DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/18 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.2 - - 63.4 - - 62.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 22 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2429 - - 1380 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1940 - - 1070 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3499 - - 2450 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1151 - - 895 - - 2584 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 248 - - 137 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 097 - - 107 - - 079 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -134 - - -699 - - -1108 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3633 - - 3149 - - 2195 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6802 - - -9260 - - -8503 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10301 - - 11710 - - 9590 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 270 - - 230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.2 - - 63.4 - - 62.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 53.6 - - 56.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.0 - - 63.8 - - 63.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.4 - - 53.0 - - 56.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 22 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2429 - - 1380 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 98660 19 072 4 062 14 024 98660 91301 12 063 6 033 15 018 91301 85622 6 030 5 014 11 340 85622 80890 8 327 8 331 16 311 80890 76796 14 304 13 310 21 317 76796 73165 16 272 19 296 21 313 73165 69889 9 305 18 288 17 303 69889 66893 15 333 18 303 17 298 66893 64125 20 303 23 298 21 295 64125 61463 20 271 20 285 22 294 61463 58707 20 293 20 296 21 295 58707 55861 33 294 29 290 24 278 55861 53160 38 280 31 273 30 280 53160 50751 41 275 34 269 36 273 50751 48602 32 269 34 270 41 269 48602 46644 27 272 37 274 45 270 46644 44837 40 293 46 280 47 276 44837 43158 49 288 55 284 49 276 43158 41596 54 283 54 283 47 278 41596 40128 52 283 51 281 47 273 40128 38735 48 292 48 269 45 265 38735 37379 47 291 43 256 44 265 37379 35994 45 288 39 263 45 270 35994 34551 40 280 41 275 45 273 34551 33055 41 271 40 279 46 272 33055 31489 46 268 38 283 44 272 31489 29840 47 266 39 289 39 274 29840 28110 47 266 41 288 34 277 28110 26299 44 264 43 281 35 278 26299 24406 42 261 41 271 36 276 24406 22439 43 259 43 268 36 273 22439 20394 44 260 43 269 32 274 20394 18269 45 266 41 273 35 283 18269 16112 47 276 41 274 41 282 16112 14042 46 287 37 273 42 273 14042 12163 45 292 36 278 38 267 12163 10493 25 254 36 283 34 271 10493 9007 14 226 26 269 33 266 9007 7689 3 291 15 214 27 243 7689 6532 3 228 12 177 20 201 6532 5516 4 181 9 151 17 151 5516 4626 12 113 13 128 21 131 4626 3843 15*102 20 119 20 123 3843 3145 15*098 23 116 18 110 3145 2529 15 098 21*111 17 095 2529 2014 15 097 19*108 15 089 2014 1619 14 097 18 107 14 084 1619 1346 13 096 16 107 11 081 1346 1181 12 096 14 106 9*079 1181 1087 10 096 10 106 6*079 1087 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