DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 74.6 - - 71.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 292 - - 173 - - 19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5773 - - 6871 - - 1621 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5111 - - 5670 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6843 - - 7941 - - 2691 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1571 - - 1566 - - 5125 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 492 - - 439 - - 142 W* B/S - - - - - - 19 - - 21 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 336 - - 269 - - 125 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 19 - - 13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 334 - - 1267 - - -3052 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6509 - - 6674 - - 5744 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1164 - - 362 - - -4442 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8007 - - 7579 - - 7133 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 100 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 74.6 - - 71.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.2 - - 49.2 - - 50.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 73.7 - - 71.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.9 - - 48.1 - - 49.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 292 - - 173 - - 19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5773 - - 6871 - - 1621 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 1 - - 99 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 99519 33 078 22 080 31 072 99519 91959 23 083 17 081 26 067 91959 86114 17 107 19 087 14 084 86114 81268 15 106 14 093 12 100 81268 77092 16 097 10 103 11 081 77092 73399 10 105 13 101 7 068 73399 70050 8 102 9 106 4 080 70050 66967 2 120 7 096 4 122 66967 64116 6 216 4 255 6 298 64116 61358 10 206 9 246 13 291 61358 58490 6 257 16 275 20 279 58490 55520 13 267 17 260 18 271 55520 52680 18 271 21 272 27 274 52680 50125 23 260 27 274 29 276 50125 47845 28 283 33 276 35 281 47845 45780 34 274 33 285 37 283 45780 43903 30 287 42 285 54 291 43903 42201 56 288 55 295 68 296 42201 40641 59 288 74 299 77 293 40641 39192 60 294 79 296 79 290 39192 37830 63 297 83 294 79 288 37830 36512 68 301 84 292 79 288 36512 35167 69 302 82 292 79 287 35167 33766 67 303 79 293 77 287 33766 32314 64 303 76 297 74 288 32314 30794 61 304 70 300 70 292 30794 29198 62 306 60 300 64 295 29198 27527 56 302 51 297 56 296 27527 25782 52 302 48 292 49 302 25782 23963 43 303 43 294 37 288 23963 22071 34 295 39 302 32 281 22071 20094 29 290 35 301 32 277 20094 18028 24 288 30 292 29 280 18028 15922 18 286 22 286 24 298 15922 13895 14 286 18 284 18 316 13895 12053 11 290 14 286 16 322 12053 10421 7 316 12 287 15 304 10421 8980 8 349 9*283 15 290 8980 7703 9*340 9*283 13 281 7703 6567 7*335 7 279 10 259 6567 5557 6 335 5 272 8 247 5557 4666 5 335 4 268 7 237 4666 3877 5 337 3 262 6 207 3877 3170 4 337 2 255 6*163 3170 2546 4 337 2 240 8*134 2546 2025 4 336 2 234 9 127 2025 1626 4 338 1 226 9 124 1626 1350 3 339 1 219 9 122 1350 1183 3 339 1 219 9 121 1183 1087 3 340 1 214 7 119 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