DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.1 - - 64.9 - - 59.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 63 - - -63 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1335 - - 2638 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1386 - - 1832 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2405 - - 3708 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 523 - - 1581 - - 275 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 230 - - 236 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 23 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 232 - - 225 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2372 - - -2504 - - -2762 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4777 - - 6212 - - 3850 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8654 - - -7311 - - -7311 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11059 - - 11019 - - 8398 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 82 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.1 - - 64.9 - - 59.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.1 - - 41.4 - - 46.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.9 - - 64.9 - - 62.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.9 - - 40.4 - - 45.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 63 - - -63 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1335 - - 2638 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 29 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 96213 18 268 20 255 26 265 96213 89043 21 271 22 272 24 286 89043 83522 21 270 25 265 20 307 83522 78939 13 282 24 257 33 290 78939 74995 27 300 27 285 39 286 74995 71510 39 298 40 287 32 265 71510 68324 48 306 43 307 42 307 68324 65392 59 304 63 308 61 299 65392 62684 62 289 65 296 60 288 62684 60050 56 293 58 295 61 302 60050 57294 66 312 61 301 75 309 57294 54441 84 316 79 307 86 307 54441 51721 93 310 93 305 93 306 51721 49267 95 307 100 305 99 306 49267 47060 97 308 105 307 102 306 47060 45059 105 308 112 305 103 304 45059 43236 112 305 114 301 105 301 43236 41567 115 303 114 299 109 301 41567 40027 116 305 113 301 115 300 40027 38588 117 307 116 305 117 298 38588 37231 119 308 117 305 115 298 37231 35917 118 308 114 303 110 299 35917 34580 115 307 113 302 107 301 34580 33190 112 307 112 302 106 303 33190 31749 109 307 109 303 105 305 31749 30243 105 307 100 304 101 305 30243 28664 95 306 89 304 93 304 28664 27016 85 304 77 300 82 303 27016 25299 77 304 68 294 69 301 25299 23515 73 300 63 295 62 299 23515 21664 65 297 60 297 61 297 21664 19738 61 299 56 297 59 295 19738 17732 58 304 55 304 55 294 17732 15687 53 307 49 303 52 293 15687 13714 47 300 45 300 53 296 13714 11916 45 282 43 298 50 297 11916 10320 47 278 43 289 44 297 10320 8901 42 271 42 284 39 296 8901 7635 33 264 40 274 35 290 7635 6507 35 263 43 264 33 288 6507 5506 36 255 39 257 31 273 5506 4625 35 247 33 246 33 253 4625 3848 35 239 28*235 31 249 3848 3150 33 231 26*233 30 246 3150 2532 27*222 25 233 29 243 2532 2016 21*217 24 232 27 238 2016 1619 20 216 23 232 24 234 1619 1346 19 216 21 232 19 230 1346 1181 17 215 18 231 15*227 1181 1087 13 215 14 231 8*225 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