DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/06 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 - - - - - - 76.6 - - 75.2 - - 73.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 58 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3867 - - 2516 - - 1314 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3450 - - 1520 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4937 - - 3586 - - 2384 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2869 - - 1896 - - 2753 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 373 - - 226 - - 102 W* B/S - - - - - - 23 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 167 - - 140 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 16 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 641 - - 826 - - 263 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4296 - - 2761 - - 2121 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -161 - - 365 - - -531 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5098 - - 3221 - - 2915 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 230 - - 1300 - - 1650 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.6 - - 75.2 - - 73.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 66.5 - - 68.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.5 - - 75.0 - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.3 - - 65.9 - - 67.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 58 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3867 - - 2516 - - 1314 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 100 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99721 34 080 24 096 26 083 99721 92212 27 092 21 087 20 067 92212 86411 25 096 17 079 19 069 86411 81580 18 081 19 087 19 076 81580 77423 13 081 20 079 18 077 77423 73761 8 081 16 075 16 071 73761 70441 6 123 11 101 12 055 70441 67381 8 134 8 126 6 062 67381 64541 10 121 7 164 1 230 64541 61790 1 103 6 179 4 230 61790 58921 13 234 10 243 11 266 58921 55940 9 233 20 208 16 239 55940 53103 38 256 28 257 27 258 53103 50570 51 231 42 239 31 242 50570 48306 36 221 37 222 30 236 48306 46252 29 238 28 233 31 241 46252 44376 38 255 37 248 37 245 44376 42653 53 253 48 248 42 244 42653 41066 67 245 54 243 44 243 41066 39591 82 238 61 237 44 246 39591 38210 86 238 65 234 45 252 38210 36883 77 241 64 238 43 253 36883 35535 64 241 58 243 39 252 35535 34135 58 244 50 249 35 257 34135 32682 51 247 44 255 33 261 32682 31160 41 246 40 257 29 261 31160 29560 37 257 37 254 27 252 29560 27883 40 264 35 254 27 247 27883 26125 41 267 33 263 23 252 26125 24286 34 273 28 266 21 250 24286 22370 26 275 21 267 21 235 22370 20367 19 262 19 257 22 239 20367 18274 27 250 17 250 21 259 18274 16139 29 253 16 244 17 265 16139 14088 25 251 15 241 14 261 14088 12224 22 248 14 238 13 256 12224 10569 17 253 12 234 14 248 10569 9104 12 245 13 240 14 229 9104 7805 11 233 16 235 14 225 7805 6650 9 233 14 229 14 232 6650 5626 4*246 10 221 12 233 5626 4722 4*247 8 209 12 230 4722 3921 3 242 7*194 10 220 3921 3203 3 237 7*177 9 197 3203 2569 3 234 7 169 9*161 2569 2041 3 231 7 166 9*146 2041 1635 2 226 7 164 9 140 1635 1355 3 224 7 162 9 138 1355 1185 2 223 7 161 8 136 1185 1088 2 223 6 160 7 134 1088 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