DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 82.2 - - 87.0 - - 82.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 90 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1782 - - 2937 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1691 - - 2404 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2852 - - 4007 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1105 - - 2044 - - 2184 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 275 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 272 - - 274 - - 085 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -866 - - -801 - - -2447 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3718 - - 4808 - - 3535 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4064 - - -3667 - - -5090 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6916 - - 7674 - - 6178 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 79 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1850 - - 2430 - - 2280 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.2 - - 87.0 - - 82.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.2 - - 69.3 - - 70.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.7 - - 86.6 - - 83.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.7 - - 68.5 - - 69.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 90 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1782 - - 2937 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 62 - - 17 - - 60 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 16 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] 99019 9 110 11 147 5 151 99019 91596 7 108 4 181 3 035 91596 85853 4 072 7 215 4 004 85853 81084 7 050 3 193 4 066 81084 76981 9 035 4 100 2 064 76981 73366 7 003 4 029 4 031 73366 70101 4 335 6 346 6 018 70101 67099 4 312 7 327 8 333 67099 64324 7 310 8 294 12 292 64324 61645 10 296 9 274 11 303 61645 58864 9 276 15 267 15 297 58864 55990 15 297 13 271 20 289 55990 53261 37 282 32 285 34 283 53261 50814 46 280 44 286 39 282 50814 48608 58 288 65 281 63 283 48608 46603 70 279 70 279 70 288 46603 44760 70 278 72 286 79 296 44760 43052 69 280 80 290 85 297 43052 41457 67 279 84 290 87 296 41457 39960 62 274 83 289 87 296 39960 38548 58 267 77 286 85 296 38548 37182 59 262 69 280 81 295 37182 35795 61 262 60 274 75 291 35795 34359 61 265 57 271 71 286 34359 32879 53 267 56 268 66 280 32879 31339 51 263 53 267 61 275 31339 29722 51 263 50 267 57 272 29722 28027 47 269 47 269 53 268 28027 26252 39 275 42 269 51 266 26252 24398 34 275 40 264 43 272 24398 22473 35 275 41 262 41 267 22473 20474 39 277 40 265 41 268 20474 18394 38 269 40 265 35 271 18394 16275 37 268 36 267 32 274 16275 14231 40 271 35 272 35 271 14231 12373 41 262 35 270 37 268 12373 10719 39 264 36 268 36 268 10719 9244 35 273 34 270 32 266 9244 7927 33 281 33 267 28 258 7927 6754 29 269 30 261 27 236 6754 5712 25 262 26 255 24 231 5712 4791 23 266 19*251 19 227 4791 3975 20 267 13*254 13 223 3975 3245 15*262 10 268 8 224 3245 2598 9*265 9 278 3 227 2598 2059 7 271 9 282 1 132 2059 1645 7 274 9 284 4 092 1645 1360 6 276 8 286 5 088 1360 1187 6 277 8 287 5 086 1187 1088 5 277 7 287 4*085 1088 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