DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.0 - - 33.0 - - 32.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 21 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 674 - - 1063 - - 349 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1744 - - 2133 - - 1419 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 932 - - 949 - - 1146 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 139 - - 118 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 073 - - 095 - - 111 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 660 - - 764 - - 335 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1084 - - 1369 - - 1084 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 409 - - 519 - - 102 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1335 - - 1614 - - 1317 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.0 - - 33.0 - - 32.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 31.2 - - 31.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.1 - - 33.2 - - 32.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.1 - - 30.8 - - 31.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 21 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 674 - - 1063 - - 349 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 94678 74 282 62 284 78 278 94678 87865 67 289 63 290 70 279 87865 82590 57 289 58 291 62 293 82590 78192 49 283 58 286 58 293 78192 74376 48 288 56 290 52 294 74376 71000 53 295 53 295 54 299 71000 67954 53 300 54 295 57 299 67954 65140 58 306 58 297 57 297 65140 62508 69 309 68 299 54 297 62508 59949 78 298 68 293 54 304 59949 57258 79 292 65 295 52 295 57258 54432 82 297 68 297 69 302 54432 51729 89 295 85 291 94 289 51729 49310 96 291 99 286 99 281 49310 47152 95 293 103 287 100 282 47152 45205 96 298 98 291 100 285 45205 43432 100 300 101 292 100 285 43432 41796 105 299 108 293 99 283 41796 40271 109 297 110 293 97 282 40271 38838 110 296 105 291 94 282 38838 37486 107 295 99 290 90 281 37486 36175 103 294 97 289 87 282 36175 34837 100 294 95 290 86 282 34837 33442 97 296 91 291 84 282 33442 31997 91 300 86 294 81 283 31997 30485 85 304 80 297 79 285 30485 28896 78 300 69 298 77 285 28896 27229 72 295 62 299 70 284 27229 25483 66 293 60 293 59 282 25483 23661 62 293 63 292 55 282 23661 21767 59 293 59 292 55 283 21767 19796 54 296 51 288 50 281 19796 17744 48 297 50 280 46 277 17744 15651 45 297 42 281 44 276 15651 13634 37 296 34 280 33 279 13634 11799 27 284 32 270 28 265 11799 10169 13 272 26 252 25 256 10169 8724 6 247 20 220 22 240 8724 7444 6 194 19 204 25 212 7444 6313 9 179 18 193 31 188 6313 5317 10 154 19 179 30 178 5317 4448 14 125 20 145 28 176 4448 3686 21 107 22 123 30 159 3686 3014 22 085 20 106 31 133 3014 2432 21 077 18*097 29 118 2432 1950 20*075 17*095 27 115 1950 1581 19*074 16 095 25*113 1581 1327 16 073 15 094 21*112 1327 1173 14 073 13 094 18 111 1173 1084 11 072 10 094 12 110 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