DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 58.3 - - 62.7 - - 60.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 325 - - 159 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1689 - - 2046 - - 237 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2035 - - 2042 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2759 - - 3116 - - 1307 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 694 - - 840 - - 1153 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 283 - - 42 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 21 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 096 - - 094 - - 082 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3150 - - -3102 - - -4965 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5909 - - 6219 - - 6272 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11861 - - -10492 - - -13311 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14620 - - 13608 - - 14618 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 93 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.3 - - 62.7 - - 60.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.5 - - 39.5 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 62.1 - - 61.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.4 - - 38.7 - - 36.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 325 - - 159 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1689 - - 2046 - - 237 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 72 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 98350 15 112 12 080 16 074 98350 90900 12 097 8 120 6 091 90900 85171 14 100 5 144 6 176 85171 80430 10 102 5 150 1 133 80430 76345 8 098 7 151 2 349 76345 72713 2 088 2 099 4 130 72713 69418 6 245 5 270 6 297 69418 66403 10 243 10 237 10 281 66403 63604 11 245 14 233 10 258 63604 60884 15 241 17 248 11 241 60884 58039 17 239 21 241 19 240 58039 55083 23 248 26 240 26 243 55083 52273 36 250 30 249 32 247 52273 49764 43 246 40 239 34 244 49764 47541 47 241 38 238 35 243 47541 45548 58 240 55 235 49 244 45548 43748 66 234 66 227 63 237 43748 42106 69 230 63 225 74 228 42106 40583 66 233 66 229 87 221 40583 39149 69 234 73 231 89 218 39149 37790 73 234 80 230 83 219 37790 36469 74 236 78 230 75 220 36469 35120 70 239 69 229 71 222 35120 33716 61 242 61 227 55 225 33716 32260 53 244 57 228 55 220 32260 30735 48 241 47 229 50 217 30735 29132 44 233 38 228 38 219 29132 27455 38 238 33 226 31 227 27455 25699 33 245 34 225 32 223 25699 23868 32 245 29 226 25 221 23868 21967 34 221 21 219 19 222 21967 19993 27 215 16 215 19 217 19993 17941 29 220 23 216 16 214 17941 15850 29 211 17 188 15 192 15850 13833 24 226 14 177 14 174 13833 11997 18 234 11 178 15 163 11997 10366 13 200 9 187 12 160 10366 8919 15 166 10 169 10 163 8919 7630 16 154 12 161 12 166 7630 6486 23 126 20 141 16 147 6486 5478 30 111 25 127 25 132 5478 4597 31 105 26 118 31 122 4597 3821 30 108 27 111 33 113 3821 3127 29*107 25*101 32 103 3127 2514 25*100 24*097 31 097 2514 2003 23 096 22 094 27 089 2003 1611 22 094 21 093 23 085 1611 1343 21 094 20 092 18*083 1343 1180 19 093 18 092 15*083 1180 1087 14 093 14 091 10 082 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