DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 74.7 - - 68.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 249 - - 94 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5695 - - 7533 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4987 - - 5794 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6765 - - 8603 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4232 - - 5064 - - 6125 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 469 - - 385 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 33 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 240 - - 247 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 19 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -10 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1776 - - -3 - - -5746 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8541 - - 8607 - - 6833 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3762 - - -1486 - - -7611 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10527 - - 10089 - - 8698 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 85 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 170 - - 180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 74.7 - - 68.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.4 - - 40.1 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.9 - - 74.6 - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.1 - - 38.9 - - 41.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 249 - - 94 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5695 - - 7533 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 40 - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 97808 6 204 16 245 9 272 97808 90363 7 206 9 225 9 233 90363 84620 16 222 8 270 9 244 84620 79841 23 188 10 245 10 243 79841 75714 11 181 13 218 9 223 75714 72050 13 218 14 232 8 235 72050 68711 9 230 12 227 9 243 68711 65629 12 242 15 234 16 269 65629 62764 14 232 16 252 19 257 62764 59977 15 244 19 259 17 272 59977 57068 18 264 25 262 23 267 57068 54058 28 275 30 257 32 278 54058 51194 31 276 33 264 40 270 51194 48638 35 272 34 264 42 263 48638 46367 38 268 36 271 42 266 46367 44320 41 277 43 276 44 269 44320 42455 50 281 48 270 50 267 42455 40751 58 275 53 272 54 269 40751 39192 61 276 60 274 60 272 39192 37764 72 281 64 277 61 269 37764 36443 74 277 67 276 60 272 36443 35172 67 270 65 270 64 272 35172 33876 62 268 63 273 64 264 33876 32529 57 266 61 274 64 262 32529 31134 55 266 60 273 63 262 31134 29679 54 266 57 268 63 263 29679 28152 52 267 53 261 63 264 28152 26555 49 267 51 260 63 265 26555 24885 46 267 52 260 62 264 24885 23143 44 265 51 260 60 261 23143 21331 44 261 50 261 59 260 21331 19445 44 262 49 260 58 259 19445 17483 44 264 45 260 52 258 17483 15490 44 259 42 270 46 262 15490 13572 39 255 41 269 44 260 13572 11822 30 263 41 266 41 252 11822 10257 39 281 40 265 38 246 10257 8858 39 277 38*256 34 244 8858 7608 34*269 37*253 30 246 7608 6493 31*254 35 248 27 253 6493 5501 30 243 35 247 25 265 5501 4624 30 241 35 247 25 278 4624 3849 30 238 34 246 27 290 3849 3153 29 237 33 246 27 295 3153 2536 28 236 32 246 27 298 2536 2020 28 235 31 245 26 300 2020 1622 27 234 30 245 24 300 1622 1349 25 234 28 245 20 300 1349 1182 23 233 24 245 16*300 1182 1087 18 233 18 244 11*300 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