DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.8 - - 46.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 83 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1988 - - 2150 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2004 - - 1735 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3058 - - 3220 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 527 - - 1493 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 239 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 219 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1105 - - -1134 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4164 - - 4354 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8522 - - -6530 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11580 - - 9750 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 89 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.8 - - 46.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.8 - - 31.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.2 - - 45.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.7 - - 29.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 83 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1988 - - 2150 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 57 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - 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] 96097 19 263 24 240 96097 88946 18 260 18 255 88946 83420 24 265 23 264 83420 78806 23 280 27 279 78806 74827 26 279 35 278 74827 71302 32 267 35 276 71302 68085 40 278 40 283 68085 65112 42 285 52 293 65112 62357 45 291 64 289 62357 59684 50 294 64 288 59684 56890 53 299 60 297 56890 53981 66 302 66 306 53981 51201 70 302 76 306 51201 48702 73 304 77 303 48702 46467 76 303 76 304 46467 44445 78 301 79 307 44445 42596 79 300 84 308 42596 40892 81 305 88 306 40892 39311 87 309 85 306 39311 37843 92 311 81 310 37843 36482 86 306 84 315 36482 35184 80 301 88 315 35184 33872 79 294 87 313 33872 32515 76 296 80 313 32515 31111 78 295 75 306 31111 29648 76 286 74 304 29648 28114 71 278 69 311 28114 26506 66 275 67 301 26506 24817 60 275 71 298 24817 23053 54 274 62 297 23053 21220 50 276 60 292 21220 19313 48 276 60 289 19313 17326 43 274 60 289 17326 15301 41 276 51 286 15301 13355 42 285 38 280 13355 11589 44 288 32 283 11589 10017 36 263 25 295 10017 8618 22 257 33 277 8618 7376 15 272 26 252 7376 6281 16 283 14 239 6281 5317 16 282 6 247 5317 4470 16 270 7 257 4470 3723 17*249 8*241 3723 3055 15*228 9*222 3055 2465 15 226 8 220 2465 1973 15 225 8 219 1973 1594 14 224 8 218 1594 1334 14 224 8 218 1334 1176 13 224 7 217 1176 1085 10 223 6 216 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