DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/18 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.6 - - 70.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 18 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2269 - - 978 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1071 - - 1071 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3339 - - 2048 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1326 - - 1587 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 116 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 30 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 205 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 22 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 755 - - 889 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2584 - - 1159 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2092 - - 334 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5431 - - 1714 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1490 - - 1790 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.6 - - 70.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.5 - - 68.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 71.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.6 - - 68.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 18 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2269 - - 978 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - - 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] 98027 9 119 4 234 98027 90624 10 101 7 137 90624 84957 7 098 13 105 84957 80265 3 092 13 081 80265 76212 4 126 2 090 76212 72634 2 193 6 199 72634 69397 7 217 7 201 69397 66410 9 216 10 257 66410 63635 7 225 15 241 63635 60960 10 262 19 241 60960 58179 25 255 25 250 58179 55296 31 237 37 237 55296 52546 34 239 40 236 52546 50074 43 230 39 226 50074 47856 44 228 39 236 47856 45836 40 240 51 250 45836 44000 65 244 74 244 44000 42334 83 237 82 236 42334 40805 85 229 80 227 40805 39372 75 227 72 218 39372 38014 67 226 72 218 38014 36693 61 223 71 218 36693 35343 62 218 68 217 35343 33935 60 216 61 215 33935 32474 57 216 53 214 32474 30945 55 217 44 212 30945 29337 51 219 40 212 29337 27651 46 222 38 222 27651 25889 41 227 42 241 25889 24057 37 233 42 246 24057 22153 31 230 32 247 22153 20167 30 227 26 257 20167 18097 28 231 23 248 18097 15987 22 228 24 234 15987 13960 21 228 27 240 13960 12123 24 229 28 240 12123 10497 26 228 31 233 10497 9051 28 228 31 233 9051 7762 32 229 29 231 7762 6614 35 227 27 226 6614 5596 36 221 26 222 5596 4697 40 213 26 221 4697 3901 40*209 24 217 3901 3189 38*207 23 213 3189 2559 35 207 22*212 2559 2034 30 206 19*208 2034 1631 27 206 16 205 1631 1353 23 206 14 204 1353 1184 20 205 12 203 1184 1087 15 205 9 202 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