DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.0 - - 45.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 74 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1571 - - 1647 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1442 - - 1069 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2641 - - 2717 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 544 - - 488 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 230 - - 208 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 278 - - 065 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1108 - - 1012 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1533 - - 1705 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 687 - - 557 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1954 - - 2160 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.0 - - 45.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.3 - - 41.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.5 - - 44.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.2 - - 40.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 74 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1571 - - 1647 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 96655 12 236 19 237 96655 89436 11 248 19 272 89436 83931 9 244 16 299 83931 79354 8 250 17 286 79354 75395 8 302 17 285 75395 71897 19 294 21 290 71897 68719 18 264 20 271 68719 65776 15 289 18 282 65776 63033 25 302 23 293 63033 60364 35 287 27 287 60364 57574 38 264 35 279 57574 54682 24 260 31 258 54682 51906 22 280 29 257 51906 49389 31 259 40 259 49389 47157 39 258 44 252 47157 45162 50 248 40 255 45162 43340 46 250 48 255 43340 41675 60 248 60 245 41675 40155 71 239 67 242 40155 38742 73 239 71 242 38742 37406 72 240 72 241 37406 36106 71 242 72 242 36106 34777 68 242 71 242 34777 33392 65 244 68 242 33392 31956 64 244 62 242 31956 30456 63 244 57 243 30456 28881 63 250 53 247 28881 27231 64 256 52 253 27231 25503 63 257 53 258 25503 23698 59 260 50 258 23698 21816 56 263 46 257 21816 19853 50 262 45 256 19853 17808 45 260 42 258 17808 15726 42 262 41 255 15726 13722 37 261 34 245 13722 11895 35 259 35 242 11895 10267 38 258 39 243 10267 8820 40 257 31 244 8820 7538 39 258 27 241 7538 6402 35 264 26 232 6402 5395 28 267 26 229 5395 4507 22 274 22 229 4507 3732 13 281 8 213 3732 3055 8*276 7*074 3055 2464 7*277 8*068 2464 1972 7 278 8 067 1972 1595 7 277 8 064 1595 1334 6 278 8 064 1334 1176 6 278 8 064 1176 1085 5 279 7 063 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