DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 61.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - -29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1319 - - 449 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1070 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2389 - - 1519 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 501 - - 1103 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 188 - - 79 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 221 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 383 - - -466 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2006 - - 1985 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6344 - - -5987 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8733 - - 7506 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 84 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 61.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.7 - - 56.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 62.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.5 - - 55.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - -29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1319 - - 449 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 36 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - - 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] 96407 13 224 17 234 96407 89360 8 225 15 231 89360 83894 9 230 11 220 83894 79304 7 240 12 211 79304 75332 7 289 7 224 75332 71814 12 293 17 281 71814 68626 14 274 18 277 68626 65698 14 290 16 298 65698 62993 17 303 28 290 62993 60361 22 299 27 277 60361 57584 32 312 35 300 57584 54684 51 315 49 301 54684 51905 62 310 56 301 51905 49392 60 306 57 298 49392 47124 61 308 61 303 47124 45063 66 310 72 306 45063 43176 78 311 83 307 43176 41450 90 307 93 304 41450 39881 93 303 92 305 39881 38444 90 307 91 312 38444 37101 93 313 98 315 37101 35802 94 315 99 314 35802 34478 85 315 95 314 34478 33102 78 313 88 312 33102 31678 72 308 83 310 31678 30192 66 303 79 310 30192 28634 61 301 73 309 28634 27004 57 303 66 303 27004 25302 53 303 62 298 25302 23527 49 302 59 298 23527 21682 47 302 55 298 21682 19762 44 301 50 293 19762 17757 43 304 45 293 17757 15716 43 301 52 308 15716 13751 43 299 61 310 13751 11959 47 300 58 309 11959 10360 42 297 48 299 10360 8934 37 286 43 286 8934 7662 39 275 45 279 7662 6526 38 274 48 279 6526 5518 39 270 48 279 5518 4627 41 254 48 275 4627 3842 39 235 45 262 3842 3141 34 221 40 246 3141 2524 25*205 36 235 2524 2011 22*200 30 226 2011 1617 20 199 27*223 1617 1346 19 198 23*222 1346 1181 16 198 20 221 1181 1087 13 197 14 221 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