DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 93.4 - - 98.7 - - 91.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 301 - - 202 - - -70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4226 - - 6757 - - 19 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3921 - - 5687 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5296 - - 7827 - - 1089 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2825 - - 4680 - - 8367 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 447 - - 461 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 24 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 253 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 17 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 437 - - 635 - - -6052 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4860 - - 7192 - - 7141 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -707 - - -596 - - -8436 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6003 - - 8423 - - 9525 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 73 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 4420 - - 3580 - - 1270 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 93.4 - - 98.7 - - 91.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 70.3 - - 63.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 92.1 - - 97.9 - - 93.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 69.8 - - 63.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 301 - - 202 - - -70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4226 - - 6757 - - 19 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 22 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 19 - - 16 - - 13 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] 99680 35 098 31 103 26 085 99680 92101 33 095 20 104 28 076 92101 86293 25 090 21 098 25 076 86293 81490 21 099 22 087 21 088 81490 77331 19 114 17 096 14 084 77331 73661 18 089 18 108 7 105 73661 70354 16 050 18 086 12 104 70354 67310 8 033 15 057 9 077 67310 64491 4 005 14 012 6 016 64491 61792 5 293 13 313 10 346 61792 59001 10 353 10 314 8 310 59001 56098 20 328 22 315 18 306 56098 53343 33 316 38 314 35 317 53343 50899 47 314 49 309 47 315 50899 48716 58 319 58 314 57 311 48716 46723 68 318 65 313 60 304 46723 44878 72 318 71 316 63 306 44878 43158 76 319 75 319 67 309 43158 41544 81 320 78 320 71 312 41544 40024 85 321 83 319 77 313 40024 38589 88 322 90 318 84 313 38589 37205 90 323 93 316 89 313 37205 35802 88 323 92 317 93 314 35802 34353 80 320 85 320 92 312 34353 32859 73 316 76 319 87 312 32859 31307 62 314 70 314 77 313 31307 29687 50 310 61 311 68 312 29687 27997 43 305 52 309 60 311 27997 26234 44 303 47 305 53 310 26234 24397 47 307 48 304 53 306 24397 22488 45 307 51 307 52 303 22488 20499 39 307 46 307 50 306 20499 18426 32 311 39 302 43 311 18426 16309 30 301 36 297 37 299 16309 14267 31 289 36 294 37 293 14267 12406 23 272 33 288 32 297 12406 10753 21 276 28 279 27 284 10753 9283 22 283 26 270 25 275 9283 7970 31 278 25*263 26 284 7970 6797 30 275 25*259 27 295 6797 5752 24*265 25 256 29 301 5752 4828 21*253 25 254 29 303 4828 4008 20 243 24 252 30 304 4008 3272 19 241 24 251 29 305 3272 2620 19 239 24 250 29 305 2620 2074 18 238 23 249 28 305 2074 1654 18 237 23 248 25 304 1654 1365 17 237 21 248 21 304 1365 1189 16 236 19 248 18*304 1189 1089 13 236 15 247 12*303 1089 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