5552 7*322 5 315 6 309 5552 4664 5 349 5 322 5 332 4664 3878 4 002 5 328 4 349 3878 3173 4 006 5 331 4 024 3173 2549 4 009 5 334 5 058 2549 2027 4 011 5 336 6 069 2027 1627 4 014 5 337 6 072 1627 1351 4 014 5 338 6*073 1351 1183 4 014 5 337 6*073 1183 1087 3 016 4 339 4 072 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