DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.6 - - 47.1 - - 54.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - -15 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 316 - - 15 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1069 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1386 - - 1085 - - 1086 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 394 - - 293 - - 340 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 82 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 7 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 114 - - 144 - - 185 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 301 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1085 - - 1085 - - 1086 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 80 - - -7241 - - -3650 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1306 - - 8326 - - 4736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 110 - - 230 - - 530 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.6 - - 47.1 - - 54.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.9 - - 47.0 - - 54.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.0 - - 48.3 - - 56.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 47.7 - - 56.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - -15 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 316 - - 15 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 10 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] 96597 11 270 9 248 14 247 96597 89378 5 193 13 269 7 307 89378 83861 7 298 8 285 6 337 83861 79297 10 251 9 293 12 303 79297 75355 10 263 11 282 17 292 75355 71849 19 290 19 290 23 291 71849 68661 27 288 27 286 24 290 68661 65710 27 273 27 278 24 287 65710 62953 25 255 28 266 27 278 62953 60272 27 257 28 263 29 268 60272 57473 29 265 31 264 28 264 57473 54560 36 259 34 259 31 261 54560 51784 39 249 43 253 41 259 51784 49296 42 239 47 240 44 251 49296 47072 40 229 47 243 45 244 47072 45064 72 235 60 226 51 228 45064 43245 81 221 81 213 62 227 43245 41583 74 220 98 207 73 218 41583 40040 73 218 97 206 76 209 40040 38593 68 217 97 204 84 205 38593 37226 67 216 96 204 92 205 37226 35903 66 215 91 205 97 206 35903 34557 65 213 88 207 96 207 34557 33163 63 210 88 208 92 205 33163 31722 61 207 85 206 85 200 31722 30218 58 206 81 202 83 198 30218 28641 55 210 74 196 80 201 28641 26996 53 214 65 196 79 203 26996 25283 50 215 54 199 70 206 25283 23502 50 213 50 205 62 210 23502 21652 55 214 48 211 59 215 21652 19725 58 214 47 218 58 220 19725 17717 58 211 48 226 60 221 17717 15671 63 213 52 230 61 222 15671 13700 66 215 54 230 57 222 13700 11906 68 214 55 229 50 222 11906 10310 65 212 53 227 49 221 10310 8890 59 207 52 223 48 219 8890 7626 54 202 51 219 48 221 7626 6503 48 211 52 215 47 223 6503 5505 49 222 53 212 46 222 5505 4623 46 220 52 209 46 220 4623 3842 41 212 49 205 45 219 3842 3143 37 197 46 201 45 217 3143 2525 30 173 40 194 42 213 2525 2010 24 142 32 183 37 206 2010 1615 21*120 25 170 31 198 1615 1344 19*115 15 153 22 190 1344 1180 16 113 10 146 19 188 1180 1086 12 112 7*144 9*185 1086 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