DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.3 - - 69.1 - - 69.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 58 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1395 - - 1823 - - 1653 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 1071 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2465 - - 2893 - - 2723 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 935 - - 2308 - - 2420 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 205 - - 91 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 189 - - 214 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 625 - - 882 - - 945 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1841 - - 2011 - - 1778 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 40 - - 283 - - 234 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2425 - - 2610 - - 2489 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 550 - - 1270 - - 1740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.3 - - 69.1 - - 69.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.7 - - 63.7 - - 64.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.9 - - 68.9 - - 69.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 62.9 - - 64.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 58 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1395 - - 1823 - - 1653 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 99 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 13 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] 99276 30 086 28 089 28 061 99276 91771 25 086 20 087 23 066 91771 85975 19 084 17 082 17 076 85975 81154 15 076 17 076 14 088 81154 76999 11 093 13 089 12 082 76999 73311 9 099 8 085 10 061 73311 69965 10 091 4 139 9 016 69965 66899 8 024 7 080 5 353 66899 64055 8 321 10 359 7 297 64055 61291 10 280 11 313 7 291 61291 58398 15 295 17 287 17 290 58398 55410 21 295 20 292 20 298 55410 52569 28 282 34 284 34 290 52569 50007 31 275 37 265 41 272 50007 47708 32 279 31 271 37 270 47708 45620 46 283 43 283 41 279 45620 43717 59 279 57 281 53 281 43717 41981 73 281 66 281 60 280 41981 40391 89 279 77 280 72 279 40391 38927 97 275 86 277 80 274 38927 37563 97 273 90 274 83 270 37563 36247 95 274 90 273 80 269 36247 34909 93 278 86 272 75 269 34909 33519 86 277 80 272 67 270 33519 32081 80 275 75 274 62 273 32081 30577 74 277 71 277 59 272 30577 28994 66 280 66 277 57 271 28994 27331 60 278 60 275 56 272 27331 25594 48 272 46 269 51 272 25594 23785 42 257 42 266 44 266 23785 21908 43 256 43 263 41 265 21908 19954 41 259 47 261 38 262 19954 17917 36 259 43 260 35 263 17917 15842 36 264 35 264 29 267 15842 13843 33 268 28 260 29 270 13843 12024 29 267 24 267 29 268 12024 10414 24 272 19 266 23 271 10414 8986 21 269 17 269 15 276 8986 7712 24 250 19 269 11 289 7712 6574 24 248 19 265 10 297 6574 5563 23 248 18 259 9 288 5563 4672 21 241 18 255 7 256 4672 3884 19 234 16 247 6 231 3884 3177 16 223 13*234 5*222 3177 2552 14*204 12*228 5*217 2552 2029 13*191 10 215 4 199 2029 1628 12 189 9 210 4 194 1628 1351 12 188 9 208 4 192 1351 1184 11 188 8 206 3 190 1184 1087 9 187 7 205 3 188 1087 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