DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 17.7 - - 21.2 - - 22.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 8 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 450 - - 942 - - 521 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1520 - - 2012 - - 1591 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 769 - - 896 - - 2568 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 123 - - 82 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 16 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 249 - - 259 - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 10 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2 - - 212 - - 124 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1522 - - 1800 - - 1467 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7632 - - -382 - - -343 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9152 - - 2394 - - 1934 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 95 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 17.7 - - 21.2 - - 22.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.3 - - 17.5 - - 20.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.6 - - 21.6 - - 23.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.6 - - 17.1 - - 20.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 8 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 450 - - 942 - - 521 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 78 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 94672 72 280 62 280 65 276 94672 87824 58 287 54 282 54 280 87824 82421 51 289 55 287 60 290 82421 77901 48 283 55 291 64 292 77901 74017 52 278 54 290 55 285 74017 70571 52 278 54 284 46 281 70571 67406 51 280 47 286 41 288 67406 64455 51 286 50 296 44 296 64455 61697 56 293 52 300 49 300 61697 59003 60 289 55 297 55 298 59003 56166 57 285 61 287 58 288 56166 53212 58 290 63 282 59 287 53212 50398 64 290 61 284 62 292 50398 47873 66 287 62 287 67 292 47873 45613 65 288 67 290 73 292 45613 43567 65 290 73 289 77 291 43567 41696 66 292 75 286 79 289 41696 39967 69 294 73 286 79 288 39967 38359 72 297 74 289 81 289 38359 36858 75 297 78 291 86 291 36858 35457 78 296 81 292 90 291 35457 34120 79 295 82 291 93 291 34120 32778 79 294 81 290 94 290 32778 31402 78 292 81 289 93 289 31402 29996 76 292 82 288 92 289 29996 28548 73 293 81 289 89 288 28548 27048 69 294 81 291 85 288 27048 25496 66 294 80 292 83 288 25496 23883 62 293 74 291 79 284 23883 22199 56 292 66 288 74 281 22199 20445 50 289 62 284 69 279 20445 18618 41 281 59 283 64 277 18618 16712 41 278 54 283 60 277 16712 14771 40 282 48 281 55 280 14771 12902 40 276 45 280 55 282 12902 11200 38 280 42 281 56 284 11200 9682 32 283 40 284 53 284 9682 8329 28 282 38 280 48 289 8329 7124 21 279 33 268 41 290 7124 6060 15 270 30 265 31 283 6060 5130 13 253 29 265 28 277 5130 4319 15 245 28 270 32 280 4319 3605 20 247 28 275 31 277 3605 2967 22 249 27 274 29 272 2967 2402 22 250 24*269 27 267 2402 1932 20 250 19*262 24*264 1932 1570 15*249 17 259 21*261 1570 1321 11*249 15 258 17 259 1321 1170 10 249 13 258 15 258 1170 1084 8 249 10 257 10 258 1084 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