DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 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 - - - - - - 77.1 - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 192 - - 82 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1640 - - 1688 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1853 - - 1071 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2710 - - 2758 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 680 - - 2654 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 284 - - 225 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 115 - - 132 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1322 - - -1250 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4033 - - 4008 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3424 - - -3751 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6134 - - 6509 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 330 - - 130 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.9 - - 64.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.1 - - 63.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 192 - - 82 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1640 - - 1688 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 97 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - - 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] 98879 28 104 28 106 98879 91381 18 106 19 095 91381 85646 17 090 13 093 85646 80911 18 075 14 104 80911 76826 13 081 17 086 76826 73222 14 103 18 067 73222 69981 20 090 14 076 69981 67013 14 078 12 085 67013 64257 9 057 5 029 64257 61591 5 333 7 303 61591 58821 7 000 6 299 58821 55945 11 316 10 300 55945 53195 15 302 15 294 53195 50722 19 280 21 281 50722 48505 20 271 24 269 48505 46493 22 262 25 256 46493 44655 23 236 20 232 44655 42968 18 208 12 208 42968 41399 18 210 13 171 41399 39930 28 202 18 145 39930 38545 32 201 19 163 38545 37200 31 204 23 171 37200 35825 26 204 25 179 35825 34394 21 199 27 188 34394 32907 18 210 26 192 32907 31351 19 241 23 198 31351 29715 17 238 23 207 29715 27996 15 231 18 215 27996 26198 13 224 14 216 26198 24326 13 207 14 202 24326 22387 17 192 15 193 22387 20374 23 179 19 187 20374 18279 28 171 21 182 18279 16148 25 163 28 165 16148 14101 24 158 29 162 14101 12242 24 157 27 168 12242 10588 22 157 24 172 10588 9117 21 153 23 168 9117 7811 22 155 24 160 7811 6653 21 158 23 159 6653 5627 19 160 21 163 5627 4722 18 166 20 165 4722 3922 17 166 19 161 3922 3205 15*159 18*157 3205 2571 11*123 15*144 2571 2042 11 116 13 132 2042 1635 11 113 12 130 1635 1355 10 111 12 128 1355 1185 10 111 11 127 1185 1088 8 110 9 126 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