DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 9.8 - - 23.8 - - 24.0 - - 18.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 54 - - 6 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 13 - - 1250 - - 2569 - - 113 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1066 - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1083 - - 2320 - - 3639 - - 1183 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 63 - - 2503 - - 824 - - 1676 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 3 - - 167 - - 111 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 9 - - 13 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 080 - - 167 - - 191 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -772 - - -4 - - 1120 - - -651 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1856 - - 2324 - - 2519 - - 1834 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10085 - - -550 - - 408 - - -5918 ODpotential blCL - - - 11168 - - 2870 - - 3231 - - 7101 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 90 - - 98 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 9.8 - - 23.8 - - 24.0 - - 18.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.1 - - 17.9 - - 17.2 - - 14.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 10.9 - - 23.8 - - 24.3 - - 19.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.0 - - 16.9 - - 16.4 - - 14.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 54 - - 6 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 13 - - 1250 - - 2569 - - 113 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 59 - - 93 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95721 4 273 14 278 15 288 12 291 95721 88564 15 327 18 294 14 297 19 296 88564 82992 20 303 24 289 28 291 29 293 82992 78311 29 288 26 268 37 280 46 300 78311 74262 26 277 26 267 42 273 47 293 74262 70666 37 289 36 269 43 267 46 286 70666 67401 43 281 40 275 49 281 51 285 67401 64402 51 280 54 283 57 281 52 279 64402 61615 56 275 61 278 56 276 52 278 61615 58902 59 275 59 273 58 281 56 279 58902 56067 60 272 62 274 64 279 63 282 56067 53127 63 274 63 277 67 277 64 283 53127 50325 65 278 67 281 66 282 71 285 50325 47812 69 279 73 279 69 285 78 283 47812 45562 66 279 73 277 67 283 77 282 45562 43517 63 283 68 278 62 284 76 283 43517 41646 63 285 65 282 63 285 75 285 41646 39927 61 288 65 286 67 284 74 286 39927 38340 60 292 64 288 67 284 68 288 38340 36868 61 293 60 291 66 287 65 295 36868 35497 57 294 58 293 65 290 71 298 35497 34187 53 297 56 295 64 293 73 296 34187 32874 51 297 56 302 59 297 69 296 32874 31531 48 295 58 309 52 299 67 298 31531 30163 39 289 60 312 47 306 60 294 30163 28753 33 285 57 313 51 313 53 291 28753 27277 30 291 53 315 59 311 51 293 27277 25729 31 290 50 319 56 312 43 292 25729 24106 29 287 47 321 51 320 38 291 24106 22409 27 285 37 311 48 322 36 293 22409 20638 25 278 30 297 44 321 35 297 20638 18787 24 276 22 279 41 314 35 299 18787 16850 24 279 21 276 37 305 33 294 16850 14869 25 279 21 278 31 298 36 291 14869 12959 23 276 22 276 28 285 31 293 12959 11224 19 270 21 268 22 265 29 292 11224 9682 18 266 16 255 19 261 30 292 9682 8323 17 270 17 243 21 264 18 270 8323 7127 13 256 16 235 20 246 19 228 7127 6068 9 224 14 209 18 235 21 234 6068 5133 7 191 12 191 16 221 20 229 5133 4312 12 171 15 181 15*195 21 215 4312 3592 14 163 17 172 14*189 23 208 3592 2953 15 161 16 171 14 190 24 196 2953 2392 14 160 16*171 13 191 22 187 2392 1925 14 157 12*170 13 192 19 184 1925 1566 11 152 9 167 12 192 17 183 1566 1319 7 114 8 166 11 193 14*182 1319 1169 7*072 7 166 10 192 12*181 1169 1083 2*080 6 166 8 193 7 180 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