DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 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 - - - - - - 69.0 - - 71.1 - - 66.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 100 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6228 - - 6625 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5180 - - 5147 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7298 - - 7695 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1050 - - 879 - - 5746 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 425 - - 373 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 314 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1597 - - 1421 - - -3574 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5701 - - 6274 - - 4661 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 677 - - 295 - - -4910 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6621 - - 7400 - - 5997 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 90 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 71.1 - - 66.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.8 - - 47.4 - - 50.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.3 - - 70.9 - - 68.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.5 - - 46.2 - - 49.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 100 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6228 - - 6625 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 60 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99358 14 111 16 070 7 068 99358 91882 18 091 4 107 13 089 91882 86102 14 082 11 090 12 079 86102 81317 10 097 11 098 9 080 81317 77189 9 099 5 104 11 088 77189 73522 7 124 2 202 7 082 73522 70182 6 101 6 098 4 087 70182 67104 6 114 7 083 4 008 67104 64259 8 024 2 054 11 011 64259 61508 6 016 4 278 19 354 61508 58640 16 353 8 320 18 325 58640 55664 18 341 14 355 23 327 55664 52825 34 320 32 330 35 320 52825 50281 36 317 41 327 39 325 50281 48007 42 330 49 334 49 337 48007 45951 57 332 59 329 63 335 45951 44076 66 329 68 326 73 331 44076 42352 76 328 78 326 87 327 42352 40756 85 329 86 324 93 323 40756 39269 94 329 90 321 95 324 39269 37874 98 326 88 321 93 323 37874 36533 98 324 87 321 86 322 36533 35173 96 324 87 321 85 323 35173 33763 93 325 85 321 87 322 33763 32301 93 327 82 323 86 323 32301 30772 89 326 81 324 82 327 30772 29163 83 327 78 325 77 331 29163 27479 70 329 72 325 68 334 27479 25724 65 326 65 325 60 333 25724 23898 61 329 59 324 56 331 23898 21998 59 328 57 326 55 328 21998 20015 54 323 55 327 53 327 20015 17947 50 319 50 327 49 327 17947 15845 45 318 44 326 45 330 15845 13824 41 319 41 326 40 332 13824 11989 37 319 37 325 35 336 11989 10364 33 319 31 321 31 341 10364 8924 24 316 24*310 30 338 8924 7649 20*316 18*309 27 321 7649 6521 20*316 18 310 24 311 6521 5521 17 320 17 312 20 311 5521 4639 16 321 16 314 17 316 4639 3858 16 322 16 316 14 323 3858 3158 15 323 15 317 13 330 3158 2538 15 323 15 318 12 334 2538 2020 14 323 14 319 11 337 2020 1622 14 324 13 319 11 339 1622 1348 13 324 13 319 9 340 1348 1182 12 325 12 319 8*341 1182 1087 10 324 10 319 5*342 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