DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/05 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.3 - - 32.2 - - 29.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - -1 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 375 - - 317 - - 14 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1445 - - 1387 - - 1084 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 510 - - 608 - - 792 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 73 - - 12 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 307 - - 115 - - 151 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -91 - - 86 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1536 - - 1301 - - 1084 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10839 - - -9951 - - -10729 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12284 - - 11338 - - 11813 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 90 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.3 - - 32.2 - - 29.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.5 - - 30.4 - - 28.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 31.5 - - 33.1 - - 31.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.1 - - 30.0 - - 30.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - -1 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 375 - - 317 - - 14 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 63 - - 60 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 95836 52 259 53 267 50 267 95836 88801 35 269 33 280 33 284 88801 83384 26 274 21 276 24 286 83384 78847 24 300 19 269 25 283 78847 74898 29 298 24 289 27 285 74898 71396 29 293 30 300 32 281 71396 68205 29 296 33 295 34 281 68205 65250 31 304 38 291 33 293 65250 62504 40 300 41 286 35 297 62504 59836 44 289 44 287 34 295 59836 57031 44 278 47 283 41 276 57031 54099 43 282 42 278 36 278 54099 51282 42 290 46 284 50 282 51282 48748 56 283 63 275 66 272 48748 46496 55 277 65 272 66 266 46496 44470 57 287 67 276 68 268 44470 42627 74 287 72 279 73 275 42627 40934 82 281 81 281 90 275 40934 39370 90 280 97 280 107 272 39370 37924 100 283 108 280 129 271 37924 36576 114 284 119 280 136 269 36576 35277 116 283 118 276 127 268 35277 33959 108 280 110 274 112 266 33959 32596 103 276 105 272 104 264 32596 31188 99 273 105 271 105 265 31188 29720 97 273 105 271 98 266 29720 28182 95 275 102 271 84 267 28182 26571 92 277 95 270 79 267 26571 24882 87 279 87 269 82 267 24882 23121 79 277 82 270 82 265 23121 21293 72 276 80 272 78 266 21293 19394 64 277 75 272 71 265 19394 17415 54 275 67 273 63 266 17415 15394 40 277 60 282 54 269 15394 13445 38 281 40 275 46 273 13445 11670 36 283 32 276 38 276 11670 10090 30 286 30 279 32 275 10090 8684 25 288 28 281 26 275 8684 7432 23 289 27 283 22 284 7432 6319 24 288 26 283 16 283 6319 5336 25 287 23 285 12 276 5336 4468 21 301 20 292 11 255 4468 3702 16 311 14 289 11 240 3702 3023 12 296 12 271 7 236 3023 2435 2 293 9 261 6 193 2435 1951 5 008 2 232 10 169 1951 1581 5*350 2*121 11 162 1581 1327 4*309 2*114 10 160 1327 1172 3 307 2 117 7 157 1172 1084 3 305 2 113 3*151 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