DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - - - - 5.9 - - 11.0 - - 9.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 136 - - 55 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1476 - - 1597 - - 13 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1517 - - 1066 - - 1066 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2546 - - 2667 - - 1083 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 654 - - 691 - - 1798 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 238 - - 182 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 13 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 253 - - 240 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -243 - - -518 - - -1396 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2790 - - 3185 - - 2479 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10790 - - -9506 - - -9858 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13336 - - 12173 - - 10941 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 77 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 5.9 - - 11.0 - - 9.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -2.1 - - 1.2 - - 2.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 5.5 - - 11.0 - - 11.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -3.4 - - 0.1 - - 2.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 136 - - 55 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1476 - - 1597 - - 13 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 6 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95503 26 299 25 267 37 260 95503 88439 25 288 26 279 28 278 88439 82918 32 293 37 286 39 286 82918 78299 38 280 42 280 47 281 78299 74304 40 264 41 276 43 275 74304 70740 36 275 40 281 43 279 70740 67471 46 282 49 287 46 288 67471 64432 55 279 58 287 54 293 64432 61596 58 277 63 282 64 288 61596 58845 60 278 69 281 69 282 58845 55975 65 279 73 280 69 281 55975 52992 71 279 74 280 71 281 52992 50148 74 280 75 278 75 279 50148 47601 76 279 77 277 78 279 47601 45332 77 278 79 277 80 278 45332 43282 77 277 80 276 80 279 43282 41406 77 277 80 276 82 278 41406 39678 76 277 79 276 85 276 39678 38078 74 279 79 276 87 275 38078 36589 73 281 78 276 87 275 36589 35201 73 282 77 279 86 277 35201 33874 74 283 78 282 87 279 33874 32541 76 284 78 285 89 281 32541 31182 80 283 78 286 94 280 31182 29802 82 280 80 287 99 277 29802 28386 81 279 81 287 95 276 28386 26912 76 280 82 288 90 279 26912 25369 75 282 82 288 81 275 25369 23752 75 284 81 289 75 272 23752 22058 72 284 77 287 75 273 22058 20293 66 284 70 285 68 274 20293 18455 59 289 64 280 63 275 18455 16541 52 298 59 275 57 273 16541 14595 47 303 52 277 53 269 14595 12724 44 301 45 278 44 269 12724 11026 38 291 42 279 39 269 11026 9520 34 279 41 278 38 265 9520 8186 32 275 38 278 34 264 8186 7009 31 276 33 275 29 259 7009 5972 30 277 29 269 28 253 5972 5058 30 275 27 264 28 248 5058 4256 29 272 25 261 28 241 4256 3551 28 268 23 256 27 234 3551 2924 26*263 18*247 22 223 2924 2371 19*254 14*241 19 218 2371 1911 18 253 14 240 16 216 1911 1558 17 252 13 240 14 214 1558 1314 16 252 12 240 11 210 1314 1167 15 252 11 240 9*206 1167 1083 12 252 9 240 4*201 1083 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