DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 - - - - - - 40.2 - - 41.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 99 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5200 - - 5027 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3894 - - 3957 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6270 - - 6097 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4388 - - 5374 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 317 - - 338 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 314 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -10 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 2609 - - 1757 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3661 - - 4340 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1271 - - 454 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4999 - - 5643 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 190 - - 130 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 41.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.1 - - 26.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 41.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.9 - - 25.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 99 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5200 - - 5027 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - 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] 96900 13 227 28 231 96900 89557 29 265 26 262 89557 83981 34 256 32 265 83981 79365 30 243 29 249 79365 75359 26 246 30 234 75359 71783 32 264 31 251 71783 68523 34 253 34 254 68523 65516 28 244 29 249 65516 62705 22 267 19 255 62705 59949 27 270 27 280 59949 57057 36 262 39 271 57057 54053 36 270 40 269 54053 51188 40 263 45 272 51188 48608 41 278 44 274 48608 46286 45 281 46 282 46286 44175 49 280 51 284 44175 42246 54 281 52 282 42246 40471 56 277 51 278 40471 38823 51 277 47 276 38823 37279 50 286 44 287 37279 35834 54 291 51 299 35834 34455 59 293 60 302 34455 33073 62 293 67 300 33073 31660 63 294 73 298 31660 30220 66 297 78 298 30220 28741 69 298 84 299 28741 27212 71 299 88 300 27212 25630 70 299 88 301 25630 23987 64 298 82 301 23987 22281 57 296 75 302 22281 20511 53 299 68 303 20511 18673 48 301 57 305 18673 16767 40 303 45 305 16767 14829 34 300 38 307 14829 12967 34 295 31 311 12967 11281 30 293 23 309 11281 9784 29 296 22 302 9784 8449 27 300 23 299 8449 7257 23*306 23 300 7257 6196 21*311 24*301 6196 5255 20 312 22*308 5255 4425 19 313 21 311 4425 3691 17 311 21 314 3691 3032 16 308 20 315 3032 2450 16 308 20 316 2450 1962 15 306 19 317 1962 1588 15 306 18 318 1588 1331 14 306 18 318 1331 1174 13 305 16 319 1174 1085 10 305 12 319 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