DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - - - - 67.2 - - 67.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1046 - - 1340 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1071 - - 1071 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2116 - - 2410 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1150 - - 1776 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 167 - - 112 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 214 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 919 - - 970 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1197 - - 1441 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 492 - - 339 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1624 - - 2071 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1980 - - 1840 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.2 - - 67.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 64.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 67.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 64.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1046 - - 1340 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 96 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - - 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] 96498 16 299 24 289 96498 89221 28 284 29 303 89221 83735 29 281 27 294 83735 79234 28 287 27 288 79234 75347 32 280 25 287 75347 71874 31 276 29 291 71874 68694 32 279 33 283 68694 65759 29 274 32 278 65759 63014 28 250 36 258 63014 60330 36 259 39 247 60330 57526 44 261 38 259 57526 54607 49 259 46 261 54607 51815 60 250 53 255 51815 49311 63 249 61 253 49311 47088 61 255 60 255 47088 45102 62 264 65 265 45102 43304 76 270 79 262 43304 41655 85 267 87 256 41655 40130 85 264 86 255 40130 38702 81 263 86 256 38702 37352 79 263 87 257 37352 36041 78 263 88 257 36041 34706 80 261 89 259 34706 33321 82 259 87 259 33321 31889 82 259 81 259 31889 30399 80 260 74 255 30399 28835 78 259 69 251 28835 27196 73 258 62 246 27196 25478 62 259 58 241 25478 23684 63 258 53 238 23684 21818 55 256 42 233 21818 19875 40 258 30 232 19875 17849 40 251 23 236 17849 15783 33 257 22 245 15783 13802 27 264 15 247 13802 12011 27 265 14 242 12011 10416 29 266 19 238 10416 8988 31 266 23 233 8988 7707 30 266 25 229 7707 6565 28 262 29 225 6565 5552 26 260 33 222 5552 4660 22 257 32 220 4660 3873 18 246 29 219 3873 3168 17 235 26 216 3168 2545 16*228 23*216 2545 2025 14*226 20*215 2025 1626 12 223 18 214 1626 1350 11 223 16 214 1350 1183 10 223 14 214 1183 1087 8 223 10 214 1087 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