DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/04 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 - - - - - - 87.3 - - 90.4 - - 80.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 38 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2332 - - 4679 - - 358 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2166 - - 3008 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3402 - - 5749 - - 1428 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1892 - - 1669 - - 1517 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 262 - - 50 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 229 - - 242 - - 094 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 11 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1094 - - 563 - - -548 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4496 - - 5186 - - 1976 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4337 - - -2031 - - -3364 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7739 - - 7780 - - 4792 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 80 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2820 - - 3330 - - 3720 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.3 - - 90.4 - - 80.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.9 - - 71.0 - - 75.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.8 - - 90.4 - - 81.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 70.0 - - 74.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 38 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2332 - - 4679 - - 358 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 18 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99066 3 199 3 211 2 310 99066 91612 3 213 6 255 8 020 91612 85856 5 196 6 309 7 044 85856 81061 1 096 4 019 6 021 81061 76939 4 062 2 083 7 008 76939 73317 6 071 7 039 5 055 73317 70046 5 031 9 022 6 057 70046 67052 4 004 6 007 7 010 67052 64279 6 006 5 357 4 348 64279 61591 11 339 10 306 12 323 61591 58797 14 307 14 282 17 302 58797 55914 26 293 20 294 19 301 55914 53172 34 283 29 286 28 299 53172 50711 41 280 30 286 34 294 50711 48511 46 276 34 288 37 289 48511 46518 49 275 41 289 38 282 46518 44698 45 273 45 282 36 277 44698 43011 39 271 46 276 42 279 43011 41434 36 273 45 274 54 277 41434 39956 35 279 42 278 55 276 39956 38567 35 275 39 280 45 272 38567 37224 32 272 33 274 40 269 37224 35857 34 269 27 272 34 271 35857 34436 35 264 29 272 35 271 34436 32962 32 267 28 269 34 276 32962 31420 29 272 27 275 31 280 31420 29795 29 270 29 277 30 283 29795 28091 30 267 30 279 30 285 28091 26309 29 264 31 279 29 288 26309 24455 26 265 30 277 25 290 24455 22530 24 265 28 275 23 288 22530 20525 21 271 24 281 23 287 20525 18438 25 286 23 290 24 285 18438 16313 32 283 28 288 25 284 16313 14266 35 274 32 283 27 283 14266 12403 33 271 30 280 31 283 12403 10739 30 271 29 281 26 279 10739 9257 28 269 27 281 21 269 9257 7938 25 266 23 270 21 260 7938 6763 21 261 20*255 20 259 6763 5718 17 263 15*244 16 260 5718 4794 15 264 12 241 12 262 4794 3976 13*258 9 241 9 268 3976 3244 8*244 8 242 8 274 3244 2597 5 226 7 243 6 276 2597 2058 5 225 6 243 0 140 2058 1645 4 225 5 244 4*094 1645 1360 4 223 5 243 6*094 1360 1187 4 222 5 243 6 094 1187 1088 3 222 4 244 5 094 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