DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - - - - - 81.6 - - 83.4 - - 80.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 234 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5809 - - 6826 - - 4586 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5215 - - 5814 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6879 - - 7896 - - 5656 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 994 - - 859 - - 3238 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 521 - - 482 - - 121 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 18 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 224 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1976 - - -502 - - -2559 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8855 - - 8399 - - 8215 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7707 - - -5687 - - -7867 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14586 - - 13583 - - 13523 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 70 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.6 - - 83.4 - - 80.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.4 - - 50.3 - - 48.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.0 - - 82.4 - - 81.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 49.4 - - 47.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 353 - - 234 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5809 - - 6826 - - 4586 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 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] 98821 16 116 17 094 12 096 98821 91328 15 119 12 050 15 083 91328 85563 15 118 4 075 10 084 85563 80792 11 094 10 129 5 067 80792 76689 9 075 10 126 7 054 76689 73075 6 089 4 100 5 054 73075 69807 5 108 1 044 3 357 69807 66797 5 088 4 165 6 293 66797 64000 8 342 3 008 5 330 64000 61286 9 301 10 335 11 333 61286 58457 9 283 14 298 17 302 58457 55535 8 311 9 274 12 268 55535 52755 18 296 15 290 11 279 52755 50257 27 261 23 265 21 274 50257 48030 24 249 29 249 23 255 48030 46041 30 252 37 249 39 243 46041 44251 37 256 40 240 46 242 44251 42606 39 256 37 236 46 240 42606 41069 39 254 35 239 45 236 41069 39619 40 241 37 241 42 233 39619 38244 39 232 40 238 36 237 38244 36907 34 226 40 230 36 245 36907 35543 30 228 39 226 39 249 35543 34121 31 233 39 227 42 247 34121 32646 38 237 39 231 43 241 32646 31105 37 236 39 233 42 241 31105 29484 37 237 40 235 41 242 29484 27786 38 236 40 236 40 246 27786 26010 40 233 40 240 39 250 26010 24159 41 233 39 246 38 251 24159 22236 40 236 37 251 39 249 22236 20236 36 241 33 251 38 248 20236 18155 31 245 29 244 29 241 18155 16039 28 241 27 235 28 233 16039 14005 26 238 25 234 26 231 14005 12159 21 233 21 231 19 230 12159 10524 18 235 20 228 15 231 10524 9074 18 236 20*229 16 244 9074 7785 19*226 18*224 18 235 7785 6638 19*223 18 224 19*228 6638 5620 20 222 18 224 19*224 5620 4720 20 223 18 224 19 223 4720 3922 20 223 18 224 19 222 3922 3207 19 223 18 225 19 222 3207 2572 19 224 18 225 18 222 2572 2043 18 224 17 225 18 222 2043 1636 18 225 16 225 16 221 1636 1356 17 224 16 225 15 221 1356 1185 16 224 14 225 12 221 1185 1088 13 225 12 225 9 220 1088 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