DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.3 - - 41.5 - - 40.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 47 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3011 - - 4208 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2576 - - 2687 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4081 - - 5278 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1293 - - 468 - - 4573 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 294 - - 254 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 20 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 288 - - 278 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1694 - - 2394 - - -705 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2387 - - 2884 - - 1790 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 825 - - 975 - - -1734 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3256 - - 4303 - - 2819 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 98 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.3 - - 41.5 - - 40.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.9 - - 33.0 - - 37.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.0 - - 41.6 - - 42.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.7 - - 31.8 - - 36.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 47 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3011 - - 4208 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 82 - - 91 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96602 20 272 19 238 26 277 96602 89311 7 223 13 256 14 274 89311 83787 7 261 14 240 11 266 83787 79218 11 281 15 283 9 255 79218 75252 14 258 20 274 13 275 75252 71721 20 266 21 260 16 270 71721 68508 22 263 19 249 18 264 68508 65531 20 250 24 265 28 269 65531 62761 16 251 29 256 28 264 62761 60072 20 269 27 247 27 254 60072 57244 29 258 26 256 29 247 57244 54276 38 281 34 277 33 278 54276 51428 53 267 50 272 51 275 51428 48858 53 259 59 260 57 266 48858 46541 54 256 59 256 57 263 46541 44426 52 253 58 256 55 262 44426 42486 49 260 52 269 54 275 42486 40703 52 266 62 271 60 277 40703 39060 56 268 59 267 60 275 39060 37534 55 268 54 271 61 277 37534 36108 53 268 55 275 65 280 36108 34744 54 269 58 278 69 284 34744 33374 50 270 62 282 75 289 33374 31978 49 275 65 283 82 289 31978 30561 47 283 65 283 82 288 30561 29101 46 294 62 285 82 290 29101 27582 48 298 61 289 85 294 27582 26000 48 298 60 292 85 295 26000 24351 45 298 59 291 78 294 24351 22635 43 299 56 289 69 291 22635 20858 41 303 53 287 61 293 20858 19015 41 312 48 285 57 295 19015 17091 41 320 42 288 53 291 17091 15120 42 322 39 294 49 287 15120 13214 41 319 38 301 42 287 13214 11476 39 319 38 307 39 290 11476 9929 38 322 36 312 37 294 9929 8554 39 326 34 314 34 298 8554 7332 39 329 32 313 33 299 7332 6250 39 331 28*306 31 294 6250 5296 29 323 22*290 29 285 5296 4458 25*315 22 289 27 284 4458 3716 24*311 21 288 26 284 3716 3051 23 308 21 288 24 284 3051 2462 22 305 20 288 22 284 2462 1971 21 304 19 288 20 283 1971 1593 20 303 19 288 17 283 1593 1333 19 303 17 288 14 281 1333 1175 17 302 15 287 11 280 1175 1085 13 302 12 287 7*278 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