DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.1 - - 39.2 - - 37.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 19 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1970 - - 1979 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3040 - - 3049 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 337 - - 515 - - 1952 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 205 - - 142 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 183 - - 199 - - 100 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1097 - - 861 - - -492 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1943 - - 2188 - - 1578 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 744 - - 503 - - -1087 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2296 - - 2546 - - 2172 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.1 - - 39.2 - - 37.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.8 - - 33.7 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.9 - - 39.3 - - 38.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.9 - - 33.0 - - 34.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 62 - - 19 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1970 - - 1979 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 102 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] 95837 42 324 32 329 40 308 95837 88916 32 330 29 323 35 324 88916 83533 22 325 28 315 32 326 83533 79046 26 321 28 313 30 330 79046 75154 29 319 26 310 29 333 75154 71675 28 318 24 307 25 317 71675 68497 28 313 25 310 20 305 68497 65557 29 298 26 307 19 309 65557 62819 30 289 33 299 26 300 62819 60170 34 280 37 287 33 286 60170 57398 36 276 37 281 35 280 57398 54498 35 286 44 273 41 274 54498 51730 49 281 52 273 48 276 51730 49247 54 269 62 267 59 276 49247 47027 56 270 62 264 68 267 47027 45023 60 273 64 269 77 271 45023 43191 68 277 79 273 81 270 43191 41498 77 275 84 268 82 268 41498 39925 83 268 82 263 83 265 39925 38457 82 264 74 262 83 263 38457 37082 74 263 70 265 82 262 37082 35763 70 266 76 270 80 264 35763 34434 67 267 97 273 84 266 34434 33062 52 261 100 269 88 264 33062 31638 51 258 96 265 87 263 31638 30145 53 257 98 267 83 263 30145 28574 46 252 87 271 76 262 28574 26927 43 254 65 267 74 264 26927 25205 49 251 62 264 57 262 25205 23415 46 244 56 268 45 261 23415 21553 37 234 43 266 38 264 21553 19610 34 244 38 262 34 263 19610 17584 33 254 27 263 35 262 17584 15516 27 251 25 261 28 263 15516 13518 19 249 23 255 24 275 13518 11699 10 268 14 239 20 270 11699 10086 7 293 10 217 12 239 10086 8659 5 298 8 208 8 218 8659 7397 2 306 6 198 7 187 7397 6282 1 104 5 191 6 173 6282 5300 2 143 6 181 6 188 5300 4446 4 177 8 201 8 223 4446 3701 8*173 7*210 10 230 3701 3036 7*176 5*208 8 203 3036 2450 7 180 3 200 6 148 2450 1962 6 185 2 197 5 129 1962 1588 6 188 2 192 6 114 1588 1331 5 189 2 191 5 105 1331 1174 5 191 2 189 4*102 1174 1085 4 191 2 189 3*100 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