DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 78.1 - - 78.7 - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 47 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1360 - - 2428 - - 1015 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1071 - - 1072 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2430 - - 3498 - - 2085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2431 - - 1329 - - 1029 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 219 - - 213 - - 64 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 158 - - 144 - - 149 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -486 - - 1027 - - 361 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2916 - - 2471 - - 1724 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2734 - - 316 - - -1846 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5164 - - 3182 - - 3931 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 94 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1670 - - 2790 - - 2410 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.1 - - 78.7 - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.5 - - 71.0 - - 71.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.8 - - 78.6 - - 76.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 70.1 - - 70.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 47 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1360 - - 2428 - - 1015 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 69 - - 76 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 17 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] 99509 19 111 12 095 19 067 99509 92000 16 101 13 103 14 077 92000 86189 12 083 12 089 11 076 86189 81359 8 062 8 090 8 047 81359 77199 3 033 7 079 7 039 77199 73517 4 078 8 026 6 025 73517 70184 7 042 5 012 6 357 70184 67126 10 012 1 290 8 322 67126 64293 13 300 8 316 12 310 64293 61557 8 260 14 274 18 290 61557 58706 22 314 13 300 14 277 58706 55743 33 295 29 301 29 306 55743 52933 41 297 48 297 43 298 52933 50429 46 284 54 293 52 296 50429 48195 46 284 58 290 62 292 48195 46176 54 291 62 288 63 287 46176 44336 60 284 64 287 62 290 44336 42653 63 272 65 284 65 293 42653 41097 62 257 65 280 68 286 41097 39641 60 248 64 277 67 279 39641 38265 59 249 63 274 67 277 38265 36930 59 251 62 270 66 277 36930 35569 57 252 61 267 66 277 35569 34153 56 257 61 267 65 276 34153 32686 56 264 59 270 64 277 32686 31151 55 267 55 274 64 278 31151 29538 55 267 52 279 62 279 29538 27845 50 277 51 282 59 282 27845 26076 49 290 52 285 57 288 26076 24237 46 291 52 292 53 294 24237 22329 46 290 51 295 48 296 22329 20346 50 298 48 295 45 294 20346 18283 52 297 45 295 42 288 18283 16182 30 311 44 293 37 281 16182 14152 27 320 42 287 29 272 14152 12297 30 302 36 281 23 264 12297 10641 28 294 27 271 16 257 10641 9168 22 290 12 241 12 252 9168 7855 21 268 9 184 12 257 7855 6688 19 256 9 175 13 258 6688 5654 15 251 10 195 13 256 5654 4743 12 246 7 203 11 249 4743 3936 10 237 5*190 9 236 3936 3214 8 215 4*162 7 212 3214 2576 8*176 4 147 6*187 2576 2045 8*161 4 142 6*156 2045 1637 8 158 4 139 6 149 1637 1356 8 157 4 136 6 146 1356 1186 7 157 4 135 5 145 1186 1088 6 157 4 136 4 142 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