DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.0 - - 86.9 - - 82.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 42 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1976 - - 2453 - - 18 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2098 - - 1072 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3046 - - 3523 - - 1088 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1595 - - 2213 - - 2902 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 304 - - 207 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 237 - - 246 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -724 - - -951 - - -1470 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3770 - - 4474 - - 2558 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3659 - - -3717 - - -4367 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6705 - - 7240 - - 5455 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 93 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3140 - - 2610 - - 3710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.0 - - 86.9 - - 82.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 70.6 - - 74.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.9 - - 86.8 - - 83.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 69.9 - - 74.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 42 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1976 - - 2453 - - 18 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 13 - - 72 - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 19 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] 98961 3 252 5 062 7 047 98961 91557 5 167 3 020 9 060 91557 85831 8 122 4 260 9 024 85831 81070 5 101 7 230 9 345 81070 76976 5 084 3 239 6 330 76976 73370 6 003 4 010 3 018 73370 70109 2 039 3 224 6 302 70109 67112 6 333 2 276 5 293 67112 64323 7 308 9 279 10 300 64323 61620 6 332 5 273 12 275 61620 58822 16 291 11 291 15 279 58822 55937 23 278 19 266 24 269 55937 53194 41 281 35 269 37 271 53194 50738 45 276 41 279 42 269 50738 48547 61 278 59 285 47 274 48547 46575 71 271 66 277 65 276 46575 44780 66 264 64 270 66 273 44780 43119 59 267 62 269 58 269 43119 41564 59 268 62 266 53 270 41564 40096 59 272 53 261 53 262 40096 38704 57 274 50 260 48 256 38704 37353 52 269 45 271 45 258 37353 35973 52 270 44 272 43 262 35973 34537 56 277 43 264 44 265 34537 33048 56 277 43 264 44 262 33048 31490 49 275 40 271 45 265 31490 29855 46 270 39 263 46 271 29855 28143 52 266 46 262 48 275 28143 26355 53 271 48 268 44 272 26355 24492 51 276 45 270 43 277 24492 22559 47 279 43 271 47 276 22559 20552 41 276 43 266 50 269 20552 18463 43 270 42 269 45 276 18463 16339 44 271 45 272 35 275 16339 14290 43 273 44 272 34 267 14290 12420 41 275 39 272 34 268 12420 10753 35 277 34 275 31 266 10753 9267 28 275 30 271 29 261 9267 7944 20 272 24 263 28 258 7944 6766 15 268 18 251 28 255 6766 5720 13 263 15 242 27 251 5720 4797 10 259 13 235 25 243 4797 3981 8 249 12*232 22 238 3981 3250 7*229 11*233 18 240 3250 2603 7*230 10 236 15 244 2603 2063 7 231 9 238 14 246 2063 1647 7 232 9 238 13 246 1647 1361 6 232 8 239 11 246 1361 1188 6 234 7 239 9 246 1188 1088 5 233 6 238 5*246 1088 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