DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.0 - - 61.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 110 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2593 - - 2152 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2443 - - 1954 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3663 - - 3222 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1732 - - 1435 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 309 - - 261 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 277 - - 300 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1372 - - 939 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2291 - - 2283 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 954 - - 489 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2709 - - 2733 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 570 - - 80 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.0 - - 61.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.2 - - 55.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.2 - - 61.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.2 - - 54.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 110 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2593 - - 2152 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 92 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 97128 23 206 32 241 97128 89748 10 250 22 215 89748 84125 9 242 13 215 84125 79465 7 224 6 222 79465 75444 8 215 3 258 75444 71895 4 136 3 267 71895 68677 8 059 4 259 68677 65712 10 014 3 345 65712 62956 11 341 13 336 62956 60282 15 328 16 318 60282 57494 15 324 17 315 57494 54595 16 318 15 314 54595 51806 18 289 11 294 51806 49277 20 270 10 260 49277 47001 27 247 20 259 47001 44946 34 228 37 224 44946 43104 34 208 41 201 43104 41433 37 205 43 198 41433 39887 49 207 53 212 39887 38451 55 196 76 216 38451 37105 58 191 72 207 37105 35799 59 196 68 203 35799 34467 67 204 66 205 34467 33082 70 206 68 209 33082 31645 69 207 72 211 31645 30144 65 208 68 215 30144 28567 60 204 64 217 28567 26915 58 203 61 219 26915 25189 58 207 54 218 25189 23397 54 215 41 221 23397 21546 36 217 29 223 21546 19625 26 204 28 220 19625 17628 23 213 29 236 17628 15593 22 228 28 244 15593 13630 26 234 22 256 13630 11844 25 244 19 255 11844 10255 20 251 21 252 10255 8841 15 261 14 264 8841 7580 11 264 16 291 7580 6458 9 264 21 300 6458 5464 9 260 20 306 5464 4589 10 261 19 316 4589 3817 11*265 19*314 3817 3126 13*273 14*302 3126 2516 13 275 14 301 2516 2007 14 277 13 300 2007 1615 14 278 13 299 1615 1345 13 278 12 299 1345 1180 12 278 11 299 1180 1087 10 279 9 298 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