DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - - - - 55.0 - - 52.7 - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 32 - - 40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 997 - - 2484 - - 1356 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1070 - - 1070 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2067 - - 3554 - - 2426 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 283 - - 1591 - - 1222 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 191 - - 192 - - 159 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 21 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 028 - - 356 - - 015 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1199 - - 1084 - - 1073 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3266 - - 2470 - - 1353 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10445 - - 213 - - 722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12512 - - 3341 - - 1704 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 40 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.0 - - 52.7 - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.3 - - 45.6 - - 40.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 52.7 - - 42.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.1 - - 44.6 - - 39.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 32 - - 40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 997 - - 2484 - - 1356 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 94 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 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] 96219 22 258 26 249 30 255 96219 88958 18 221 24 247 24 257 88958 83429 21 250 25 261 25 276 83429 78857 35 244 33 255 31 257 78857 74906 29 247 31 253 26 254 74906 71415 30 271 30 266 26 268 71415 68274 36 273 38 270 40 282 68274 65409 40 267 36 265 39 282 65409 62748 37 257 34 282 42 282 62748 60151 56 279 46 289 54 279 60151 57431 58 272 63 279 63 278 57431 54594 69 273 68 275 76 284 54594 51881 75 281 79 283 89 283 51881 49434 84 285 89 282 93 280 49434 47218 94 286 91 277 92 278 47218 45189 98 286 91 276 93 280 45189 43330 100 287 94 280 97 282 43330 41630 102 288 102 286 99 280 41630 40072 102 286 106 289 98 276 40072 38626 102 285 106 289 96 275 38626 37266 101 285 106 287 97 275 37266 35950 100 284 102 281 98 274 35950 34610 103 285 97 279 99 273 34610 33218 104 284 95 273 98 273 33218 31776 101 282 98 268 98 274 31776 30269 97 281 100 266 99 273 30269 28684 95 280 103 262 92 270 28684 27021 93 277 104 259 86 268 27021 25280 91 275 101 256 89 265 25280 23466 92 272 95 253 96 262 23466 21578 92 275 87 251 97 264 21578 19607 89 277 78 249 86 265 19607 17551 74 273 67 254 74 262 17551 15459 74 269 63 275 69 263 15459 13449 81 266 63 288 71 274 13449 11625 76 261 61 288 57 269 11625 10014 60 255 52 272 43 260 10014 8599 42 242 43 257 26 281 8599 7357 31 239 19 250 40 331 7357 6265 15 221 16 328 37 331 6265 5304 3 138 21 343 27 329 5304 4457 13 032 22 358 22 336 4457 3711 23 034 23*358 20 350 3711 3045 29 030 23*357 20 009 3045 2457 28*030 23 357 21*012 2457 1967 24*029 23 356 21*014 1967 1591 20 028 22 355 20 015 1591 1333 19 028 20 355 19 015 1333 1175 16 027 17 354 17 015 1175 1085 12 027 13 352 13 015 1085 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