DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - - - - - 34.7 - - 34.7 - - 33.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -18 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 269 - - 15 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1339 - - 1085 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 482 - - 288 - - 70 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 36 - - 4 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 228 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -400 - - -147 - - -404 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1739 - - 1232 - - 1489 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4916 - - -4862 - - -5901 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6255 - - 5947 - - 6986 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 82 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.7 - - 34.7 - - 33.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.2 - - 33.4 - - 30.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 37.0 - - 38.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.4 - - 33.5 - - 35.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -18 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 269 - - 15 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 27 - - 9 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] 96599 34 064 35 060 41 059 96599 89554 28 055 30 049 28 053 89554 83990 28 047 21 041 20 039 83990 79326 24 033 12 037 16 017 79326 75283 16 001 12 020 13 346 75283 71689 14 320 15 343 14 341 71689 68416 16 313 15 322 18 319 68416 65398 17 310 20 308 21 312 65398 62591 21 320 24 303 24 311 62591 59861 32 315 30 304 29 305 59861 57001 38 303 35 301 34 304 57001 54026 43 300 43 299 41 301 54026 51191 49 296 45 296 43 296 51191 48650 49 296 47 293 42 293 48650 46378 49 300 48 294 42 296 46378 44320 52 297 50 295 47 296 44320 42439 52 295 55 295 54 291 42439 40709 55 300 61 294 57 290 40709 39114 59 302 61 296 58 293 39114 37641 65 302 63 298 59 296 37641 36280 66 302 62 300 61 294 36280 34983 66 304 58 305 55 293 34983 33682 62 307 54 308 49 300 33682 32344 61 307 49 307 44 304 32344 30965 59 306 45 307 43 305 30965 29526 56 307 46 306 43 302 29526 28011 53 309 49 308 40 302 28011 26420 50 308 48 312 39 306 26420 24752 47 306 44 314 39 305 24752 23009 45 305 43 308 40 303 23009 21195 42 301 44 305 38 301 21195 19304 38 302 43 307 36 298 19304 17331 34 309 35 311 32 304 17331 15319 30 309 28 318 24 300 15319 13379 27 301 25 319 17 315 13379 11612 24 293 26 309 17 323 11612 10040 24 291 25 302 20 315 10040 8646 21 295 23 300 20 307 8646 7411 20 290 23 303 19 302 7411 6316 21 268 24 298 21 302 6316 5348 23 258 24 287 23 297 5348 4494 25 256 23 277 22 286 4494 3741 23 251 22 270 22 279 3741 3067 21 250 21 265 20 273 3067 2472 22 249 21 262 18 265 2472 1976 22 242 19 253 16 252 1976 1595 18*238 17 242 16 236 1595 1333 13*236 14 236 15 227 1333 1175 11 235 10*232 11*222 1175 1085 8 235 5*228 6*215 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