DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 34.3 - - 41.0 - - 36.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -9 - - -21 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 277 - - 500 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1069 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1347 - - 1570 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 588 - - 975 - - 361 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 40 - - 54 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 252 - - 263 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -309 - - -257 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1656 - - 1827 - - 1085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6929 - - -5456 - - -6593 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8276 - - 7026 - - 7678 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 78 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.3 - - 41.0 - - 36.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.1 - - 36.9 - - 35.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 42.0 - - 38.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.5 - - 36.1 - - 36.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -9 - - -21 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 277 - - 500 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 29 - - 13 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 94363 43 318 44 310 61 334 94363 87674 52 299 52 317 53 333 87674 82466 52 295 55 315 54 325 82466 78103 48 288 53 308 52 319 78103 74323 41 289 51 302 49 315 74323 70950 39 297 46 296 47 310 70950 67852 39 298 39 294 44 305 67852 64955 37 299 34 296 42 297 64955 62228 34 301 33 298 38 290 62228 59557 33 302 34 298 34 289 59557 56740 33 289 39 299 34 295 56740 53787 35 290 46 298 42 301 53787 50956 44 293 51 293 51 299 50956 48416 51 287 50 287 52 295 48416 46152 49 286 46 293 52 299 46152 44115 46 295 53 299 57 304 44115 42270 50 301 58 298 61 303 42270 40583 57 300 57 301 62 305 40583 39031 61 297 61 306 66 310 39031 37592 62 299 67 308 70 313 37592 36247 67 304 69 311 71 314 36247 34957 73 306 71 316 71 315 34957 33656 76 307 75 320 71 318 33656 32314 74 309 78 321 75 326 32314 30932 72 313 79 320 75 328 30932 29490 73 317 77 320 69 328 29490 27973 75 318 74 317 67 329 27973 26380 74 317 73 311 60 319 26380 24711 72 314 74 308 59 310 24711 22966 70 313 74 310 60 305 22966 21156 61 309 69 312 55 303 21156 19277 56 300 61 315 53 305 19277 17318 59 298 54 316 51 302 17318 15317 55 302 50 312 47 299 15317 13387 46 303 48 308 41 300 13387 11628 44 299 46 307 36 299 11628 10061 41 298 41 304 33 297 10061 8668 38 302 39 297 31 296 8668 7428 34 304 38 296 31 295 7428 6325 30 300 34 297 29 296 6325 5350 28 295 32 293 26 290 5350 4491 28 291 32 289 27 283 4491 3734 29 286 34 287 29 285 3734 3058 31 279 32 284 28 286 3058 2463 30 272 29 278 24 278 2463 1969 27 265 23 269 22 262 1969 1592 21*256 20*266 20 253 1592 1332 17*253 18*264 17 244 1332 1174 15 252 15 263 14*242 1174 1085 11 252 10 263 7*240 1085 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