DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 23.1 - - 25.8 - - 20.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 619 - - 1400 - - 14 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1689 - - 2470 - - 1084 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 829 - - 2096 - - 1992 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 139 - - 96 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 222 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -25 - - 484 - - -234 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1714 - - 1986 - - 1318 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1853 - - -13 - - -1120 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3542 - - 2483 - - 2204 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.1 - - 25.8 - - 20.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.9 - - 21.3 - - 19.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.0 - - 26.0 - - 22.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.1 - - 20.9 - - 20.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 619 - - 1400 - - 14 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 71 - - 99 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96311 34 027 37 024 27 038 96311 89158 27 046 25 027 18 036 89158 83614 23 035 17 023 15 028 83614 78996 17 010 13 008 14 009 78996 74987 15 008 12 346 13 339 74987 71398 15 015 12 342 13 317 71398 68103 14 004 12 341 12 311 68103 65034 18 329 16 331 17 319 65034 62173 21 300 24 307 27 301 62173 59403 25 284 29 287 30 291 59403 56511 30 283 32 286 33 285 56511 53508 37 283 37 281 38 277 53508 50654 45 278 45 275 46 273 50654 48101 51 270 53 269 50 268 48101 45825 55 264 56 263 55 267 45825 43770 57 262 58 261 59 264 43770 41893 62 261 60 259 61 260 41893 40163 65 260 62 256 63 257 40163 38558 68 261 66 256 63 254 38558 37067 74 261 72 256 63 253 37067 35679 82 260 79 254 65 251 35679 34353 94 259 86 251 70 249 34353 33020 108 256 95 247 77 245 33020 31652 114 254 102 244 83 242 31652 30251 102 253 101 242 87 241 30251 28803 80 250 94 238 89 238 28803 27293 72 252 91 236 86 236 27293 25718 70 252 87 239 82 236 25718 24071 65 252 78 243 80 238 24071 22348 55 245 68 245 74 241 22348 20552 46 245 55 241 58 238 20552 18681 46 249 47 237 48 236 18681 16733 42 245 46 242 36 248 16733 14751 38 242 42 238 34 255 14751 12853 37 244 31 244 31 248 12853 11142 30 221 27 239 22 242 11142 9630 25 235 26 227 24 244 9630 8293 23 238 27 224 24 222 8293 7112 22 231 26 220 23 219 7112 6067 22 221 27 220 20 223 6067 5144 23 211 27 222 18 224 5144 4330 20 203 25 226 16 223 4330 3612 17 208 19 228 15 217 3612 2971 15 229 14*227 14 208 2971 2405 15 236 12*225 14 199 2405 1933 14*237 10 222 13 194 1933 1570 8*235 9 221 13 192 1570 1321 7 235 8 221 10 189 1321 1170 7 236 7 221 8*187 1170 1084 6 236 6 221 4*182 1084 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