DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - - - - - 75.6 - - 77.2 - - 72.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 62 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3459 - - 3992 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3093 - - 2883 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4529 - - 5062 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1216 - - 1200 - - 4472 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 346 - - 275 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 218 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3304 - - -2256 - - -3135 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7833 - - 7319 - - 4223 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10333 - - -7840 - - -7222 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14862 - - 12902 - - 8309 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 91 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 77.2 - - 72.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.2 - - 49.0 - - 58.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.9 - - 77.1 - - 74.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.0 - - 47.7 - - 57.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 62 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3459 - - 3992 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 70 - - 65 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 99463 10 111 11 082 13 050 99463 91986 14 116 10 092 16 082 91986 86201 18 111 9 109 15 086 86201 81393 13 098 9 110 9 074 81393 77250 11 097 7 117 4 062 77250 73581 7 105 7 115 4 092 73581 70251 5 135 3 116 3 065 70251 67182 4 094 2 212 3 015 67182 64338 2 083 6 233 3 325 64338 61584 5 329 4 256 1 235 61584 58721 10 307 9 291 8 302 58721 55768 11 304 13 277 16 298 55768 52971 20 301 22 297 21 290 52971 50461 22 305 24 314 19 305 50461 48210 47 291 38 296 38 289 48210 46180 48 280 42 283 36 275 46180 44331 41 275 44 292 42 290 44331 42637 42 287 58 293 56 287 42637 41074 50 292 63 289 60 287 41074 39611 58 291 59 287 62 286 39611 38232 57 289 53 286 62 278 38232 36898 53 294 54 286 58 273 36898 35540 52 299 54 289 50 276 35540 34125 48 298 53 292 47 282 34125 32657 44 289 50 290 46 286 32657 31122 43 282 49 287 46 288 31122 29506 42 284 45 288 45 289 29506 27811 42 292 42 285 39 282 27811 26037 36 299 42 285 39 276 26037 24192 30 306 36 293 35 286 24192 22275 31 306 34 303 27 292 22275 20280 31 293 32 308 22 293 20280 18204 19 307 24 309 18 287 18204 16086 16 318 19 314 19 277 16086 14045 15 331 24 304 19 284 14045 12186 11 330 13 309 18 286 12186 10531 9 315 9 341 13 266 10531 9064 8 299 6 318 13 274 9064 7762 7 269 8 276 11 280 7762 6609 5 229 11 248 10 261 6609 5590 5 198 11*223 11 234 5590 4694 8*201 11*219 13 217 4694 3902 8*201 11 219 13 210 3902 3191 8 200 10 218 13 208 3191 2561 8 200 10 217 14 207 2561 2035 8 200 9 217 13 206 2035 1631 8 199 9 216 12 205 1631 1353 7 199 8 216 11 203 1353 1184 7 199 8 216 9 202 1184 1087 6 198 6 216 5*199 1087 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