DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/09 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 79.1 - - 75.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 80 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1952 - - 2975 - - 1456 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1940 - - 2360 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3022 - - 4045 - - 2526 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1762 - - 2012 - - 1957 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 272 - - 268 - - 90 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 18 - - 5 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 331 - - 321 - - 146 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 7 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1045 - - 1117 - - 564 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1977 - - 2928 - - 1962 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 386 - - 103 - - -518 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2636 - - 3942 - - 3044 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 98 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 1230 - - 1210 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 79.1 - - 75.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.2 - - 69.5 - - 70.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 78.8 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 68.6 - - 69.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 80 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1952 - - 2975 - - 1456 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 90 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 16 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] 99082 20 084 25 102 16 062 99082 91545 22 092 20 094 17 076 91545 85787 18 088 15 080 24 093 85787 81023 16 086 12 069 22 086 81023 76922 16 085 11 071 15 070 76922 73317 13 083 11 073 11 059 73317 70072 9 075 11 045 11 050 70072 67097 7 088 6 016 10 018 67097 64340 9 097 6 144 8 314 64340 61677 3 039 8 124 6 255 61677 58902 7 255 7 262 6 294 58902 56030 14 254 17 251 16 252 56030 53295 20 266 20 276 14 240 53295 50841 37 268 30 260 26 256 50841 48649 37 263 39 246 42 252 48649 46655 41 264 37 251 43 254 46655 44814 43 264 47 255 48 250 44814 43097 44 270 50 260 50 247 43097 41484 40 274 47 264 48 248 41484 39964 40 267 40 256 44 251 39964 38534 38 253 37 243 38 245 38534 37155 29 223 35 240 38 236 37155 35758 33 214 36 238 41 241 35758 34315 34 225 40 237 36 238 34315 32827 36 231 45 241 32 221 32827 31276 37 237 44 244 31 221 31276 29648 39 241 36 242 31 236 29648 27945 35 239 37 237 36 251 27945 26166 30 232 36 255 35 268 26166 24317 28 245 20 260 32 272 24317 22400 27 253 19 272 26 270 22400 20406 19 263 17 289 24 283 20406 18329 17 277 20 301 22 288 18329 16206 17 291 16 311 16 286 16206 14155 15 297 16 305 17 289 14155 12286 13 299 17 288 21 291 12286 10621 11 301 19 285 24 291 10621 9140 7 322 20 294 22 298 9140 7826 7 327 14 301 15 309 7826 6664 10 309 10 304 10 311 6664 5636 12 305 7 304 8 284 5636 4730 12 308 6*305 8 272 4730 3928 11 312 5*308 6 267 3928 3210 10*318 3 320 4 240 3210 2575 8*327 3 325 3*195 2575 2045 7 330 2 326 3*160 2045 1637 7 331 2 326 3 146 1637 1356 6 334 2 329 3 142 1356 1186 6 335 2 329 3 141 1186 1088 5 335 2 330 3 139 1088 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