DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/22 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 = 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 - - - - - - 74.1 - - 76.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 84 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4088 - - 5633 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3515 - - 4320 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5158 - - 6703 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2591 - - 4042 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 357 - - 340 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 18 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 327 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1088 - - 878 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4070 - - 5825 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 170 - - -499 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4988 - - 7202 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 75 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1360 - - 670 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 76.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.8 - - 54.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 53.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 84 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4088 - - 5633 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - - 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] 99296 12 099 12 079 99296 91850 15 080 13 086 91850 86108 14 073 14 086 86108 81318 11 107 10 080 81318 77157 11 114 6 099 77157 73474 7 116 2 065 73474 70138 3 054 3 180 70138 67059 3 271 1 233 67059 64204 2 047 2 168 64204 61431 13 300 8 263 61431 58536 15 307 10 309 58536 55540 21 294 18 302 55540 52688 26 299 25 312 52688 50124 33 294 34 303 50124 47831 38 290 35 301 47831 45744 37 291 38 299 45744 43827 33 298 40 297 43827 42057 36 302 41 303 42057 40416 38 304 45 309 40416 38889 40 307 51 311 38889 37467 43 310 53 312 37467 36112 45 311 53 315 36112 34754 46 313 58 319 34754 33363 47 316 61 319 33363 31934 47 317 62 319 31934 30445 47 318 64 319 30445 28882 47 318 67 318 28882 27244 45 318 66 317 27244 25529 42 317 62 317 25529 23738 37 315 55 318 23738 21874 33 311 46 315 21874 19930 30 311 43 315 19930 17900 29 313 40 316 17900 15830 30 314 37 315 15830 13837 30 309 36 315 13837 12028 27 307 28 318 12028 10424 27 309 24 319 10424 8995 25 314 21 321 8995 7720 23 319 20*323 7720 6584 22 320 20*324 6584 5575 20*318 19 325 5575 4684 17*315 19 326 4684 3894 14 311 18 327 3894 3185 13 311 18 328 3185 2558 13 310 17 328 2558 2033 12 311 17 329 2033 1630 12 311 16 328 1630 1353 11 311 15 329 1353 1184 10 311 14 329 1184 1088 9 310 11 329 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