DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/02 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.6 - - 56.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 35 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2322 - - 2893 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2200 - - 1070 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3392 - - 3963 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 729 - - 944 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 212 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 336 - - 343 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -385 - - -265 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3778 - - 4229 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8930 - - -9444 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12322 - - 13407 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 65 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.6 - - 56.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.0 - - 42.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 57.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.8 - - 41.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 35 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2322 - - 2893 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 97708 17 253 18 250 97708 90442 13 261 13 244 90442 84836 12 270 14 256 84836 80191 8 254 14 255 80191 76193 9 259 13 262 76193 72648 10 282 11 285 72648 69426 12 269 15 276 69426 66457 19 284 24 270 66457 63688 31 261 25 257 63688 60986 35 266 38 275 60986 58181 47 264 44 263 58181 55279 47 259 50 264 55279 52515 60 263 62 268 52515 50042 70 260 72 267 50042 47835 71 259 75 262 47835 45835 72 261 73 264 45835 44004 75 263 79 268 44004 42313 80 262 87 269 42313 40740 82 261 91 271 40740 39264 80 264 93 276 39264 37872 78 264 96 281 37872 36523 76 260 97 284 36523 35147 71 258 94 286 35147 33718 71 259 84 283 33718 32242 72 261 77 276 32242 30706 67 264 73 271 30706 29095 61 264 68 271 29095 27408 57 263 65 273 27408 25644 53 259 56 275 25644 23804 52 257 48 276 23804 21892 47 263 46 273 21892 19899 43 266 44 277 19899 17821 37 267 39 281 17821 15709 31 274 31 288 15709 13683 26 288 23 294 13683 11845 24 294 21 304 11845 10218 25 310 21 321 10218 8785 26 329 20 342 8785 7524 23 345 17 357 7524 6409 20 356 15 005 6409 5422 18 358 13 004 5422 4554 18 347 13*345 4554 3790 17*340 12*343 3790 3107 14*336 12 343 3107 2502 14 336 12 343 2502 1997 14 336 11 343 1997 1608 13 335 11 344 1608 1341 12 335 10 344 1341 1179 11 334 9 344 1179 1086 9 334 7 343 1086 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