DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 26.9 - - 26.9 - - 24.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 11 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1991 - - 1759 - - 742 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1067 - - 1067 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3061 - - 2829 - - 1812 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 718 - - 510 - - 1192 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 184 - - 117 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 318 - - 269 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -6 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1202 - - 1132 - - 480 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1859 - - 1697 - - 1332 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 710 - - 628 - - 274 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2351 - - 2201 - - 1538 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.9 - - 26.9 - - 24.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 23.8 - - 22.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.9 - - 27.2 - - 24.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.0 - - 23.1 - - 22.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 11 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1991 - - 1759 - - 742 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 103 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94638 76 273 75 271 78 281 94638 87975 55 274 52 271 62 280 87975 82747 46 275 45 280 53 282 82747 78345 45 273 46 283 46 282 78345 74487 40 271 45 278 41 282 74487 71027 36 273 43 281 39 287 71027 67869 38 268 39 290 41 289 67869 64950 37 269 41 287 39 289 64950 62213 31 279 40 279 40 289 62213 59533 32 292 39 284 44 288 59533 56724 41 298 45 292 44 292 56724 53802 50 299 48 298 51 296 53802 51000 55 300 53 298 59 291 51000 48465 57 298 56 289 60 286 48465 46187 53 297 54 288 58 281 46187 44132 48 303 51 296 54 287 44132 42262 53 312 58 302 59 300 42262 40550 63 313 66 302 77 296 40550 38981 70 308 77 297 84 291 38981 37542 76 302 79 293 76 280 37542 36205 75 304 67 293 71 292 36205 34921 72 312 61 308 83 294 34921 33628 75 322 74 316 80 290 33628 32290 81 326 85 311 76 298 32290 30910 83 323 85 306 81 302 30910 29468 83 323 76 308 78 296 29468 27948 84 327 74 313 80 291 27948 26350 82 331 72 312 80 295 26350 24674 78 335 68 314 72 297 24674 22920 70 340 64 316 67 297 22920 21090 69 339 63 319 67 296 21090 19187 71 339 60 322 62 301 19187 17203 63 342 60 323 59 302 17203 15175 57 347 56 329 51 297 15175 13220 48 346 44 333 41 301 13220 11440 39 339 34 334 38 295 11440 9863 35 335 31 324 35 293 9863 8469 34 335 30 313 29 292 8469 7239 31 336 29 306 24 286 7239 6156 26 336 27 303 26 273 6156 5202 22 335 25 300 28 269 5202 4365 21 334 24 291 29 263 4365 3628 20*329 22 279 29 254 3628 2977 18*320 20*272 26 245 2977 2408 18 319 19*270 25 243 2408 1935 17 318 18 269 23*242 1935 1572 16 317 17 268 21*241 1572 1322 15 316 15 268 18 241 1322 1171 13 315 13 267 16 241 1171 1084 10 315 10 267 11 240 1084 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