DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 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 - - - - - - 55.1 - - 55.1 - - 48.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 267 - - 82 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4380 - - 3545 - - 1711 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4063 - - 3337 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5450 - - 4615 - - 2781 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 907 - - 1489 - - 1044 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 461 - - 399 - - 211 W* B/S - - - - - - 20 - - 14 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 009 - - 048 - - 075 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 12 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 24 - - 18 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 749 - - -331 - - -1360 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4701 - - 4947 - - 4141 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 824 - - -493 - - -11269 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4626 - - 5108 - - 14050 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 93 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.1 - - 55.1 - - 48.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.5 - - 37.4 - - 34.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.5 - - 53.6 - - 48.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.8 - - 36.8 - - 34.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 267 - - 82 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4380 - - 3545 - - 1711 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 74 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 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] 98181 18 114 6 106 6 048 98181 90771 9 129 4 088 8 045 90771 85089 5 138 6 114 9 053 85089 80355 8 091 6 111 7 072 80355 76272 6 121 8 097 4 110 76272 72661 8 184 2 113 2 042 72661 69381 10 161 8 232 9 265 69381 66362 10 184 14 202 12 216 66362 63558 13 237 16 217 15 225 63558 60856 16 255 18 233 21 236 60856 58054 26 231 27 243 26 248 58054 55134 37 236 42 240 37 246 55134 52330 48 233 52 239 49 249 52330 49805 56 234 61 240 62 246 49805 47545 65 237 59 238 65 238 47545 45509 73 241 62 246 69 240 45509 43674 84 240 76 250 82 246 43674 42006 79 235 85 248 98 247 42006 40462 71 239 87 243 98 242 40462 39011 69 241 84 239 93 239 39011 37639 69 236 79 236 89 236 37639 36308 69 236 76 234 85 233 36308 34954 69 237 76 233 81 231 34954 33546 69 238 75 233 79 231 33546 32087 69 240 75 235 76 235 32087 30561 69 244 72 237 73 239 30561 28958 69 244 68 240 69 244 28958 27279 68 241 68 243 64 249 27279 25525 71 237 66 248 58 253 25525 23701 68 239 62 252 53 256 23701 21807 58 250 58 254 52 252 21807 19829 55 255 55 257 48 247 19829 17763 55 258 56 263 47 251 17763 15654 59 258 58 264 44 256 15654 13628 57 274 50 279 31 266 13628 11793 35 279 31 288 21 268 11793 10172 20 278 19 283 16 268 10172 8739 16 286 15 278 13 280 8739 7468 14 297 13 282 11 293 7468 6345 6*314 10 308 10 309 6345 5362 5*330 9*318 11 324 5362 4501 5 338 8*329 10 339 4501 3744 4 354 5 357 8 033 3744 3068 4 013 5 040 13*072 3068 2474 4 028 7 068 14*074 2474 1978 5 035 7 074 14 075 1978 1598 5 039 8 076 14 075 1598 1336 5 041 8 078 13 075 1336 1177 5 042 8 078 12 076 1177 1085 4 043 7 079 10 076 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