DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - - - - - 77.1 - - 77.9 - - 75.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 230 - - 135 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6038 - - 6609 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5206 - - 5330 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7108 - - 7679 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1037 - - 563 - - 6880 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 464 - - 405 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 326 - - 299 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 582 - - 1003 - - -4468 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6526 - - 6677 - - 5555 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -540 - - 47 - - -5418 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7648 - - 7632 - - 6505 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 78 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 77.9 - - 75.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.2 - - 52.4 - - 54.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.0 - - 77.3 - - 76.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.9 - - 51.1 - - 53.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 230 - - 135 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6038 - - 6609 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 2 - - 13 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 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] 99506 24 099 20 089 19 088 99506 92003 23 088 17 086 18 084 92003 86207 15 086 17 075 17 082 86207 81380 14 106 12 086 12 077 81380 77208 11 119 5 137 8 039 77208 73519 2 131 7 162 1 012 73519 70186 2 170 6 152 5 185 70186 67123 1 224 3 235 3 273 67123 64290 1 312 8 226 11 262 64290 61563 4 349 6 231 12 249 61563 58728 18 302 14 283 12 264 58728 55789 28 266 25 271 24 270 55789 52987 34 262 36 260 35 264 52987 50472 42 270 42 269 41 266 50472 48229 65 265 63 264 56 265 48229 46205 68 253 73 253 68 260 46205 44360 60 250 69 255 73 259 44360 42671 67 270 73 262 86 262 42671 41115 85 270 77 268 83 261 41115 39658 85 266 75 266 73 264 39658 38280 76 264 71 266 71 266 38280 36941 68 262 70 267 71 267 36941 35574 64 266 69 267 68 268 35574 34152 63 272 68 267 63 268 34152 32678 64 274 67 267 60 268 32678 31137 64 275 64 268 58 268 31137 29515 59 276 60 267 56 269 29515 27814 52 270 58 269 54 269 27814 26034 49 268 52 272 53 266 26034 24178 44 278 46 271 52 266 24178 22250 40 278 46 277 48 269 22250 20246 37 276 44 287 40 281 20246 18159 32 280 35 290 35 291 18159 16032 24 282 27 281 29 294 16032 13990 22 282 27 282 25 289 13990 12137 19 286 24 295 23 296 12137 10492 15 299 24 308 23 315 10492 9035 12 331 18 301 20 316 9035 7748 9*332 10*296 16 304 7748 6607 9*329 10*298 14 300 6607 5594 8 328 10 299 14 298 5594 4698 8 328 10 299 12 296 4698 3905 8 326 9 299 11 294 3905 3193 8 326 9 299 10 292 3193 2563 7 324 9 299 10 290 2563 2037 7 323 9 299 9 288 2037 1632 7 323 8 299 8 287 1632 1354 6 323 8 299 7 286 1354 1184 6 323 7 299 6 285 1184 1087 5 323 6 299 4*283 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