DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 70.9 - - 72.4 - - 68.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - -4 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1898 - - 1217 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1071 - - 1071 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2968 - - 2287 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2213 - - 2041 - - 1480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 115 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 21 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 208 - - 197 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 14 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 801 - - 114 - - -101 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2167 - - 2173 - - 1188 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -274 - - -2454 - - -2774 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3242 - - 4741 - - 3861 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 98 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2330 - - 2930 - - 2790 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.9 - - 72.4 - - 68.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.6 - - 66.0 - - 66.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.6 - - 72.9 - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 65.1 - - 66.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 56 - - -4 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1898 - - 1217 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 72 - - 90 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 14 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] 96619 17 285 20 300 16 308 96619 89363 8 237 17 281 18 281 89363 83892 9 278 15 279 23 277 83892 79389 17 280 17 263 22 285 79389 75474 22 299 20 279 20 255 75474 71987 22 279 16 288 15 236 71987 68795 16 255 15 256 19 245 68795 65831 20 239 17 234 21 245 65831 63063 20 242 19 251 20 256 63063 60360 32 253 36 257 34 262 60360 57540 36 238 43 247 41 256 57540 54622 43 255 43 258 45 258 54622 51843 57 258 56 261 53 258 51843 49344 67 249 63 252 58 254 49344 47106 62 250 64 257 67 257 47106 45093 62 255 73 260 77 259 45093 43277 71 257 85 256 86 255 43277 41630 83 250 91 252 88 254 41630 40118 86 244 91 252 90 255 40118 38708 90 254 91 255 81 254 38708 37375 96 259 91 255 72 252 37375 36081 93 256 92 252 70 252 36081 34761 86 253 87 249 67 251 34761 33387 81 252 79 248 65 249 33387 31960 82 251 74 246 65 250 31960 30466 81 252 71 245 64 252 30466 28894 74 248 67 247 62 254 28894 27246 64 248 63 249 60 255 27246 25520 61 252 59 247 58 254 25520 23717 63 257 52 248 56 254 23717 21841 60 260 51 251 52 255 21841 19892 50 261 51 252 47 257 19892 17866 38 261 50 252 43 262 17866 15807 37 257 46 255 41 266 15807 13826 34 257 39 260 38 262 13826 12023 28 261 34 261 38 259 12023 10420 24 263 31 246 41 257 10420 8994 22 259 31 230 42 251 8994 7721 25 255 31 224 40 240 7721 6587 26 254 28 228 38 229 6587 5579 21 249 23 235 36 223 5579 4687 15 230 21 236 33 223 4687 3897 15 227 21 223 33 227 3897 3188 14*224 24 207 33 226 3188 2559 12*218 25*201 32 219 2559 2034 10 210 24*199 30 210 2034 1630 8 205 23 197 26 203 1630 1352 8 203 20 196 20 196 1352 1184 7 201 17 195 17 193 1184 1087 6 200 13 195 11*190 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