DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/04 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.8 - - 87.8 - - 85.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 117 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2932 - - 5273 - - 287 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2868 - - 4270 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4002 - - 6343 - - 1357 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2312 - - 2665 - - 6767 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 371 - - 365 - - 58 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 231 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 68 - - 1088 - - -2995 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3934 - - 5255 - - 4352 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1981 - - -476 - - -4356 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5983 - - 6819 - - 5713 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 80 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1860 - - 1820 - - 1980 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.8 - - 87.8 - - 85.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.9 - - 68.3 - - 69.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.8 - - 87.3 - - 86.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 67.4 - - 68.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 241 - - 117 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2932 - - 5273 - - 287 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 41 - - 20 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 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] 99511 27 099 29 088 31 084 99511 91937 30 105 22 085 24 069 91937 86124 25 100 21 086 21 067 86124 81333 26 093 17 097 17 088 81333 77202 26 093 17 093 19 082 77202 73543 22 084 18 109 13 077 73543 70240 18 064 23 084 15 105 70240 67218 12 037 19 058 17 056 67218 64436 5 117 6 047 14 033 64436 61757 10 031 6 033 10 016 61757 58974 13 350 9 338 12 003 58974 56105 18 324 20 340 24 339 56105 53384 26 316 28 317 27 320 53384 50940 28 310 32 319 27 318 50940 48753 28 320 41 325 31 327 48753 46760 38 321 41 323 36 325 46760 44922 38 324 34 311 32 321 44922 43223 28 323 22 319 32 310 43223 41644 12 323 19 322 24 291 41644 40164 9 331 18 319 17 296 40164 38766 13 340 20 322 15 299 38766 37411 19 340 21 312 14 308 37411 36029 28 319 22 312 14 308 36029 34590 25 312 21 317 18 307 34590 33100 19 311 19 319 21 311 33100 31546 17 315 17 306 18 313 31546 29913 18 317 18 301 15 314 29913 28200 12 299 16 300 14 312 28200 26407 11 291 15 300 16 319 26407 24538 11 308 14 303 20 327 24538 22593 15 302 17 327 21 330 22593 20570 21 307 20 340 20 330 20570 18462 17 322 22 334 16 327 18462 16316 14 331 13 326 10 314 16316 14247 13 330 5 321 8 252 14247 12373 15 309 6 277 10 228 12373 10714 16 301 10 267 10 242 10714 9237 16 283 15 261 15 252 9237 7921 15 271 17 251 20 246 7921 6752 13 265 18*244 22 238 6752 5714 14 257 17*237 21 233 5714 4795 14*245 17 234 20 228 4795 3981 14*230 17 232 19 224 3981 3251 14 215 16 230 18 219 3251 2604 13 213 16 229 17 216 2604 2063 13 212 15 229 16 213 2063 1648 13 211 15 228 14 211 1648 1362 12 210 14 228 12*210 1362 1188 11 210 13 227 11*208 1188 1088 9 209 10 227 8 207 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