DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/08 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 74.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - -34 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2156 - - 18 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1528 - - 1071 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3226 - - 1088 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 907 - - 2249 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 228 - - 22 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 181 - - 171 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1606 - - -2978 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4832 - - 4066 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7710 - - -8941 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10936 - - 10029 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 94 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 410 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 74.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 60.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.9 - - 59.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - -34 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2156 - - 18 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 74 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - 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] 99101 10 173 7 189 99101 91640 9 187 6 184 91640 85862 11 213 7 201 85862 81051 9 201 11 239 81051 76916 7 149 11 216 76916 73288 5 080 8 133 73288 70029 3 039 2 129 70029 67055 2 211 6 271 67055 64300 6 247 8 253 64300 61621 8 248 8 248 61621 58836 14 272 19 276 58836 55996 17 282 27 270 55996 53330 24 301 29 276 53330 50944 38 294 36 287 50944 48798 43 300 46 294 48798 46838 50 295 55 290 46838 45032 54 289 59 285 45032 43353 55 285 59 279 43353 41783 52 281 61 276 41783 40303 45 281 56 274 40303 38902 40 281 49 267 38902 37540 32 280 39 259 37540 36149 33 266 35 254 36149 34701 28 256 37 252 34701 33198 23 267 38 249 33198 31627 22 275 37 249 31627 29975 25 278 33 242 29975 28243 28 280 32 244 28243 26432 30 281 32 255 26432 24544 32 281 31 264 24544 22586 31 281 35 266 22586 20553 29 276 36 266 20553 18439 30 266 35 270 18439 16290 33 260 34 274 16290 14225 31 262 33 272 14225 12349 24 258 30 268 12349 10679 22 252 29 261 10679 9190 22 251 30 249 9190 7863 21 248 31 241 7863 6684 18 235 31 241 6684 5638 16 228 28 239 5638 4719 15 223 22 227 4719 3911 14*208 19 211 3911 3194 13*186 18 183 3194 2563 12 181 17 174 2563 2037 12 180 17 172 2037 1632 11 179 15 172 1632 1354 10 179 13 171 1354 1184 9 178 11*171 1184 1088 7 178 7*171 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