DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/14 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 - - - - - - 64.2 - - 66.1 - - 61.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 352 - - 238 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5652 - - 5779 - - 1130 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5088 - - 5005 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6722 - - 6849 - - 2200 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1055 - - 1039 - - 3249 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 515 - - 457 - - 76 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 208 - - 198 - - 127 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 6 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 17 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1816 - - -1802 - - -4874 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8538 - - 8652 - - 7075 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10630 - - -10262 - - -13578 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17352 - - 17111 - - 15778 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 53 - - 67 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.2 - - 66.1 - - 61.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.4 - - 31.8 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 64.9 - - 61.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.2 - - 30.6 - - 33.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 352 - - 238 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5652 - - 5779 - - 1130 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 98157 5 105 6 240 6 079 98157 90729 7 155 4 181 6 123 90729 85007 9 113 10 154 4 236 85007 80244 3 081 10 168 7 290 80244 76138 1 097 8 174 6 280 76138 72505 2 143 6 202 6 242 72505 69202 2 353 5 257 4 226 69202 66155 4 289 8 288 5 318 66155 63332 7 322 10 316 9 312 63332 60604 15 335 17 322 9 315 60604 57760 20 320 20 307 13 324 57760 54813 20 316 24 301 23 322 54813 52019 24 311 24 305 28 310 52019 49520 22 313 25 328 26 314 49520 47285 35 325 39 327 36 320 47285 45275 47 326 48 322 42 318 45275 43475 61 328 58 326 41 327 43475 41846 73 322 64 327 43 333 41846 40335 65 325 65 320 44 319 40335 38914 61 335 57 320 42 308 38914 37570 62 338 39 343 40 308 37570 36264 64 341 41 356 37 309 36264 34931 63 338 41 349 37 309 34931 33542 59 335 41 334 37 308 33542 32100 53 345 41 325 32 315 32100 30591 52 348 39 323 35 310 30591 29000 50 346 37 321 43 319 29000 27329 48 346 39 317 45 325 27329 25580 46 339 41 319 39 321 25580 23755 48 333 41 326 32 316 23755 21860 48 333 38 331 27 322 21860 19891 44 334 35 334 26 318 19891 17841 45 330 30 336 26 307 17841 15751 46 333 29 340 25 304 15751 13734 40 342 27 342 22 305 13734 11902 27 350 19 344 17 308 11902 10278 18 359 13 345 12 307 10278 8840 11 006 8 323 10 299 8840 7567 3*359 7*239 11 272 7567 6444 4*208 7*223 12 241 6444 5455 4 207 7 217 12 217 5455 4583 4 207 7 209 11 206 4583 3812 5 208 6 199 11 190 3812 3122 5 208 6 190 11 164 3122 2511 5 209 6 181 13*140 2511 2003 5 210 6 177 14*132 2003 1612 5 209 6 173 14 128 1612 1343 5 209 6 171 13 125 1343 1180 5 208 5 170 12 123 1180 1086 4 208 5 169 9 122 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