DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 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 - - - - - - 42.3 - - 42.2 - - 42.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 26 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 472 - - 462 - - 226 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1069 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1542 - - 1532 - - 1296 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 624 - - 697 - - 638 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 116 - - 94 - - 48 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 075 - - 057 - - 083 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 457 - - 447 - - 211 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1085 - - 1085 - - 1085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 356 - - 327 - - 128 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1186 - - 1205 - - 1168 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 42.2 - - 42.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.7 - - 41.6 - - 42.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.3 - - 42.2 - - 42.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.4 - - 41.3 - - 41.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 26 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 472 - - 462 - - 226 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 95933 33 252 44 259 39 266 95933 88859 28 279 25 258 28 244 88859 83377 33 252 30 276 26 287 83377 78840 31 259 31 254 33 282 78840 74959 31 267 33 273 32 254 74959 71502 39 274 40 282 40 276 71502 68350 48 265 48 280 49 283 68350 65440 47 268 52 270 55 284 65440 62724 49 273 59 270 65 277 62724 60096 50 276 64 270 65 276 60096 57352 59 283 65 276 65 275 57352 54487 78 280 74 277 71 273 54487 51734 80 275 79 268 75 267 51734 49244 71 272 74 267 72 268 49244 46998 64 269 71 269 72 272 46998 44954 61 268 73 266 75 272 44954 43088 55 271 72 265 72 269 43088 41387 48 274 66 264 66 268 41387 39835 41 273 58 265 60 266 39835 38402 37 276 54 275 55 265 38402 37061 37 280 54 285 53 268 37061 35768 33 281 55 291 50 270 35768 34454 23 294 53 294 49 271 34454 33090 18 318 49 294 49 270 33090 31677 22 348 47 294 48 268 31677 30200 21 352 46 294 44 267 30200 28647 12 329 45 295 38 271 28647 27017 8 284 38 299 35 275 27017 25310 7 285 32 307 32 271 25310 23525 9 279 24 317 30 269 23525 21664 7 252 17 325 25 263 21664 19720 9 247 8 358 19 258 19720 17689 15 226 2 321 14 222 17689 15617 14 226 8 252 17 209 15617 13629 13 247 12 252 19 224 13629 11825 16 276 12 263 19 230 11825 10218 14 278 14 263 18 231 10218 8785 7 247 12 256 18 242 8785 7513 7 206 5 222 17 253 7513 6386 10 195 6 216 13 254 6386 5393 9 162 8 236 5 231 5393 4524 9 136 8 236 5 142 4524 3756 9 134 6 213 8 144 3756 3071 9 145 5 167 7 142 3071 2470 9 099 5 114 6 121 2470 1973 9 079 4 076 7 105 1973 1593 7*075 4*058 10 085 1593 1333 7*075 3*058 10*084 1333 1176 6 075 3 057 8*083 1176 1085 5 075 3 056 6 082 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