DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/19 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 64.0 - - 62.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 306 - - 196 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 1070 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1376 - - 1266 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 928 - - 825 - - 854 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 43 - - 21 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 096 - - 112 - - 047 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 289 - - 179 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1087 - - 1087 - - 1087 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 56 - - -4366 - - -4619 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1320 - - 5632 - - 5706 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1000 - - 470 - - 260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.4 - - 64.0 - - 62.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.8 - - 63.6 - - 62.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.8 - - 64.4 - - 62.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.7 - - 63.7 - - 62.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 306 - - 196 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 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] 98366 12 081 8 022 8 061 98366 90999 5 329 7 332 11 000 90999 85288 9 278 10 266 20 312 85288 80555 11 313 11 253 20 290 80555 76487 14 311 12 289 16 295 76487 72900 17 302 17 297 17 302 72900 69671 12 300 17 289 17 300 69671 66704 15 314 19 295 14 297 66704 63942 20 308 20 301 15 313 63942 61268 19 289 19 284 20 295 61268 58492 17 279 16 277 18 273 58492 55627 25 274 26 280 26 277 55627 52922 36 269 35 266 36 270 52922 50508 41 263 34 260 36 262 50508 48342 40 253 38 267 39 262 48342 46376 38 249 43 273 35 264 46376 44573 40 270 46 271 35 267 44573 42901 46 280 50 265 43 255 42901 41338 47 274 50 266 51 241 41338 39870 44 268 51 271 41 246 39870 38480 43 266 49 269 41 244 38480 37129 47 271 43 260 39 242 37129 35748 46 270 41 257 36 248 35748 34311 42 266 38 256 38 255 34311 32822 37 260 37 256 39 262 32822 31271 37 251 36 258 36 268 31271 29641 36 247 35 257 36 274 29641 27931 34 249 34 257 39 281 27931 26141 30 248 31 259 35 279 26141 24275 30 246 31 259 32 272 24275 22339 29 246 38 259 32 270 22339 20326 26 247 40 257 29 279 20326 18232 21 252 41 260 24 279 18232 16106 22 262 41 265 23 277 16106 14063 27 265 41 265 31 279 14063 12203 29 271 40 257 32 279 12203 10548 27 284 37 256 25 281 10548 9078 25 282 30 261 24 272 9078 7772 29 272 23 259 27 274 7772 6610 33 265 20 246 24 274 6610 5583 32 254 17 236 23 266 5583 4678 24 246 15 233 21 264 4678 3879 17 245 13 232 18 268 3879 3167 11 219 12 231 12 264 3167 2539 9 144 9 217 4 249 2539 2019 12 113 7 149 3 111 2019 1620 12*106 8 130 5 076 1620 1347 10*097 7*115 5 058 1347 1182 9 096 6*112 4*049 1182 1087 6 094 5 112 3*047 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