DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - - - - 51.4 - - 57.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - -19 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 417 - - 136 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1070 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1487 - - 1206 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 495 - - 1328 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 93 - - 0 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 158 - - 194 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 401 - - 120 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1086 - - 1086 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -78 - - -598 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1565 - - 1804 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 130 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.4 - - 57.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 56.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.7 - - 58.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.0 - - 56.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - -19 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 417 - - 136 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - 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] 95654 39 258 44 262 95654 88589 34 245 38 260 88589 83211 38 271 32 261 83211 78765 33 272 32 254 78765 74910 40 275 35 265 74910 71507 43 265 38 254 71507 68416 42 271 41 255 68416 65544 50 271 55 259 65544 62872 55 256 63 258 62872 60280 59 258 69 251 60280 57556 66 257 66 252 57556 54701 71 257 68 254 54701 51955 69 256 71 254 51955 49467 64 255 69 249 49467 47225 66 254 66 249 47225 45176 69 253 72 258 45176 43289 74 253 82 259 43289 41559 80 254 87 253 41559 39998 87 251 86 250 39998 38577 84 250 83 245 38577 37242 74 247 78 242 37242 35947 69 247 75 242 35947 34627 68 247 73 239 34627 33254 68 244 73 235 33254 31829 69 240 71 229 31829 30339 69 236 62 230 30339 28773 66 233 57 238 28773 27131 60 232 57 241 27131 25410 51 236 58 243 25410 23610 45 241 55 242 23610 21738 45 241 53 245 21738 19790 47 239 50 251 19790 17761 51 236 51 252 17761 15695 56 233 52 241 15695 13706 60 233 54 236 13706 11900 58 234 52 234 11900 10296 55 235 48 231 10296 8872 53 236 44 231 8872 7607 47 234 39 236 7607 6482 45 228 36 237 6482 5484 43 222 36 232 5484 4604 36 221 38 225 4604 3826 27 217 38 219 3826 3130 27 205 36 212 3130 2516 30 186 32 208 2516 2005 28 175 27 202 2005 1613 22*163 23 199 1613 1343 18*159 18*196 1343 1180 16 158 15*195 1180 1086 12 156 10 193 1086 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