DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.4 - - 84.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 236 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5106 - - 6410 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4616 - - 5490 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6176 - - 7480 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2028 - - 1588 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 481 - - 472 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 29 - - 18 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 024 - - 010 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 11 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1845 - - -685 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8021 - - 8166 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8082 - - -3974 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14258 - - 11454 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 57 - - 66 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.4 - - 84.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.9 - - 51.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.6 - - 82.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.0 - - 51.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 315 - - 236 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5106 - - 6410 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - 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] 99821 24 104 27 104 99821 92266 34 106 24 106 92266 86440 34 093 23 104 86440 81607 23 093 21 087 81607 77432 19 104 13 077 77432 73744 19 101 7 117 73744 70404 13 089 12 120 70404 67338 8 064 15 092 67338 64515 10 090 12 094 64515 61803 16 054 8 086 61803 58987 18 016 7 008 58987 56080 22 332 15 339 56080 53322 27 326 26 333 53322 50852 36 329 36 323 50852 48643 39 333 41 315 48643 46633 45 334 43 312 46633 44784 53 332 47 313 44784 43070 60 332 50 314 43070 41467 68 330 55 318 41467 39957 73 327 61 319 39957 38530 69 329 65 321 38530 37146 63 327 65 323 37146 35739 57 323 61 322 35739 34283 53 321 59 323 34283 32782 40 319 53 325 32782 31225 34 315 39 319 31225 29603 28 317 32 314 29603 27908 24 329 27 315 27908 26135 23 335 26 317 26135 24283 22 336 24 325 24283 22355 23 340 23 333 22355 20344 23 341 23 343 20344 18245 22 341 21 349 18245 16108 22 348 22 347 16108 14054 21 359 19 348 14054 12193 20 005 17 360 12193 10547 18 004 16 007 10547 9091 15 005 13 008 9091 7798 12 018 8*353 7798 6648 7*019 7*348 6648 5628 4*015 6 350 5628 4725 3 017 6 357 4725 3927 3 019 5 006 3927 3210 3 024 4 021 3210 2575 3 026 4 033 2575 2045 3 032 4 039 2045 1637 3 035 4 044 1637 1356 2 036 4 047 1356 1186 2 040 4 049 1186 1088 2 041 4 050 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