DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.5 - - 89.6 - - 87.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 164 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3440 - - 3675 - - 2933 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3240 - - 3264 - - 1072 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4510 - - 4745 - - 4003 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 791 - - 1053 - - 1975 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 389 - - 356 - - 121 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 20 - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 196 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 371 - - 116 - - 119 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4139 - - 4629 - - 3884 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5093 - - -4949 - - -5995 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9603 - - 9694 - - 9998 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 83 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3150 - - 3460 - - 3470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.5 - - 89.6 - - 87.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 72.5 - - 73.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.4 - - 89.0 - - 87.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.7 - - 71.9 - - 72.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 164 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3440 - - 3675 - - 2933 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 34 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 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] 99209 27 101 24 069 35 080 99209 91712 25 102 21 085 28 068 91712 85969 21 093 24 093 17 071 85969 81208 19 083 23 088 13 102 81208 77092 16 071 17 084 11 099 77092 73435 13 054 14 076 10 081 73435 70127 10 034 10 060 7 068 70127 67108 8 352 7 059 7 059 67108 64316 4 278 3 299 8 017 64316 61610 6 168 10 221 8 260 61610 58806 4 267 4 266 8 266 58806 55914 22 254 20 271 16 278 55914 53180 25 266 27 275 18 284 53180 50760 32 272 29 277 23 280 50760 48616 25 271 27 270 24 269 48616 46671 22 281 25 275 21 274 46671 44878 23 286 22 277 21 287 44878 43206 26 281 21 269 21 284 43206 41634 26 271 21 269 20 269 41634 40153 22 264 21 272 17 265 40153 38751 19 263 20 266 16 277 38751 37393 16 267 17 259 14 271 37393 36010 18 261 13 271 8 263 36010 34572 25 250 19 266 14 268 34572 33086 29 245 26 254 22 266 33086 31539 33 245 31 254 25 263 31539 29915 32 240 33 253 28 265 29915 28215 31 229 35 248 32 263 28215 26439 31 231 37 242 31 268 26439 24589 27 235 34 245 33 267 24589 22664 23 245 29 251 30 265 22664 20658 20 258 27 249 25 260 20658 18567 23 255 25 247 21 251 18567 16433 22 245 24 249 21 243 16433 14367 17 227 22 245 20 228 14367 12479 16 225 19 229 21 216 12479 10794 18 228 18 216 20 211 10794 9294 22 231 18 220 17 216 9294 7961 26 232 21 232 19 235 7961 6778 29 227 26 228 26 227 6778 5734 27 216 25 214 28 212 5734 4813 20*201 21*198 28*208 4813 3996 19*197 21*197 27*206 3996 3263 19 197 21 196 27 204 3263 2613 19 197 21 196 25 203 2613 2069 18 196 20 196 24 202 2069 1651 17 196 20 195 22 201 1651 1364 16 196 19 195 19 201 1364 1189 15 196 17 195 16 200 1189 1089 12 196 13 194 11 200 1089 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