DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 19.1 - - 20.2 - - 19.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 213 - - 138 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3222 - - 2909 - - 2646 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2993 - - 2549 - - 1067 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4292 - - 3979 - - 3716 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 349 - - 508 - - 722 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 356 - - 298 - - 128 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 349 - - 342 - - 320 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 525 - - 515 - - 560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3767 - - 3464 - - 3156 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 771 - - 595 - - 384 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3521 - - 3384 - - 3332 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.1 - - 20.2 - - 19.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.9 - - 9.2 - - 10.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 18.4 - - 19.7 - - 19.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.5 - - 9.1 - - 9.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 213 - - 138 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3222 - - 2909 - - 2646 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 93 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96628 15 087 15 078 11 085 96628 89452 16 108 9 081 12 054 89452 83841 15 109 2 136 11 013 83841 79154 8 101 3 231 10 335 79154 75103 6 048 2 179 8 275 75103 71511 8 307 7 324 3 312 71511 68237 9 299 11 294 10 319 68237 65210 10 305 12 280 14 288 65210 62385 13 320 11 272 13 286 62385 59632 18 292 18 292 22 307 59632 56751 24 292 25 297 27 304 56751 53755 29 296 25 297 30 301 53755 50887 29 300 28 305 30 304 50887 48298 31 305 36 305 36 304 48298 45984 38 307 41 306 42 304 45984 43909 43 308 46 305 45 309 43909 42033 44 313 47 309 46 320 42033 40313 47 319 50 317 67 325 40313 38726 53 323 58 322 73 318 38726 37255 59 325 66 321 70 321 37255 35880 66 328 69 326 82 325 35880 34566 69 327 78 328 97 324 34566 33251 67 327 83 326 105 324 33251 31902 65 327 80 324 105 323 31902 30522 65 325 74 325 96 319 30522 29089 65 322 71 326 89 321 29089 27586 65 321 70 326 86 326 27586 26005 66 321 71 325 85 326 26005 24344 67 322 73 324 81 329 24344 22604 65 326 71 327 78 330 22604 20792 64 331 60 327 66 330 20792 18909 62 334 53 329 56 330 18909 16947 57 339 54 334 48 330 16947 14948 51 340 53 334 44 328 14948 13017 45 339 48 335 42 322 13017 11259 40 340 43 334 38 321 11259 9700 38 342 38 334 33 324 9700 8323 34 344 34 336 30 325 8323 7111 31 348 30 339 26 329 7111 6043 31 354 26 343 22 333 6043 5104 23*354 19 344 17 329 5104 4290 18*349 12*340 10*321 4290 3583 18 349 12*341 10*321 3583 2950 18 349 12 342 10 321 2950 2391 18 349 12 342 10 320 2391 1924 17 349 12 343 10 319 1924 1565 17 349 12 343 10 319 1565 1319 16 349 11 343 9 318 1319 1169 15 349 10 343 8 318 1169 1083 12 349 9 343 7 318 1083 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