DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 90.5 - - 91.1 - - 88.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 136 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4666 - - 5000 - - 3078 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4203 - - 4147 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5736 - - 6070 - - 4148 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1960 - - 1814 - - 3226 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 442 - - 373 - - 126 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 23 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 230 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -12 - - -5 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 573 - - 177 - - -939 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5163 - - 5893 - - 5087 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3311 - - -1980 - - -3751 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9047 - - 8050 - - 7899 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 90 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2670 - - 2010 - - 2240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.5 - - 91.1 - - 88.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.2 - - 68.7 - - 69.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.4 - - 90.6 - - 89.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.3 - - 68.0 - - 69.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 252 - - 136 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4666 - - 5000 - - 3078 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 60 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99509 31 109 25 098 31 079 99509 91963 27 096 18 104 26 086 91963 86164 20 088 19 098 21 092 86164 81338 21 089 17 092 19 085 81338 77175 18 081 15 098 18 080 77175 73510 18 087 13 102 11 099 73510 70212 12 094 12 075 10 127 70212 67183 9 104 9 070 8 106 67183 64378 3 047 5 102 4 069 64378 61668 2 207 5 198 4 302 61668 58853 12 240 15 218 9 265 58853 55968 19 225 18 222 23 240 55968 53269 13 227 23 216 32 220 53269 50869 20 225 27 208 33 204 50869 48712 30 229 35 230 34 234 48712 46745 37 230 42 229 42 238 46745 44932 39 231 41 232 45 238 44932 43247 40 237 42 232 48 237 43247 41672 42 237 41 227 47 232 41672 40191 40 232 39 228 45 232 40191 38787 36 236 40 231 44 233 38787 37424 40 245 43 231 43 233 37424 36034 46 247 45 233 41 235 36034 34588 46 252 43 232 40 239 34588 33089 42 254 39 232 44 242 33089 31522 44 250 38 235 45 244 31522 29881 48 238 40 238 44 245 29881 28165 46 232 40 241 44 239 28165 26370 42 234 37 240 40 233 26370 24499 41 238 34 239 41 242 24499 22562 40 241 34 247 40 246 22562 20551 41 243 39 252 40 245 20551 18462 45 245 44 252 42 252 18462 16335 47 244 49 255 40 256 16335 14282 46 240 46 256 34 255 14282 12412 44 238 43 258 32 261 12412 10748 42 236 40 250 32 257 10748 9266 39 232 38 244 31 254 9266 7947 35 232 36 243 29 252 7947 6774 29*235 31*243 27 245 6774 5732 22*234 25*232 26 238 5732 4810 19 228 25 231 26*232 4810 3993 19 227 24 230 26*228 3993 3261 19 226 24 230 26 225 3261 2611 19 225 24 229 25 223 2611 2068 18 225 23 229 24 222 2068 1651 18 225 22 229 22 221 1651 1363 17 224 21 229 19 220 1363 1189 16 224 19 229 16 220 1189 1089 13 224 14 228 12 220 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