DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 63.1 - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 93 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 4389 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 3432 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 5459 - - 1086 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1140 - - 5557 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 314 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 290 - - 326 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -70 - - -3043 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5529 - - 4129 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -5940 - - -4550 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 11399 - - 5636 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 74 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 63.1 - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 42.8 - - 45.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 63.0 - - 62.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 41.6 - - 45.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 93 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 4389 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 5 - - 7 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] 98756 8 223 5 251 98756 91376 15 231 10 266 91376 85644 15 255 10 238 85644 80856 15 266 11 269 80856 76723 16 257 13 273 76723 73073 15 244 16 257 73073 69773 17 250 17 276 69773 66750 16 266 22 272 66750 63952 15 272 20 259 63952 61237 22 294 26 290 61237 58401 35 282 33 285 58401 55464 40 280 40 287 55464 52672 50 281 45 290 52672 50175 61 288 53 295 50175 47943 74 286 65 291 47943 45914 82 284 71 289 45914 44052 90 280 77 289 44052 42328 97 274 85 288 42328 40723 98 272 90 285 40723 39223 98 274 93 284 39223 37815 98 278 93 284 37815 36459 101 280 96 289 36459 35088 103 278 104 291 35088 33670 103 274 106 289 33670 32205 100 271 103 287 32205 30679 98 270 99 286 30679 29077 97 269 97 287 29077 27397 96 269 95 287 27397 25637 96 270 91 286 25637 23801 93 271 87 285 23801 21894 90 271 80 286 21894 19912 85 270 70 287 19912 17853 82 271 61 286 17853 15755 76 282 54 288 15755 13737 60 296 46 295 13737 11906 42 297 38 306 11906 10286 34 290 30 313 10286 8856 33 298 25 312 8856 7591 30 310 23 304 7591 6473 24*311 20 300 6473 5482 18*294 18 304 5482 4607 18 291 17 311 4607 3832 17 290 17 317 3832 3138 17 289 17 322 3138 2524 17 289 16 326 2524 2010 16 289 16 328 2010 1616 15 289 14 329 1616 1345 14 289 11 328 1345 1181 13 288 9 327 1181 1086 10 287 4*326 1086 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