DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 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 - - - - - - 9.7 - - 12.0 - - 6.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 77 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1784 - - 2371 - - 13 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1717 - - 1678 - - 1066 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2854 - - 3441 - - 1083 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 908 - - 636 - - 2903 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 249 - - 232 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 312 - - 306 - - 341 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -476 - - -68 - - -1149 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3330 - - 3509 - - 2232 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8993 - - -6056 - - -2036 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11847 - - 9497 - - 3119 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 83 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 9.7 - - 12.0 - - 6.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -0.7 - - 0.8 - - 0.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 9.2 - - 11.8 - - 8.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -1.9 - - -0.1 - - 0.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 129 - - 77 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1784 - - 2371 - - 13 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 31 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94685 108 238 106 233 122 239 94685 87471 93 250 87 248 105 257 87471 81988 85 256 90 263 95 263 81988 77415 81 271 87 272 86 272 77415 73443 80 274 83 280 76 281 73443 69927 77 274 80 284 75 285 69927 66751 73 278 81 284 81 285 66751 63840 73 281 83 285 86 284 63840 61146 76 282 83 286 88 283 61146 58528 75 280 81 285 88 284 58528 55780 70 281 78 282 88 286 55780 52914 68 286 75 282 91 288 52914 50156 71 288 71 285 92 288 50156 47652 73 288 72 288 92 287 47652 45391 72 286 75 288 88 284 45391 43329 69 286 75 286 81 282 43329 41432 66 289 71 285 73 283 41432 39685 65 292 66 287 70 288 39685 38079 70 293 67 291 71 288 38079 36606 76 291 74 293 74 291 36606 35250 79 288 82 291 81 297 35250 33966 81 285 87 289 92 301 33966 32675 85 286 91 288 99 300 32675 31337 88 289 91 288 100 298 31337 29951 91 293 92 291 100 298 29951 28500 93 295 93 295 99 300 28500 26972 94 295 94 297 97 301 26972 25372 94 294 93 298 95 299 25372 23702 90 295 87 297 92 299 23702 21967 85 295 79 296 86 299 21967 20175 75 296 72 295 80 298 20175 18321 61 297 64 295 74 298 18321 16404 51 298 57 295 64 298 16404 14469 48 300 52 296 54 294 14469 12612 44 299 48 296 52 294 12612 10927 41 297 45 295 48 300 10927 9437 39 299 43 297 43 304 9437 8121 35 302 37 300 37 310 8121 6957 29 303 29 303 32 315 6957 5926 21 303 25 306 27 315 5926 5015 12 302 20 308 24 316 5015 4222 9 306 15 302 15 312 4222 3528 11 313 13*305 12 322 3528 2909 11*315 13*306 13 330 2909 2362 10*313 12 307 13 336 2362 1905 10 313 12 307 14 341 1905 1555 9 311 12 307 13 343 1555 1313 9 311 11 306 10 344 1313 1167 8 311 10 307 8*344 1167 1083 7 311 9 306 4*341 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