DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - - - - 45.1 - - 43.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2543 - - 2123 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1069 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3613 - - 3193 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1935 - - 2246 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 161 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 315 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1246 - - 1140 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2367 - - 2053 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 738 - - 628 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2875 - - 2565 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.1 - - 43.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.8 - - 38.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 43.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.6 - - 37.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2543 - - 2123 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - 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] 96831 36 263 35 258 96831 89398 42 252 38 249 89398 83767 35 250 39 258 83767 79139 32 247 37 254 79139 75125 30 249 35 268 75125 71564 36 264 42 265 71564 68344 44 271 43 268 68344 65393 46 266 48 271 65393 62666 46 263 48 265 62666 60007 45 256 42 261 60007 57201 42 258 44 274 57201 54277 49 274 53 274 54277 51496 55 270 59 265 51496 48995 52 257 53 256 48995 46742 45 256 48 263 46742 44694 47 273 56 273 44694 42829 59 283 66 273 42829 41129 74 279 73 273 41129 39575 79 268 79 274 39575 38141 76 262 87 276 38141 36805 78 261 93 275 36805 35520 81 258 93 273 35520 34214 79 256 89 270 34214 32856 78 257 88 268 32856 31445 80 260 88 268 31445 29968 82 263 88 271 29968 28411 84 264 88 274 28411 26780 82 266 86 279 26780 25073 80 267 81 280 25073 23294 77 268 74 287 23294 21445 73 272 70 294 21445 19517 64 274 65 293 19517 17502 56 273 58 289 17502 15438 52 271 51 286 15438 13445 50 266 47 285 13445 11634 48 266 45 284 11634 10031 41 270 39 284 10031 8616 35 276 33 287 8616 7370 26 283 24 296 7370 6276 19 283 8 267 6276 5315 16 298 6 292 5315 4468 13 309 8 307 4468 3722 13*309 10*317 3722 3054 13*310 10*317 3054 2464 13 310 11 316 2464 1972 13 310 11 315 1972 1594 12 310 11 315 1594 1334 12 310 10 314 1334 1176 11 309 9 314 1176 1085 9 310 7 313 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