DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/19 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 - - - - - - 64.5 - - 62.4 - - 56.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 173 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1295 - - 2649 - - 2438 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 2521 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2365 - - 3719 - - 3508 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1233 - - 906 - - 1278 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 170 - - 320 - - 143 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 21 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 270 - - 289 - - 294 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - -9 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 587 - - 876 - - 969 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1778 - - 2843 - - 2539 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -62 - - 676 - - 493 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2427 - - 3043 - - 3015 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.5 - - 62.4 - - 56.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 53.6 - - 48.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 61.8 - - 56.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.7 - - 52.9 - - 48.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 173 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1295 - - 2649 - - 2438 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 7 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] 98188 15 123 11 161 6 062 98188 90763 11 080 6 106 8 028 90763 85086 8 101 7 096 7 069 85086 80402 10 098 5 095 9 122 80402 76357 3 062 5 109 7 132 76357 72762 8 186 6 192 2 190 72762 69497 13 157 13 169 10 200 69497 66503 7 145 10 171 9 200 66503 63733 10 237 16 207 9 234 63733 61049 20 207 18 204 17 202 61049 58237 23 240 26 243 16 245 58237 55327 45 231 46 250 46 247 55327 52572 47 227 52 235 51 235 52572 50091 45 229 51 222 52 239 50091 47868 43 225 51 221 60 234 47868 45857 43 231 50 236 61 240 45857 44028 55 241 65 242 61 236 44028 42367 62 232 69 233 76 230 42367 40830 56 222 67 222 78 221 40830 39381 49 219 62 211 76 216 39381 38013 50 222 56 215 74 216 38013 36682 50 223 57 221 74 215 36682 35322 50 225 54 228 71 219 35322 33904 48 236 57 235 67 221 33904 32432 48 238 60 235 63 224 32432 30890 47 240 55 231 65 233 30890 29269 46 240 54 230 63 234 29269 27576 48 239 54 230 58 232 27576 25805 49 240 56 231 59 237 25805 23955 49 241 55 232 56 242 23955 22031 50 239 53 236 53 246 22031 20027 54 239 56 240 53 248 20027 17942 55 239 56 242 57 251 17942 15825 57 243 58 246 57 253 15825 13794 56 242 56 247 55 249 13794 11949 49 240 48 236 52 236 11949 10308 42 238 45 238 47 237 10308 8850 44 232 46 252 45 256 8850 7560 50 236 50 266 40 277 7560 6424 50 244 35 274 29 285 6424 5426 44 252 28 269 21 285 5426 4556 39 257 24 274 22 292 4556 3792 36 259 23*285 22*294 3792 3107 32 262 23*288 22*294 3107 2502 26*267 23 289 22 294 2502 1997 23*269 22 289 21 294 1997 1609 21 270 21 289 20 294 1609 1342 19 270 20 290 18 293 1342 1179 17 270 18 289 16 293 1179 1086 13 270 14 289 12 292 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