DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.4 - - 31.5 - - 31.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -15 - - -18 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 129 - - 15 - - 14 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1199 - - 1085 - - 1084 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 519 - - 821 - - 797 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 29 - - 11 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 163 - - 164 - - 189 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1224 - - -567 - - -93 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2423 - - 1653 - - 1177 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14408 - - -13585 - - -12894 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15607 - - 14670 - - 13978 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.4 - - 31.5 - - 31.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.0 - - 28.5 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.4 - - 32.9 - - 33.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.9 - - 27.7 - - 30.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -15 - - -18 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 129 - - 15 - - 14 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 95242 82 274 78 275 73 282 95242 88372 49 267 62 271 71 265 88372 83008 39 263 52 262 60 267 83008 78533 44 274 37 276 49 266 78533 74659 47 277 40 293 43 271 74659 71244 52 265 57 277 53 285 71244 68184 50 278 55 273 56 286 68184 65338 62 300 55 297 63 303 65338 62641 74 298 67 303 68 304 62641 59993 79 284 81 287 73 290 59993 57220 76 277 88 276 85 275 57220 54332 74 285 83 281 78 274 54332 51560 86 293 87 285 78 285 51560 49066 95 295 93 287 91 291 49066 46837 95 293 95 287 99 290 46837 44821 93 290 96 287 104 287 44821 42978 95 289 98 287 108 287 42978 41288 101 287 101 287 113 286 41288 39738 103 287 105 287 114 285 39738 38310 103 289 105 287 111 286 38310 36977 93 286 104 288 107 288 36977 35691 85 284 98 288 104 290 35691 34381 79 289 93 287 104 288 34381 33016 79 296 90 285 101 284 33016 31597 79 296 84 283 96 284 31597 30113 81 291 80 285 84 285 30113 28551 86 290 77 287 74 281 28551 26910 82 290 75 288 74 278 26910 25191 72 288 76 287 74 277 25191 23399 66 289 72 283 67 277 23399 21538 60 285 65 283 61 282 21538 19605 58 282 61 285 55 284 19605 17594 62 282 56 283 51 279 17594 15535 65 282 56 275 51 274 15535 13542 62 277 54 270 49 276 13542 11725 52 259 53 266 46 278 11725 10109 41 240 49 262 44 278 10109 8679 41 229 34 258 38 270 8679 7424 36 219 32 247 34 243 7424 6317 30 210 31 246 33 241 6317 5336 26 212 27 254 30 247 5336 4472 26 215 23 245 27 251 4472 3711 28 216 20 240 24 248 3711 3033 29 211 22 231 24 236 3033 2441 28 200 25 213 24 219 2441 1952 26 186 24 196 24 202 1952 1581 22 174 19 183 21 196 1581 1327 16*166 14 172 15 192 1327 1173 13*164 11*169 13 191 1173 1084 9 162 6*164 7*189 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