DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 36.9 - - 38.2 - - 34.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - -5 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 964 - - 554 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2034 - - 1624 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 366 - - 526 - - 486 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 149 - - 43 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 7 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 151 - - 139 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 36 - - -299 - - -168 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1998 - - 1923 - - 1253 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11385 - - -11961 - - -12393 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13419 - - 13585 - - 13478 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 78 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.9 - - 38.2 - - 34.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.3 - - 33.9 - - 33.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.8 - - 38.8 - - 35.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.2 - - 33.0 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - -5 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 964 - - 554 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 14 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95038 65 273 66 270 63 266 95038 88109 57 277 57 276 57 275 88109 82722 54 274 57 279 59 288 82722 78265 50 280 55 278 56 281 78265 74426 47 293 50 288 55 285 74426 71032 49 294 49 296 64 294 71032 67959 46 281 56 288 61 287 67959 65104 50 286 62 285 61 293 65104 62436 65 293 62 278 72 289 62436 59850 74 289 61 288 74 288 59850 57150 71 283 72 291 68 299 57150 54328 79 287 85 291 93 297 54328 51625 95 289 103 289 114 288 51625 49191 111 288 121 289 119 286 49191 46992 117 283 128 279 114 287 46992 44983 114 282 116 277 112 292 44983 43142 110 285 115 284 117 297 43142 41450 113 286 122 285 128 299 41450 39888 120 285 118 282 130 297 39888 38440 124 284 109 278 123 297 38440 37091 127 281 106 278 117 296 37091 35795 128 280 96 280 101 293 35795 34479 121 281 84 279 80 285 34479 33115 113 284 84 276 74 282 33115 31701 101 285 87 277 77 288 31701 30225 93 284 86 279 88 295 30225 28672 90 282 84 280 83 295 28672 27041 83 280 81 281 71 298 27041 25328 78 279 77 280 67 299 25328 23537 72 280 73 281 66 294 23537 21673 71 281 66 287 65 294 21673 19736 65 284 58 292 64 296 19736 17720 53 285 47 289 50 290 17720 15661 50 276 43 278 43 283 15661 13669 48 275 41 263 38 283 13669 11849 45 273 39 262 36 284 11849 10226 38 266 37 258 33 274 10226 8782 28 255 32 242 29 268 8782 7500 23 239 30 231 29 271 7500 6369 21 226 32 221 29 278 6369 5372 19 215 30 220 24 286 5372 4498 19 207 27 219 20 277 4498 3730 18 204 23 211 21 253 3730 3050 22 181 23 199 21 232 3050 2454 21*161 19 189 17 220 2454 1961 17*152 11*160 11 204 1961 1585 16 151 9*143 11 155 1585 1329 15 150 8 139 10 142 1329 1173 13 150 7 137 7*137 1173 1085 10 149 5 135 2*130 1085 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