DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/19 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 - - - - - - 40.3 - - 39.6 - - 32.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 20 - - 2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 657 - - 580 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1727 - - 1650 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 557 - - 480 - - 384 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 102 - - 52 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 083 - - 099 - - 123 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -672 - - -616 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2399 - - 2266 - - 1085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8264 - - -8383 - - -9866 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9991 - - 10033 - - 10951 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 78 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.3 - - 39.6 - - 32.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.8 - - 33.8 - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.4 - - 40.1 - - 33.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 33.1 - - 33.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 20 - - 2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 657 - - 580 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96499 12 226 11 248 7 301 96499 89431 2 080 9 186 6 266 89431 83964 5 108 2 280 2 275 83964 79396 2 262 8 313 10 306 79396 75437 10 335 7 359 6 315 75437 71912 17 307 15 340 13 347 71912 68706 18 281 21 309 21 318 68706 65757 14 276 24 293 25 310 65757 63010 14 279 24 282 31 302 63010 60318 22 313 27 298 36 310 60318 57491 37 306 38 300 41 313 57491 54540 39 301 41 312 43 318 54540 51689 51 316 45 325 59 327 51689 49119 58 320 68 330 64 325 49119 46839 74 318 75 319 70 328 46839 44787 71 313 67 319 84 326 44787 42926 68 321 69 330 91 325 42926 41229 79 326 95 328 95 323 41229 39663 89 324 106 321 95 321 39663 38206 89 323 97 326 96 323 38206 36845 91 327 109 330 108 327 36845 35540 98 330 115 329 114 328 35540 34218 101 331 108 329 111 329 34218 32847 101 331 99 331 108 330 32847 31427 96 331 91 329 102 331 31427 29949 89 330 88 328 90 330 29949 28402 81 330 85 329 80 331 28402 26785 73 332 75 333 73 326 26785 25090 70 334 65 334 64 323 25090 23317 65 326 62 331 57 323 23317 21476 59 322 49 328 52 318 21476 19563 50 316 45 321 51 316 19563 17567 44 311 45 323 46 310 17567 15530 39 302 39 323 36 302 15530 13567 35 298 38 308 29 296 13567 11780 32 304 33 295 29 289 11780 10188 30 316 25 299 29 277 10188 8771 27 322 16 318 25 269 8771 7509 21 304 13 327 18 262 7509 6387 18 297 13 297 13 249 6387 5392 17 312 13 291 12 238 5392 4517 13 302 9 296 15 227 4517 3747 8 310 2 278 15 213 3747 3062 6 011 5 111 14 193 3062 2461 11 079 12 121 18 160 2461 1963 13*085 12*115 21 145 1963 1585 11*084 9*101 18 135 1585 1328 10 083 8 099 13 126 1328 1173 9 083 7 098 10*124 1173 1085 7 083 5 096 7*123 1085 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