DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 49.8 - - 49.8 - - 42.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - -28 - - -72 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2818 - - 515 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1841 - - 1069 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3888 - - 1585 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1098 - - 7072 - - 100 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 234 - - 82 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 250 - - 224 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 19 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -15 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1165 - - -2063 - - -1665 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2723 - - 3648 - - 2750 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2320 - - -3727 - - -5183 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6208 - - 5312 - - 6268 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 53 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 120 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.8 - - 49.8 - - 42.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.2 - - 37.3 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.9 - - 51.0 - - 46.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.0 - - 36.1 - - 33.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - -28 - - -72 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2818 - - 515 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 97061 23 077 24 087 18 066 97061 89844 21 085 9 069 16 053 89844 84217 12 091 6 067 12 048 84217 79529 13 093 5 079 9 055 79529 75473 6 030 8 071 5 101 75473 71863 2 279 5 357 4 022 71863 68590 5 218 5 306 7 329 68590 65575 5 222 10 279 10 294 65575 62777 9 276 14 268 11 270 62777 60059 16 288 13 277 13 273 60059 57195 27 249 22 245 26 266 57195 54208 13 228 20 224 33 229 54208 51348 23 284 20 269 19 235 51348 48754 66 259 64 261 33 287 48754 46414 75 241 66 255 52 268 46414 44297 67 239 59 250 57 254 44297 42365 60 239 57 255 59 257 42365 40588 58 243 60 255 67 259 40588 38938 63 246 70 251 75 256 38938 37396 66 242 75 242 75 250 37396 35958 66 233 70 240 67 249 35958 34592 60 229 62 241 61 246 34592 33224 47 238 56 245 58 245 33224 31820 37 241 61 250 55 249 31820 30388 47 254 72 253 62 254 30388 28920 72 256 77 255 56 256 28920 27406 90 253 73 255 49 257 27406 25837 95 245 66 255 45 261 25837 24202 86 242 64 258 45 263 24202 22495 78 245 67 260 51 262 22495 20721 72 244 65 259 52 260 20721 18878 68 238 59 259 50 259 18878 16964 64 229 61 260 52 259 16964 15020 60 225 61 259 59 257 15020 13150 57 226 57 257 59 253 13150 11451 58 232 56 254 57 250 11451 9940 52 233 56 247 55 246 9940 8593 48 231 53 238 54 242 8593 7389 51 241 50 237 52 241 7389 6313 49 252 48 237 49 242 6313 5357 45 258 43 237 48 241 5357 4510 40*257 39 236 46 241 4510 3758 34*253 34 234 45 241 3758 3084 31 251 31 232 43 241 3084 2486 29 250 27 230 40 239 2486 1986 27 249 23 228 36 235 1986 1601 25 248 21*226 30 228 1601 1337 23 248 18*225 23 216 1337 1176 20 248 15 224 19 212 1176 1085 16 247 11 223 8*204 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