DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 22.6 - - 24.4 - - 23.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 18 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 898 - - 965 - - 256 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1968 - - 2035 - - 1326 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 849 - - 625 - - 1047 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 150 - - 107 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 175 - - 182 - - 150 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -93 - - 535 - - -23 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2061 - - 1500 - - 1349 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14253 - - 273 - - -13270 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16221 - - 1762 - - 14596 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.6 - - 24.4 - - 23.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.8 - - 22.0 - - 21.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.5 - - 24.6 - - 24.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.8 - - 21.6 - - 21.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 18 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 898 - - 965 - - 256 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 95656 62 259 55 271 54 254 95656 88655 37 273 41 272 39 264 88655 83240 25 283 33 260 34 275 83240 78704 26 280 27 260 32 277 78704 74765 26 287 27 274 30 279 74765 71273 29 290 29 283 28 286 71273 68092 26 279 33 285 28 292 68092 65140 28 285 35 283 30 290 65140 62388 35 284 38 281 36 294 62388 59719 37 280 40 282 38 287 59719 56921 39 280 37 288 36 289 56921 53997 40 291 50 287 50 289 53997 51196 54 287 55 278 60 277 51196 48678 59 280 57 283 56 273 48678 46422 55 285 60 285 57 285 46422 44375 60 291 63 283 63 287 44375 42508 64 290 63 286 66 287 42508 40799 72 287 71 291 71 287 40799 39226 75 283 82 280 76 286 39226 37773 74 289 78 273 76 284 37773 36431 88 292 75 278 81 275 36431 35155 91 287 71 273 78 267 35155 33866 94 282 69 269 67 265 33866 32526 80 281 68 271 66 264 32526 31135 72 285 67 274 66 263 31135 29679 70 289 67 279 59 265 29679 28145 70 286 66 281 52 269 28145 26536 70 283 65 283 47 276 26536 24850 65 276 63 283 44 281 24850 23089 61 278 60 280 48 285 23089 21254 55 284 53 278 58 283 21254 19341 50 288 47 278 62 278 19341 17345 46 291 42 279 60 267 17345 15311 44 297 40 281 52 261 15311 13348 43 298 40 280 50 262 13348 11561 39 299 37 277 47 259 11561 9976 33 295 29 274 41 248 9976 8574 29 292 27 266 38 239 8574 7332 25 287 26 263 35 238 7332 6231 21 289 25 256 31 235 6231 5257 14 271 24 234 27 229 5257 4399 11 218 21 227 23 220 4399 3645 14 193 22 208 23 207 3645 2981 14 191 22 196 26 190 2981 2406 13*186 19*192 26 173 2406 1933 11*181 14*184 23 162 1933 1571 9 174 13 182 20*155 1571 1322 8 173 12 181 16*151 1322 1170 7 172 10 180 13 150 1170 1084 6 172 8 179 9 150 1084 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