DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 71.5 - - 66.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 182 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6522 - - 3513 - - 1127 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5374 - - 3171 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7592 - - 4583 - - 2197 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1690 - - 2881 - - 3143 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 425 - - 357 - - 96 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 11 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 153 - - 104 - - 131 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 26 - - -9 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1780 - - -1250 - - -1420 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5812 - - 5834 - - 3617 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1040 - - -2705 - - -2932 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6552 - - 7288 - - 5129 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 10 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 71.5 - - 66.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.7 - - 49.6 - - 54.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 70.5 - - 66.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.5 - - 48.7 - - 53.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 182 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6522 - - 3513 - - 1127 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 88 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 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] 99152 32 096 30 106 23 100 99152 91588 25 085 24 103 24 090 91588 85763 16 097 23 095 22 088 85763 80952 18 102 18 097 21 081 80952 76828 14 096 15 109 13 071 76828 73198 14 095 14 117 4 104 73198 69904 14 065 13 099 6 141 69904 66860 7 017 7 051 4 075 66860 64037 5 274 4 309 4 348 64037 61313 5 256 9 283 9 284 61313 58479 9 326 8 307 13 265 58479 55532 33 304 22 311 15 292 55532 52724 46 279 49 290 40 291 52724 50212 44 265 53 268 52 273 50212 47958 36 286 43 257 53 265 47958 45911 53 296 48 280 55 267 45911 44044 83 290 73 284 64 261 44044 42335 100 282 100 268 72 254 42335 40757 107 273 108 255 79 247 40757 39282 101 268 93 249 78 242 39282 37890 73 269 78 252 69 239 37890 36543 69 266 75 257 60 236 36543 35174 67 267 70 260 52 233 35174 33758 67 268 64 263 42 231 33758 32294 64 269 60 264 40 231 32294 30763 60 271 59 266 40 232 30763 29152 56 275 58 267 40 237 29152 27461 52 280 55 266 40 244 27461 25690 51 281 52 260 42 249 25690 23843 48 281 51 250 45 251 23843 21923 37 275 53 240 49 242 21923 19924 38 266 48 232 47 233 19924 17845 30 270 28 232 37 227 17845 15737 27 264 12 300 15 227 15737 13721 27 273 17 348 17 359 13721 11906 18 290 7 023 20 019 11906 10311 8 253 3 180 11 047 10311 8898 7 194 5 233 5 007 8898 7637 7*192 5 245 3 026 7637 6513 7*187 4 242 5 086 6513 5514 7 175 3 141 9 127 5514 4632 6 166 7*116 12 145 4632 3851 6 153 8*112 14 153 3851 3152 7 144 11 105 14 151 3152 2533 7 136 12 104 14*145 2533 2017 7 132 12 103 12*136 2017 1620 7 130 12 102 11 132 1620 1348 7 129 12 102 10 130 1348 1182 7 129 11 102 9 128 1182 1087 6 129 10 102 7 126 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