DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - - - - - 71.7 - - 73.7 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 67 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1571 - - 1590 - - 640 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1473 - - 1071 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2641 - - 2660 - - 1710 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1366 - - 2164 - - 1287 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 203 - - 56 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 271 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 831 - - 374 - - 141 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1810 - - 2286 - - 1569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 311 - - -969 - - -1788 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2330 - - 3629 - - 3498 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 90 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 960 - - 1450 - - 1660 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 73.7 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 67.0 - - 67.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 73.5 - - 71.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.5 - - 66.3 - - 67.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 67 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1571 - - 1590 - - 640 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 59 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99567 30 105 20 106 10 103 99567 92049 21 097 17 102 13 088 92049 86218 16 110 11 092 13 085 86218 81361 13 113 8 101 14 078 81361 77169 7 111 6 142 10 077 77169 73471 5 146 7 160 5 035 73471 70130 3 195 8 155 3 280 70130 67056 5 238 2 007 5 211 67056 64205 10 259 10 269 8 251 64205 61450 15 280 14 282 15 292 61450 58586 24 255 30 266 35 258 58586 55610 23 249 26 264 31 265 55610 52761 47 272 44 273 46 268 52761 50216 59 264 60 259 55 263 50216 47952 60 259 63 262 57 265 47952 45906 65 262 74 265 67 268 45906 44043 76 267 86 264 81 270 44043 42343 89 268 89 261 94 270 42343 40778 92 266 87 261 104 269 40778 39323 92 266 88 264 108 268 39323 37954 90 266 89 267 102 268 37954 36629 88 267 89 269 97 270 36629 35278 85 267 88 269 94 271 35278 33872 81 267 86 270 92 270 33872 32414 79 265 84 271 83 265 32414 30889 73 265 82 271 70 258 30889 29285 51 262 79 269 62 256 29285 27605 53 264 75 268 63 259 27605 25848 61 266 71 274 64 263 25848 24016 54 265 63 274 56 268 24016 22113 41 255 48 266 51 271 22113 20137 41 254 43 264 49 274 20137 18084 38 253 45 268 45 275 18084 15993 36 257 44 277 44 276 15993 13980 34 262 45 276 42 283 13980 12150 31 264 42 276 39 289 12150 10523 27 266 37 269 30 293 10523 9075 22 270 26 254 25 294 9075 7784 22 268 20 244 21 296 7784 6634 22 257 17 245 18 296 6634 5611 23 251 13 246 16 281 5611 4708 22 246 11 250 19 266 4708 3909 21 245 11 261 19 259 3909 3193 20*246 10*268 17 249 3193 2561 20*248 9*270 13 236 2561 2035 19 247 8 272 11*226 2035 1631 18 248 8 272 9*216 1631 1353 17 247 7 272 7 214 1353 1184 15 248 7 271 7 215 1184 1088 11 248 6 272 5 213 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