DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.6 - - 71.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 31 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4585 - - 6681 - - 121 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3791 - - 4519 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5655 - - 7751 - - 1191 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2162 - - 1655 - - 6874 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 353 - - 302 - - 43 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 24 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 264 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1423 - - 3170 - - -2178 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4232 - - 4581 - - 3369 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -536 - - 1152 - - -3711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6191 - - 6599 - - 4902 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 89 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 590 - - 370 - - 500 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.6 - - 71.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 58.1 - - 60.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 74.7 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.3 - - 56.7 - - 58.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 31 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4585 - - 6681 - - 121 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 10 - - 55 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 11 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] 98978 34 097 23 100 18 068 98978 91457 28 087 23 095 20 088 91457 85677 26 099 21 093 20 086 85677 80908 20 093 24 093 19 079 80908 76814 17 092 20 094 19 079 76814 73181 17 086 16 104 15 094 73181 69891 12 102 14 111 9 113 69891 66876 13 104 11 115 7 131 66876 64077 5 145 7 145 4 171 64077 61358 10 160 12 158 11 187 61358 58522 9 240 7 222 7 229 58522 55578 23 227 15 265 19 268 55578 52765 32 252 31 256 27 259 52765 50224 41 233 32 240 39 261 50224 47939 48 241 43 256 47 257 47939 45864 55 244 59 261 51 263 45864 43969 61 251 69 262 65 266 43969 42234 72 256 76 260 74 264 42234 40631 81 256 77 262 76 264 40631 39138 89 260 78 268 76 264 39138 37739 92 262 81 272 74 265 37739 36395 95 269 83 271 72 265 36395 35033 104 273 83 268 70 264 35033 33625 108 273 81 267 70 264 33625 32172 109 274 80 267 71 265 32172 30657 108 275 80 268 72 265 30657 29067 105 277 80 270 70 267 29067 27403 102 279 80 273 69 270 27403 25664 93 279 81 275 70 272 25664 23850 85 280 78 276 69 272 23850 21961 67 279 72 275 65 269 21961 19990 49 276 62 275 63 267 19990 17938 40 277 54 281 55 268 17938 15852 36 276 45 279 42 278 15852 13850 33 274 38 272 38 287 13850 12034 32 275 35 275 37 287 12034 10419 33 277 33 279 35 282 10419 8985 35 281 30*276 32 282 8985 7712 35 281 29*273 29 282 7712 6578 34*280 27 269 26 279 6578 5572 31*276 25 264 23 272 5572 4681 28 271 24 263 22 265 4681 3892 26 267 24 262 21 261 3892 3184 24 263 23 260 20 259 3184 2557 23 262 22 260 20 256 2557 2033 22 261 21 259 18 253 2033 1630 21 261 20 259 16 250 1630 1353 20 260 19 258 13*248 1353 1184 18 260 17 258 11*247 1184 1087 14 260 13 257 7 244 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