DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 34.2 - - 34.3 - - 29.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 8 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1515 - - 1838 - - 14 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2585 - - 2908 - - 1084 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 800 - - 466 - - 2231 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 133 - - 111 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 23 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 305 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 955 - - 1123 - - -430 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1630 - - 1785 - - 1514 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 489 - - 530 - - -1165 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2096 - - 2378 - - 2249 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.2 - - 34.3 - - 29.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.0 - - 30.5 - - 27.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.3 - - 34.8 - - 31.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.5 - - 29.9 - - 26.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 8 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1515 - - 1838 - - 14 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 95 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96394 22 010 28 008 26 008 96394 89428 15 016 23 353 26 356 89428 83953 14 007 18 358 15 348 83953 79353 16 342 14 335 18 339 79353 75341 16 343 13 321 16 329 75341 71758 19 331 15 324 19 326 71758 68514 17 313 19 308 25 312 68514 65544 19 310 18 297 20 297 65544 62779 25 297 18 289 18 306 62779 60084 28 294 24 293 24 295 60084 57268 37 294 34 291 33 281 57268 54329 39 281 38 266 38 273 54329 51509 40 274 43 277 47 281 51509 48969 38 276 62 275 56 279 48969 46677 62 273 68 265 61 272 46677 44592 63 273 65 269 67 272 44592 42690 66 280 75 275 68 278 42690 40935 82 267 88 273 79 278 40935 39310 86 261 86 268 85 280 39310 37808 101 269 91 273 108 279 37808 36416 120 267 115 269 127 270 36416 35096 117 263 120 263 122 264 35096 33772 117 266 115 263 124 263 33772 32403 118 270 116 266 126 267 32403 30986 108 272 108 268 122 273 30986 29507 96 276 102 270 117 276 29507 27952 100 275 99 272 108 276 27952 26320 95 266 96 271 102 274 26320 24612 94 265 92 269 97 273 24612 22837 94 261 92 266 91 273 22837 20994 88 268 90 267 87 270 20994 19073 92 267 91 261 88 267 19073 17076 91 261 91 264 90 274 17076 15063 88 259 77 269 69 283 15063 13149 60 266 55 285 53 293 13149 11413 45 271 45 293 51 299 11413 9868 40 280 42 292 49 302 9868 8494 37 291 40 294 45 302 8494 7273 35 299 39 299 43 304 7273 6189 34 304 38 304 42 307 6189 5230 34 308 38 308 39 310 5230 4389 34 314 37 311 37 309 4389 3653 30 314 34 309 37 306 3653 3001 27*312 28*306 35 306 3001 2427 26*311 27*305 34 307 2427 1948 24 311 25 306 31 307 1948 1580 23 310 24 305 28 307 1580 1326 21 310 21 305 23 306 1326 1172 18 309 19 305 20 305 1172 1084 13 309 14 305 13*304 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