DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.5 - - 87.1 - - 86.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 361 - - 262 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3181 - - 3964 - - 1649 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3178 - - 3662 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4251 - - 5034 - - 2719 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1033 - - 1146 - - 3794 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 429 - - 417 - - 99 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 23 - - 26 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 216 - - 221 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 3 - - 10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1181 - - -616 - - -1680 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5432 - - 5650 - - 4399 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5956 - - -3748 - - -3291 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10207 - - 8782 - - 6010 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 82 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 1240 - - 2460 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.5 - - 87.1 - - 86.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 65.6 - - 70.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.9 - - 86.0 - - 87.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.7 - - 65.3 - - 69.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 361 - - 262 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3181 - - 3964 - - 1649 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 28 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 16 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] 99524 30 084 32 102 25 099 99524 92027 29 106 22 092 22 081 92027 86253 26 097 20 088 20 073 86253 81450 21 089 19 090 18 075 81450 77298 20 089 17 090 15 074 77298 73617 16 063 16 093 12 068 73617 70291 14 062 11 078 7 058 70291 67250 9 359 13 016 11 017 67250 64444 7 009 9 337 11 352 64444 61730 19 359 11 011 13 349 61730 58904 20 309 24 312 16 322 58904 55981 27 305 20 301 27 302 55981 53197 36 298 38 302 41 307 53197 50708 55 293 60 292 61 291 50708 48499 62 295 67 294 70 283 48499 46495 71 300 80 298 73 291 46495 44651 83 301 90 302 85 304 44651 42943 94 297 100 299 102 307 42943 41347 90 287 103 290 109 298 41347 39849 84 286 98 283 111 294 39849 38439 81 287 93 285 108 295 38439 37075 82 287 92 290 98 292 37075 35689 85 290 90 292 94 293 35689 34248 84 295 87 292 95 297 34248 32755 72 297 82 291 91 299 32755 31205 61 291 74 290 80 299 31205 29583 58 282 69 288 73 292 29583 27886 56 280 67 286 65 287 27886 26111 50 282 64 285 59 287 26111 24265 46 282 58 285 61 289 24265 22350 46 284 51 291 57 290 22350 20357 45 289 45 294 56 293 20357 18289 44 294 44 297 56 296 18289 16196 39 301 47 299 53 297 16196 14185 25 284 44 298 48 291 14185 12351 23 264 35 294 47 280 12351 10707 23 278 31 275 50 276 10707 9234 21 287 29 262 47 272 9234 7917 21 281 32 265 42 262 7917 6746 22 269 31 255 39 252 6746 5708 18 257 27*241 37 241 5708 4790 18*239 24*219 36 238 4790 3978 17*222 24 217 34 232 3978 3249 17 213 24 216 32*226 3249 2603 16 211 24 215 31*224 2603 2063 16 210 23 215 29 221 2063 1648 16 209 23 215 26 220 1648 1362 15 209 21 214 23 218 1362 1188 14 209 19 214 19 217 1188 1089 11 208 15 214 14 216 1089 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