DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 45.7 - - 39.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 35 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4640 - - 2555 - - 1151 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3526 - - 1069 - - 1068 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5710 - - 3625 - - 2221 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2913 - - 3530 - - 1190 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 309 - - 191 - - 121 W* B/S - - - - - - 24 - - 6 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 276 - - 068 - - 090 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 21 - - 19 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 724 - - -130 - - 357 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4986 - - 3756 - - 1864 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6 - - -965 - - -517 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5716 - - 4590 - - 2738 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 45.7 - - 39.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.0 - - 33.1 - - 35.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.7 - - 45.6 - - 40.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.9 - - 31.9 - - 35.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 35 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4640 - - 2555 - - 1151 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 97270 9 241 17 264 11 260 97270 89884 5 227 10 239 10 255 89884 84288 6 187 8 201 6 261 84288 79642 5 220 5 226 4 307 79642 75621 2 222 5 223 5 281 75621 72064 4 092 3 218 3 244 72064 68819 2 278 7 233 8 248 68819 65808 5 203 6 222 7 229 65808 62981 4 260 8 230 6 239 62981 60206 10 247 23 223 24 242 60206 57307 21 243 16 234 22 230 57307 54294 21 251 17 253 13 258 54294 51406 26 273 28 279 24 280 51406 48804 34 261 35 269 30 276 48804 46477 27 252 36 262 37 276 46477 44371 29 273 39 267 42 273 44371 42447 34 278 43 270 46 272 42447 40674 38 277 44 269 49 272 40674 39034 42 273 44 271 49 272 39034 37509 44 272 45 276 49 272 37509 36088 45 273 48 279 50 272 36088 34731 44 274 53 279 51 273 34731 33370 47 281 54 279 52 273 33370 31978 57 285 57 279 53 272 31978 30557 62 284 60 278 57 271 30557 29093 61 284 63 281 57 271 29093 27575 59 285 66 279 59 273 27575 25999 61 286 65 275 60 271 25999 24353 58 286 60 279 55 268 24353 22633 51 287 56 281 51 269 22633 20842 44 286 52 282 49 271 20842 18977 40 286 48 283 46 274 18977 17032 39 287 45 281 43 274 17032 15051 42 279 48 274 41 272 15051 13147 43 267 51 270 38 268 13147 11424 38 275 44 273 31 267 11424 9895 30 285 30 270 24 270 9895 8532 19 272 22 271 20 271 8532 7318 17 269 19 272 16 273 7318 6240 12*260 13 278 12 277 6240 5285 7*254 8 290 8 283 5285 4443 4 255 5 316 4 289 4443 3700 2 270 4*347 1 333 3700 3036 2 288 4*036 4 100 3036 2450 2 312 6 065 8*095 2450 1963 2 324 6 071 9*091 1963 1589 2 334 7 072 8 090 1589 1331 2 344 7 073 8 089 1331 1175 2 343 7 075 7 090 1175 1085 1 349 6 075 6 089 1085 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