DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 76.4 - - 80.3 - - 77.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 250 - - 255 - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6688 - - 6702 - - 5650 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5728 - - 5752 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7758 - - 7772 - - 6720 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 455 - - 510 - - 1160 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 485 - - 489 - - 209 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 219 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 604 - - -847 - - -627 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7155 - - 8619 - - 7347 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 243 - - -9525 - - -7711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7515 - - 17297 - - 14431 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 74 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 80.3 - - 77.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 46.2 - - 49.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 78.9 - - 77.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.2 - - 45.4 - - 48.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 250 - - 255 - - 21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6688 - - 6702 - - 5650 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 0 - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 7 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] 99723 39 093 36 097 25 087 99723 92175 29 092 27 082 27 074 92175 86370 22 091 21 083 23 073 86370 81556 20 079 20 081 20 072 81556 77414 20 081 15 080 16 077 77414 73758 19 074 14 107 13 082 73758 70443 15 048 13 068 13 082 70443 67389 5 349 15 035 14 059 67389 64564 5 011 7 349 11 359 64564 61849 7 329 7 285 11 308 61849 59039 13 325 13 275 16 293 59039 56132 23 296 17 285 22 293 56132 53366 25 294 29 300 30 303 53366 50894 37 295 45 298 45 299 50894 48687 48 287 48 288 51 290 48687 46677 46 298 52 295 53 292 46677 44823 58 303 61 301 66 296 44823 43103 67 304 71 299 73 292 43103 41500 66 302 70 296 66 290 41500 40001 61 298 61 296 61 289 40001 38594 55 294 56 295 60 287 38594 37236 52 295 50 296 60 285 37236 35853 46 297 49 302 55 292 35853 34417 40 294 51 306 50 297 34417 32929 42 287 49 312 42 296 32929 31371 46 286 48 314 38 294 31371 29734 45 290 41 313 34 294 29734 28017 43 293 37 307 32 296 28017 26220 40 294 37 301 33 300 26220 24344 36 294 38 304 34 304 24344 22397 33 294 31 312 32 312 22397 20373 29 305 27 315 24 314 20373 18262 25 314 24 311 23 311 18262 16111 16 316 17 300 22 307 16111 14047 13 302 14 297 19 308 14047 12174 16 299 15 307 19 310 12174 10514 16 300 16 301 17 317 10514 9043 9*273 11*284 15 310 9043 7747 7*224 7*225 9*254 7747 6604 7 219 7 219 9*223 6604 5592 7 216 7 218 9 219 5592 4696 7 213 8 217 9 215 4696 3903 7 210 8 218 8 210 3903 3192 7 207 8 218 8 202 3192 2562 7 206 8 218 8 195 2562 2036 7 204 8 218 7 191 2036 1632 7 203 7 217 7 190 1632 1353 7 202 7 218 7 189 1353 1185 6 202 7 218 6 187 1185 1087 6 202 6 217 5 186 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