DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.8 - - 88.0 - - 81.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 43 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2351 - - 2474 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2265 - - 1072 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3421 - - 3544 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 779 - - 1009 - - 1854 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 298 - - 214 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 237 - - 226 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1347 - - -1477 - - -1859 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4768 - - 5021 - - 2947 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5635 - - -5413 - - -5504 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9056 - - 8957 - - 6592 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 92 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1540 - - 2280 - - 2710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.8 - - 88.0 - - 81.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 69.3 - - 72.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.2 - - 88.0 - - 83.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.4 - - 68.6 - - 71.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 43 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2351 - - 2474 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 67 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99062 6 094 8 336 13 027 99062 91635 10 125 4 106 7 039 91635 85898 11 129 9 134 4 037 85898 81145 11 114 10 129 5 045 81145 77049 8 072 11 131 1 070 77049 73424 5 064 5 105 3 000 73424 70143 1 093 3 024 3 296 70143 67133 2 270 4 333 3 277 67133 64351 4 295 5 240 4 245 64351 61664 11 283 10 254 14 288 61664 58867 16 260 17 253 21 257 58867 55973 24 270 27 271 23 262 55973 53232 30 266 34 261 34 261 53232 50782 32 261 36 273 39 270 50782 48599 53 279 50 278 48 273 48599 46624 58 267 60 270 52 271 46624 44813 62 257 58 263 60 266 44813 43139 46 276 52 259 58 263 43139 41580 54 280 47 260 51 265 41580 40117 51 268 48 263 52 274 40117 38732 55 268 53 262 57 285 38732 37385 59 271 55 259 63 278 37385 36006 54 273 50 257 62 275 36006 34569 40 276 44 257 60 280 34569 33082 31 267 40 257 50 280 33082 31526 33 265 40 261 46 276 31526 29889 34 266 44 273 43 279 29889 28172 29 264 40 270 41 279 28172 26378 28 258 38 259 36 276 26378 24509 28 263 37 256 31 274 24509 22571 31 263 40 259 32 262 22571 20560 36 262 42 260 45 261 20560 18464 41 263 43 264 52 261 18464 16327 37 266 38 265 50 255 16327 14269 35 272 29 272 43 246 14269 12398 34 269 26 278 26 251 12398 10735 31 258 25 280 18 275 10735 9258 31 254 25 280 20 288 9258 7940 27 256 22 278 21 288 7940 6765 23 263 20 277 22 281 6765 5721 20 268 17 276 24 273 5721 4799 19 269 14 265 25 268 4799 3982 19*261 15*237 26 266 3982 3251 16*240 16*229 26 261 3251 2603 16 238 16 227 25 250 2603 2062 16 237 16 226 24 242 2062 1647 15 236 15 225 21 238 1647 1361 14 236 14 225 17 235 1361 1188 13 236 13 224 14 234 1188 1088 10 235 10 224 8*233 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