DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 81.9 - - 76.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 120 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6783 - - 6798 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5526 - - 5394 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7853 - - 7868 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3007 - - 2591 - - 6295 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 421 - - 395 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 209 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 229 - - -935 - - -5023 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7624 - - 8804 - - 6111 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2117 - - -3157 - - -7103 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9970 - - 11025 - - 8191 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 97 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 0 - - 130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 81.9 - - 76.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.4 - - 47.1 - - 53.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.3 - - 81.4 - - 77.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.2 - - 45.8 - - 52.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 120 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6783 - - 6798 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 90 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 9 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] 98695 15 090 16 095 6 075 98695 91200 13 110 12 079 8 059 91200 85429 17 106 9 086 15 080 85429 80640 12 072 9 093 16 072 80640 76528 8 089 8 089 13 042 76528 72909 7 110 5 056 9 051 72909 69627 5 134 3 286 4 018 69627 66605 2 058 1 083 3 313 66605 63808 5 240 4 282 5 284 63808 61091 6 215 7 220 7 245 61091 58246 11 250 10 247 10 234 58246 55289 17 240 17 245 13 252 55289 52472 19 251 20 243 21 250 52472 49958 22 246 25 242 32 257 49958 47729 32 251 37 253 40 252 47729 45717 44 250 46 252 42 257 45717 43879 53 247 53 251 56 258 43879 42195 59 244 63 248 67 253 42195 40642 62 242 67 242 71 247 40642 39187 63 243 63 245 69 245 39187 37812 63 243 61 247 65 249 37812 36480 64 245 61 255 65 258 36480 35124 63 252 64 259 68 264 35124 33719 64 256 63 262 68 265 33719 32270 61 259 60 263 67 268 32270 30762 52 266 56 262 64 273 30762 29181 45 267 49 261 55 278 29181 27526 43 268 46 263 45 283 27526 25791 40 269 47 270 43 282 25791 23976 40 263 44 278 45 285 23976 22086 41 262 39 280 42 288 22086 20118 29 258 37 277 40 285 20118 18066 24 269 36 277 38 284 18066 15976 27 282 33 285 34 286 15976 13966 24 292 27 283 30 291 13966 12139 21 280 19 285 23 283 12139 10513 21 262 20 281 26 275 10513 9065 20*250 13*259 22 258 9065 7777 17*226 12*224 21 238 7777 6630 16 223 13 213 23 222 6630 5612 16 222 15 209 23 217 5612 4712 15 221 15 208 21 213 4712 3915 15 221 15 207 20 210 3915 3201 14 221 15 207 19 205 3201 2568 14 221 15 206 18 200 2568 2040 13 221 15 206 16 196 2040 1634 13 221 15 206 14 192 1634 1354 12 221 14 206 12 189 1354 1185 11 220 13 205 9*186 1185 1088 9 220 11 205 5*182 1088 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