DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.7 - - 66.7 - - 59.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 89 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2099 - - 2326 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2210 - - 1869 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3169 - - 3396 - - 1086 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 429 - - 576 - - 2419 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 317 - - 245 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 12 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 297 - - 331 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1015 - - -860 - - -1472 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4184 - - 4256 - - 2558 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8375 - - -8161 - - -9994 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11544 - - 11557 - - 11080 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 80 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.7 - - 66.7 - - 59.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.0 - - 51.7 - - 52.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.7 - - 66.4 - - 61.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.4 - - 51.2 - - 52.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 89 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2099 - - 2326 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 20 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 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] 96895 34 265 30 277 21 275 96895 89902 13 300 20 279 18 304 89902 84477 11 339 14 299 10 322 84477 79950 9 357 8 266 11 315 79950 76026 7 031 9 202 8 281 76026 72555 6 101 7 199 6 246 72555 69425 0 012 4 220 12 209 69425 66542 6 296 8 263 9 198 66542 63849 17 276 12 265 6 281 63849 61236 23 248 24 249 24 260 61236 58510 22 245 25 248 23 258 58510 55690 37 252 44 252 41 257 55690 53027 40 252 52 255 57 250 53027 50643 53 261 61 256 65 249 50643 48496 65 270 70 258 70 257 48496 46527 74 267 76 262 79 263 46527 44699 73 269 84 262 86 262 44699 42989 75 274 91 261 90 261 42989 41379 84 277 94 262 93 263 41379 39858 92 276 96 266 97 264 39858 38420 94 274 99 268 101 265 38420 37026 94 272 101 268 104 266 37026 35606 97 272 103 268 106 264 35606 34132 100 273 106 270 107 263 34132 32606 100 277 107 274 108 266 32606 31021 95 280 100 278 106 272 31021 29375 83 284 86 281 93 276 29375 27674 70 285 78 281 79 275 27674 25908 66 282 78 278 82 274 25908 24073 65 276 76 274 82 273 24073 22166 68 273 68 271 74 272 22166 20180 64 275 65 267 63 269 20180 18111 56 274 60 266 57 269 18111 16006 52 269 42 274 48 267 16006 13980 45 278 41 267 38 258 13980 12133 48 284 37 261 42 266 12133 10483 47 284 31 261 35 265 10483 9013 44 281 28 273 25 254 9013 7705 42 280 29 276 24 255 7705 6541 39 278 32 274 27 255 6541 5513 38 277 33 273 23 267 5513 4616 32 282 24 282 14 271 4616 3833 25*290 14*289 10 259 3833 3138 19*292 13*295 8 274 3138 2523 19 292 13 297 7 297 2523 2011 18 292 13 298 8 314 2011 1617 18 292 12 299 8 324 1617 1345 17 292 12 299 8 328 1345 1181 15 293 11 299 6 330 1181 1086 12 292 9 299 4*331 1086 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