DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 35.2 - - 38.5 - - 36.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 374 - - 663 - - 143 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1444 - - 1733 - - 1213 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 897 - - 393 - - 850 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 106 - - 89 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 226 - - 209 - - 188 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 360 - - 492 - - 129 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1084 - - 1241 - - 1085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 311 - - -5201 - - 62 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1133 - - 6934 - - 1151 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.2 - - 38.5 - - 36.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.2 - - 36.8 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 38.7 - - 36.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.8 - - 36.4 - - 36.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 374 - - 663 - - 143 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 93 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96100 51 263 50 270 44 267 96100 88996 30 276 30 274 27 265 88996 83522 19 273 27 267 20 274 83522 78992 17 267 23 264 22 266 78992 75063 17 289 19 262 21 264 75063 71557 23 296 25 277 20 277 71557 68361 31 280 28 283 28 258 68361 65392 39 270 38 278 30 268 65392 62618 45 266 43 273 35 278 62618 59919 42 270 41 265 39 281 59919 57091 40 271 37 272 49 272 57091 54151 42 276 45 280 45 265 54151 51333 51 273 50 275 49 275 51333 48790 49 273 51 279 57 272 48790 46528 49 280 58 275 58 274 46528 44497 58 277 58 274 61 276 44497 42652 59 278 61 281 65 275 42652 40967 63 279 70 277 66 274 40967 39413 66 278 72 271 66 276 39413 37969 65 279 68 272 63 280 37969 36620 75 287 65 283 58 280 36620 35324 81 286 66 287 55 275 35324 34011 82 283 65 286 53 270 34011 32649 83 279 65 284 53 269 32649 31237 83 277 66 282 54 272 31237 29761 81 277 66 281 58 275 29761 28209 77 278 66 279 61 274 28209 26580 72 280 65 277 60 273 26580 24874 69 277 62 276 53 277 24874 23097 66 276 57 277 50 283 23097 21250 60 277 51 280 48 282 21250 19331 55 278 50 283 44 278 19331 17337 48 279 51 281 46 278 17337 15315 43 283 43 281 45 274 15315 13376 39 286 40 281 40 275 13376 11618 33 283 38 277 37 268 11618 10055 35 289 38 273 31 263 10055 8664 38 292 32 271 29 253 8664 7426 35 291 29 275 35 231 7426 6327 29 287 31 274 32 224 6327 5352 23 283 22 286 27 216 5352 4492 19 280 15 290 25 209 4492 3731 17 268 13 268 21 204 3731 3050 17 259 15 248 19 201 3050 2451 15 244 17 237 20 198 2451 1959 12 229 14*218 17 191 1959 1587 12*228 12*210 15 190 1587 1330 10*226 11 209 13*189 1330 1174 9 226 10 208 11*188 1174 1085 8 226 7 207 7 187 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