DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 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 - - - - - - 30.1 - - 30.6 - - 27.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 12 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 942 - - 938 - - 14 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1068 - - 1068 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2012 - - 2008 - - 1084 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 523 - - 610 - - 799 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 148 - - 98 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 110 - - 139 - - 100 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -560 - - -452 - - -341 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2572 - - 2460 - - 1425 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5524 - - -4805 - - -5304 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7536 - - 6813 - - 6388 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 92 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.1 - - 30.6 - - 27.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 24.0 - - 25.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.0 - - 30.7 - - 29.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.9 - - 22.9 - - 25.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 12 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 942 - - 938 - - 14 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 69 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96195 20 031 22 017 32 023 96195 89289 23 032 20 009 28 007 89289 83839 23 032 21 011 20 354 83839 79234 18 018 20 011 10 340 79234 75209 15 350 19 357 10 347 75209 71626 12 329 17 326 15 336 71626 68369 16 339 17 317 14 318 68369 65358 20 318 22 313 19 316 65358 62555 25 306 27 301 24 308 62555 59834 28 306 29 298 29 300 59834 56979 39 303 34 300 35 297 56979 53995 45 292 42 293 45 300 53995 51137 50 291 47 291 52 296 51137 48564 59 292 55 297 56 298 48564 46264 65 292 61 297 60 300 46264 44190 68 292 63 296 62 299 44190 42301 67 292 65 296 65 296 42301 40563 69 294 66 296 64 296 40563 38959 73 298 67 299 61 299 38959 37474 77 298 68 302 59 303 37474 36095 72 299 70 304 65 305 36095 34784 72 305 72 304 73 300 34784 33470 74 308 71 305 76 295 33470 32112 76 312 69 307 77 295 32112 30708 77 315 70 309 78 296 30708 29242 74 317 68 309 78 297 29242 27704 74 318 62 309 75 299 27704 26095 67 323 61 307 68 301 26095 24418 64 313 61 306 59 302 24418 22672 64 303 60 307 55 307 22672 20859 61 297 54 311 54 313 20859 18973 53 300 51 301 49 316 18973 17016 43 303 50 302 42 314 17016 15033 35 310 41 310 37 314 15033 13131 33 306 32 313 34 315 13131 11399 31 303 27 313 30 314 11399 9861 30 303 25 313 26 324 9861 8500 28 303 25 305 24 322 8500 7288 24 300 22 299 21 306 7288 6209 18 302 16 299 19 293 6209 5254 13 310 12 300 15 287 5254 4413 11 310 10 292 12 285 4413 3672 8 308 8 277 9 274 3672 3010 3 326 6 255 8 248 3010 2429 3*117 4*194 8 218 2429 1946 6*112 4*143 7 167 1946 1578 5 110 3 139 9 126 1578 1325 5 109 3 136 8 114 1325 1172 5 109 3 137 7 107 1172 1084 4 108 3 136 4*100 1084 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