DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/21 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 - - - - - - 74.0 - - 78.1 - - 72.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 133 - - 111 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1833 - - 3278 - - 816 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1823 - - 2762 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2903 - - 4348 - - 1886 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1381 - - 1872 - - 2732 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 261 - - 302 - - 48 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 230 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 6 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -535 - - 747 - - 308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3438 - - 3601 - - 1578 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2321 - - -9 - - -647 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5224 - - 4357 - - 2533 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 96 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 970 - - 2160 - - 2350 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 78.1 - - 72.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 65.6 - - 68.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.5 - - 77.6 - - 72.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.7 - - 64.9 - - 68.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 133 - - 111 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1833 - - 3278 - - 816 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 84 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 15 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] 99453 23 094 13 066 12 078 99453 91941 14 089 14 078 11 043 91941 86168 12 087 11 071 12 081 86168 81377 10 059 9 087 12 092 81377 77225 4 074 7 095 10 072 77225 73546 6 110 5 151 7 027 73546 70212 3 319 4 127 2 178 70212 67132 4 281 6 253 4 275 67132 64273 11 298 11 272 13 290 64273 61512 17 284 15 265 13 280 61512 58630 13 271 16 278 18 289 58630 55650 16 290 21 280 23 277 55650 52822 22 297 23 285 24 278 52822 50290 26 297 25 294 26 288 50290 48028 27 293 27 298 28 296 48028 45980 26 287 27 297 33 299 45980 44106 24 282 27 301 36 296 44106 42377 25 276 31 306 35 295 42377 40770 24 266 35 307 34 295 40770 39272 22 252 36 303 41 301 39272 37874 21 239 34 298 45 297 37874 36542 21 234 31 290 45 292 36542 35201 20 227 29 284 43 291 35201 33808 20 219 27 285 38 292 33808 32365 20 218 26 285 42 293 32365 30856 21 222 25 288 39 295 30856 29271 22 228 26 288 37 300 29271 27607 22 236 25 285 39 304 27607 25862 22 241 25 281 37 303 25862 24039 22 249 25 277 34 299 24039 22143 22 270 27 279 31 295 22143 20171 21 282 27 280 28 295 20171 18116 19 285 25 278 25 292 18116 16017 19 282 22 273 25 285 16017 13991 23 271 17 266 22 270 13991 12151 25 267 18 269 21 265 12151 10520 25 272 21 271 19 269 10520 9069 20 273 23 277 16 275 9069 7777 20 263 21 282 14 280 7777 6626 21 250 19 281 14 283 6626 5605 23 250 16 271 14 281 5605 4705 26 250 14*255 14 274 4705 3909 25 245 12*237 13 265 3909 3196 22*234 12 232 12 256 3196 2565 16*225 11 229 10 247 2565 2038 15 224 11 228 9*234 2038 1633 15 224 10 226 9*227 1633 1354 14 223 10 225 8 223 1354 1185 12 223 9 225 7 221 1185 1088 10 224 7 225 5 218 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