DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/08 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.8 - - 63.8 - - 55.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 48 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5593 - - 5400 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4693 - - 3492 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6663 - - 6470 - - 1086 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1372 - - 1536 - - 799 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 409 - - 273 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 290 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -267 - - -603 - - -3726 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6930 - - 7074 - - 4812 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4473 - - -5811 - - -9454 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11136 - - 12281 - - 10540 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 75 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.8 - - 63.8 - - 55.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.2 - - 36.6 - - 38.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 63.8 - - 58.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.0 - - 35.4 - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 48 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5593 - - 5400 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97314 48 246 51 250 51 250 97314 90108 38 242 38 257 37 256 90108 84518 27 250 28 256 26 262 84518 79877 14 258 19 244 21 275 79877 75882 13 311 3 251 7 280 75882 72324 18 285 14 303 14 316 72324 69073 13 270 14 273 17 276 69073 66060 19 299 17 294 15 286 66060 63249 26 274 30 290 23 299 63249 60531 27 271 35 278 35 289 60531 57718 34 290 37 282 43 289 57718 54808 46 294 45 287 52 287 54808 52019 57 292 56 286 60 282 52019 49492 64 285 61 280 64 284 49492 47222 66 283 67 281 73 284 47222 45171 69 282 77 278 80 280 45171 43304 73 283 73 275 77 272 43304 41586 75 286 68 282 62 286 41586 40009 75 295 68 293 90 298 40009 38562 82 296 80 297 98 289 38562 37212 82 292 91 289 92 278 37212 35907 77 289 90 281 82 275 35907 34575 71 291 79 279 77 285 34575 33189 69 294 74 289 85 305 33189 31757 68 293 77 297 98 307 31757 30270 69 290 79 297 100 301 30270 28709 74 290 78 295 99 298 28709 27069 73 289 75 293 92 297 27069 25351 71 289 73 291 84 295 25351 23559 68 292 73 291 78 293 23559 21700 67 294 72 290 74 293 21700 19756 67 295 70 294 70 292 19756 17724 63 295 68 296 66 290 17724 15648 58 296 63 297 60 294 15648 13652 54 298 57 298 54 296 13652 11842 48 298 49 299 49 296 11842 10237 41 299 41 297 43 296 10237 8815 33 300 33 295 38 294 8815 7555 27*299 25*290 31 293 7555 6440 20*288 20*286 24 288 6440 5454 18 281 18 287 19 284 5454 4585 18 280 18 289 17 290 4585 3815 17 280 17 290 16 297 3815 3125 16 280 17 291 15 304 3125 2515 16 281 16 292 15 309 2515 2005 15 281 15 292 14 313 2005 1613 15 281 15 292 13 314 1613 1343 14 281 14 293 11 314 1343 1180 13 281 12 293 9 313 1180 1086 11 281 10 292 5*309 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