DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 52.0 - - 43.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - -2 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1450 - - 1612 - - 15 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1069 - - 1069 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2520 - - 2682 - - 1085 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1599 - - 1167 - - 365 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 211 - - 72 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 192 - - 181 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2694 - - -2247 - - -2649 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5214 - - 4929 - - 3735 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11784 - - -10604 - - -11956 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14304 - - 13286 - - 13041 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 90 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 52.0 - - 43.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.2 - - 34.3 - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 52.4 - - 45.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 33.6 - - 30.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - -2 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1450 - - 1612 - - 15 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 60 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96647 14 053 11 062 9 051 96647 89385 15 066 6 049 10 013 89385 83770 4 139 7 265 9 326 83770 79105 10 312 12 304 11 337 79105 75083 17 278 21 279 24 294 75083 71549 23 292 22 280 25 277 71549 68340 32 299 25 296 25 294 68340 65364 38 288 37 288 34 292 65364 62597 38 279 41 281 41 284 62597 59914 42 282 49 277 44 280 59914 57103 49 286 50 275 52 280 57103 54180 57 283 51 275 51 277 54180 51399 60 278 56 279 53 287 51399 48909 64 278 66 275 65 275 48909 46703 66 275 64 271 59 265 46703 44722 70 271 67 266 58 273 44722 42908 76 263 65 261 72 275 42908 41233 73 264 64 265 76 267 41233 39691 79 271 76 264 74 258 39691 38269 81 268 82 259 78 250 38269 36939 79 268 79 261 79 247 36939 35651 75 268 78 261 71 248 35651 34339 71 270 74 262 66 250 34339 32973 70 272 69 263 59 249 32973 31556 71 273 64 267 56 249 31556 30071 68 275 60 268 49 250 30071 28509 60 277 55 268 42 251 28509 26871 58 284 51 270 41 256 26871 25157 55 288 47 268 45 263 25157 23370 52 285 46 270 52 268 23370 21512 52 282 50 272 55 264 21512 19579 51 281 52 272 52 253 19579 17570 48 286 49 272 42 255 17570 15527 44 295 45 270 42 256 15527 13558 40 300 37 271 41 252 13558 11762 35 291 32 268 37 247 11762 10160 26 279 28 255 36 243 10160 8737 24 274 27 243 35 235 8737 7476 21 266 27 238 33 221 7476 6362 17 258 27 226 32 211 6362 5379 12 245 25 212 34 208 5379 4514 10 216 23 196 35 203 4514 3753 14 205 22 188 35 195 3753 3076 15*203 19*183 34 187 3076 2479 14*197 18*182 32 178 2479 1980 11 191 17 181 29 172 1980 1598 10 191 16 181 26 168 1598 1335 10 190 14 181 19 161 1335 1176 9 190 12 181 16 158 1176 1085 7 190 8 180 7*154 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