DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.1 - - 19.3 - - 15.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 89 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2490 - - 2690 - - 1943 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2374 - - 2125 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3560 - - 3760 - - 3013 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1942 - - 980 - - 2300 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 256 - - 55 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 37 - - 36 - - 31 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 325 - - 321 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 20 - - 19 - - 20 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1652 - - 1659 - - 635 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1908 - - 2101 - - 2378 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1014 - - 882 - - -33 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2546 - - 2878 - - 3046 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.1 - - 19.3 - - 15.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.5 - - 14.0 - - 8.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.8 - - 19.2 - - 16.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.5 - - 13.1 - - 8.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 89 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2490 - - 2690 - - 1943 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 88 - - 102 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96575 6 261 10 277 28 265 96575 89402 10 271 7 261 16 286 89402 83846 5 273 7 256 9 297 83846 79205 2 178 9 244 6 289 79205 75178 4 006 2 012 6 321 75178 71590 8 331 6 013 6 313 71590 68325 7 296 5 326 5 293 68325 65299 3 188 7 280 4 295 65299 62458 9 291 20 260 16 264 62458 59688 21 263 21 252 19 244 59688 56779 25 251 20 243 20 238 56779 53739 27 247 23 252 21 250 53739 50826 31 245 30 256 24 261 50826 48203 30 240 33 254 24 264 48203 45853 33 234 33 250 24 265 45853 43722 34 229 30 243 24 263 43722 41772 33 223 25 239 25 259 41772 39976 32 219 21 237 24 259 39976 38310 31 219 19 235 22 260 38310 36756 30 220 19 228 21 260 36756 35301 29 220 21 227 21 258 35301 33906 29 221 22 229 20 256 33906 32505 31 221 25 233 18 256 32505 31069 35 218 25 230 17 262 31069 29601 38 217 25 228 15 265 29601 28094 30 222 24 229 17 277 28094 26555 23 227 21 251 24 262 26555 24984 15 264 20 255 27 243 24984 23356 16 301 14 296 12 250 23356 21660 16 300 20 318 17 266 21660 19902 21 319 32 318 17 290 19902 18086 30 338 34 314 27 306 18086 16212 44 327 38 319 35 310 16212 14319 46 325 37 325 37 309 14319 12505 48 346 38 331 32 300 12505 10863 61 351 39 327 28 308 10863 9406 60 349 39 334 29 315 9406 8111 59 354 41 339 29 323 8111 6957 56 354 43 339 30 327 6957 5934 51 348 44 338 36 325 5934 5037 43 336 41 331 38 325 5037 4251 43 331 39*323 38 325 4251 3555 42*329 39*322 37*325 3555 2931 42*327 39 322 36*325 2931 2378 41 326 38 321 35 325 2378 1916 39 324 36 321 32 324 1916 1561 36 324 34 321 29 323 1561 1317 33 323 31 320 26 322 1317 1168 29 323 27 320 22 322 1168 1083 22 322 20 319 16 321 1083 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