DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/19 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 - - - - - - 44.2 - - 47.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 20 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 973 - - 1534 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1069 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2043 - - 2604 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 280 - - 694 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 203 - - 144 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 340 - - 050 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1133 - - -322 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3176 - - 2926 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6113 - - -4307 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8156 - - 6911 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 93 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.2 - - 47.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 38.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.7 - - 47.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.6 - - 37.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 116 - - 20 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 973 - - 1534 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 73 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - 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] 96849 27 096 26 091 96849 89664 24 083 23 097 89664 84063 18 080 15 084 84063 79393 17 089 11 089 79393 75348 15 048 8 058 75348 71747 11 019 5 022 71747 68473 5 357 3 348 68473 65452 4 348 7 331 65452 62654 10 286 2 271 62654 59935 13 279 3 275 59935 57072 12 250 16 261 57072 54084 11 261 20 282 54084 51224 28 295 36 280 51224 48648 38 265 44 263 48648 46341 42 258 42 256 46341 44241 43 255 42 259 44241 42306 39 257 52 256 42306 40524 40 259 61 252 40524 38889 47 253 65 245 38889 37385 50 250 62 247 37385 35991 53 247 65 255 35991 34665 50 246 77 256 34665 33340 51 253 82 256 33340 31982 59 256 83 252 31982 30589 61 253 75 250 30589 29146 61 253 72 247 29146 27638 61 252 72 239 27638 26060 61 251 71 235 26060 24411 61 250 65 234 24411 22697 54 248 63 233 22697 20919 45 243 64 238 20919 19066 44 240 54 244 19066 17135 44 244 36 239 17135 15168 43 257 28 233 15168 13267 35 262 29 230 13267 11534 23 229 32 215 11534 9990 22 213 29 205 9990 8617 23 212 23 200 8617 7394 20 209 20 195 7394 6305 21 199 18 194 6305 5340 22 190 16 193 5340 4487 23 176 13 195 4487 3733 20 171 8 186 3733 3061 13 175 6*065 3061 2470 8*181 9*050 2470 1977 3*339 10 050 1977 1597 3 339 10 050 1597 1336 3 340 10 050 1336 1177 3 343 9 050 1177 1085 3 344 7 050 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