DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 16 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2910 - - 3979 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2487 - - 1071 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3980 - - 5049 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1476 - - 1630 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 210 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 279 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1272 - - 119 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2708 - - 4930 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1933 - - -3591 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5913 - - 8640 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 89 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 850 - - 280 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 62.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.0 - - 80.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.9 - - 61.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 16 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2910 - - 3979 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 56 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - - 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] 99052 4 200 1 293 99052 91599 10 235 11 269 91599 85840 14 226 14 251 85840 81045 12 212 12 265 81045 76920 8 225 13 240 76920 73278 8 278 13 225 73278 69979 10 277 11 240 69979 66954 11 270 14 271 66954 64154 15 248 16 254 64154 61448 17 249 21 260 61448 58642 23 253 27 258 58642 55777 39 256 42 261 55777 53088 50 245 50 250 53088 50675 50 250 59 253 50675 48506 62 258 70 255 48506 46528 76 256 82 252 46528 44705 83 249 88 249 44705 43007 88 247 93 249 43007 41413 90 248 94 251 41413 39911 90 246 94 251 39911 38496 88 244 94 249 38496 37129 89 247 95 246 37129 35740 88 247 92 243 35740 34296 89 246 89 241 34296 32798 86 244 90 242 32798 31229 79 238 91 245 31229 29585 78 237 89 254 29585 27870 81 248 86 259 27870 26083 80 260 75 262 26083 24224 78 259 69 263 24224 22293 76 262 68 264 22293 20285 65 265 66 267 20285 18205 52 260 56 270 18205 16098 43 260 47 267 16098 14071 31 276 42 263 14071 12225 34 293 35 266 12225 10581 38 285 30 273 10581 9119 32 273 33 284 9119 7815 29 270 35 287 7815 6658 27 276 29 283 6658 5636 21 282 21*279 5636 4733 18*279 19*279 4733 3933 17*275 19 279 3933 3215 17 273 18 279 3215 2578 17 272 17 279 2578 2047 15 269 16 279 2047 1638 14 268 15 279 1638 1357 13 267 14 279 1357 1186 12 266 12 279 1186 1088 10 265 10 279 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