DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 54.2 - - 59.0 - - 52.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 102 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1760 - - 3133 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1869 - - 2581 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2830 - - 4203 - - 1086 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1322 - - 1578 - - 458 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 286 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 208 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1965 - - -1862 - - -2857 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4795 - - 6065 - - 3943 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9048 - - -8485 - - -9805 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11878 - - 12688 - - 10891 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 78 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 59.0 - - 52.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.2 - - 36.3 - - 39.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.6 - - 58.7 - - 55.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.0 - - 35.2 - - 38.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 102 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1760 - - 3133 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 12 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96378 15 243 20 258 21 265 96378 89092 9 255 13 273 11 268 89092 83485 12 278 12 277 15 290 83485 78855 17 303 12 286 16 281 78855 74890 15 292 18 286 20 283 74890 71391 18 301 15 299 19 272 71391 68213 30 296 27 301 25 297 68213 65286 33 289 37 285 34 293 65286 62564 37 290 42 281 40 283 62564 59913 48 288 47 284 44 289 59913 57137 53 286 56 288 56 293 57137 54249 59 285 64 283 66 286 54249 51492 68 284 70 282 71 281 51492 49006 76 280 78 282 74 282 49006 46768 78 279 82 279 78 283 46768 44736 80 282 82 278 81 283 44736 42890 84 285 85 280 86 286 42890 41221 87 282 88 280 86 285 41221 39701 86 279 87 278 75 282 39701 38287 83 279 85 276 72 283 38287 36955 81 279 84 273 74 282 36955 35666 81 279 83 273 76 281 35666 34355 80 280 80 275 77 278 34355 32992 79 280 78 279 75 278 32992 31585 76 280 76 280 71 281 31585 30116 71 280 72 278 68 285 30116 28572 67 280 68 275 66 286 28572 26951 64 280 62 276 64 286 26951 25252 62 282 58 280 62 286 25252 23476 61 282 57 286 59 287 23476 21624 61 281 56 289 55 287 21624 19692 61 280 57 288 50 288 19692 17677 55 276 55 286 46 288 17677 15627 44 271 48 285 45 284 15627 13651 36 270 51 279 41 284 13651 11850 29 263 42 275 36 294 11850 10244 22 254 35 267 35 293 10244 8812 25 246 34 266 37 285 8812 7540 32 239 36 266 33 287 7540 6419 28 232 31 246 29 263 6419 5433 24 229 27 235 27 239 5433 4567 25 232 23*222 26 230 4567 3801 27 229 20*212 25 224 3801 3114 25*226 19 209 25 218 3114 2507 18*217 18 208 24 213 2507 2000 18 216 17 207 23 208 2000 1610 17 215 16 207 20 203 1610 1341 16 215 15 206 16 195 1341 1179 14 215 14 206 13 192 1179 1086 11 214 11 205 6*186 1086 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