DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 86.9 - - 84.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 183 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2716 - - 5175 - - 3017 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2434 - - 4426 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3786 - - 6245 - - 4087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2409 - - 1855 - - 4255 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 295 - - 410 - - 115 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 242 - - 234 - - 225 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1171 - - 275 - - -1373 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4957 - - 5970 - - 5461 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3053 - - -1094 - - -2875 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6839 - - 7339 - - 6962 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 82 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 420 - - 900 - - 850 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 86.9 - - 84.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.2 - - 64.3 - - 64.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.7 - - 86.1 - - 85.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 63.4 - - 63.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 128 - - 183 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2716 - - 5175 - - 3017 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 28 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 12 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] 99691 20 083 29 083 22 094 99691 92126 25 103 20 088 20 085 92126 86284 26 095 15 096 17 063 86284 81444 20 076 17 096 14 063 81444 77292 17 082 16 084 11 081 77292 73630 15 099 10 069 10 069 73630 70316 11 064 11 063 10 079 70316 67269 8 038 12 045 11 046 67269 64465 4 055 6 031 8 026 64465 61771 10 002 10 354 10 009 61771 58970 8 331 11 333 13 326 58970 56083 12 326 6 288 15 259 56083 53321 16 336 15 345 13 316 53321 50831 38 317 35 318 26 303 50831 48604 35 312 35 313 33 307 48604 46571 29 312 30 304 38 304 46571 44700 27 307 25 291 35 299 44700 42975 20 283 30 290 38 294 42975 41388 20 232 38 282 47 273 41388 39911 19 219 29 263 40 262 39911 38515 19 236 24 245 33 246 38515 37161 28 237 28 243 26 235 37161 35785 30 211 30 230 32 258 35785 34354 31 201 30 228 33 270 34354 32871 27 215 29 242 25 261 32871 31322 29 238 29 252 20 262 31322 29693 31 249 31 257 21 275 29693 27988 28 259 33 254 26 278 27988 26206 25 260 33 256 27 271 26206 24347 24 253 33 262 30 266 24347 22417 25 255 31 262 29 273 22417 20412 24 259 28 260 28 279 20412 18329 22 262 26 263 28 274 18329 16209 19 263 25 262 26 266 16209 14166 18 271 22 264 23 268 14166 12305 17 277 18 276 21 278 12305 10649 17 291 17 289 17 279 10649 9178 15 299 13 278 16 261 9178 7872 13 293 12 251 17 254 7872 6710 13 276 14*237 17 253 6710 5678 14 266 14*235 17 249 5678 4766 13 259 14 234 16*238 4766 3958 13*252 14 234 16*229 3958 3234 13*246 14 235 16 226 3234 2592 13 243 14 235 15 225 2592 2056 12 241 13 235 14 224 2056 1644 11 240 13 234 13 224 1644 1360 11 238 12 234 12 223 1360 1187 10 238 11 234 10 224 1187 1088 8 238 10 234 7 222 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