DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/13 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.0 - - 79.4 - - 76.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 54 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4158 - - 5642 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3585 - - 4046 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5228 - - 6712 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1475 - - 2095 - - 6740 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 363 - - 308 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 249 - - 258 - - 269 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1287 - - 2019 - - -2616 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3941 - - 4694 - - 3704 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 19 - - 680 - - -3852 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5209 - - 6032 - - 4940 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 84 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1300 - - 1370 - - 1440 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.0 - - 79.4 - - 76.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.1 - - 62.2 - - 63.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.7 - - 79.3 - - 78.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.8 - - 61.0 - - 62.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 54 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4158 - - 5642 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 24 - - 36 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 13 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] 98987 32 083 26 109 18 082 98987 91484 29 096 23 097 19 077 91484 85736 27 108 20 083 19 078 85736 80953 24 096 20 089 17 090 80953 76818 16 094 17 085 17 081 76818 73171 13 106 12 095 12 066 73171 69872 12 105 8 105 12 070 69872 66838 9 076 8 166 5 064 66838 64024 5 052 8 184 5 146 64024 61299 6 293 7 253 7 275 61299 58466 9 239 9 251 15 241 58466 55521 21 298 14 305 8 267 55521 52702 38 270 30 294 24 311 52702 50155 44 253 48 257 53 284 50155 47875 44 244 53 251 61 256 47875 45818 40 268 50 255 50 250 45818 43946 63 276 52 271 63 273 43946 42236 76 274 69 277 78 273 42236 40662 78 276 75 277 81 266 40662 39199 84 281 84 274 80 264 39199 37830 93 279 89 267 82 264 37830 36509 95 272 87 263 84 260 36509 35163 89 272 81 262 85 255 35163 33763 84 275 78 260 85 254 33763 32312 85 274 76 258 80 258 32312 30795 86 274 75 257 75 262 30795 29203 83 276 74 261 73 265 29203 27534 78 279 70 265 69 266 27534 25787 72 280 62 264 64 265 25787 23965 63 277 58 269 62 266 23965 22077 55 273 55 276 61 272 22077 20114 53 270 53 267 54 275 20114 18070 52 269 50 267 52 284 18070 15986 48 271 42 272 40 272 15986 13972 45 268 41 274 34 251 13972 12137 48 262 44 268 38 252 12137 10506 50 259 48 271 41 267 10506 9059 46 261 40 272 38 267 9059 7773 37 268 27*266 30 266 7773 6629 31 270 22*262 22 263 6629 5614 28*263 22 261 18 260 5614 4716 26*256 20 258 16 263 4716 3920 25 251 20 257 15 265 3920 3205 24 248 19 256 14 267 3205 2572 24 247 18 255 14 269 2572 2043 23 246 18 254 13 270 2043 1636 22 246 17 254 12 270 1636 1356 21 245 16 254 11 270 1356 1185 19 245 14 253 9*270 1185 1088 15 244 11 253 6*269 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