DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.4 - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - -1 - - -59 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1124 - - 1513 - - 17 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1071 - - 1071 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2194 - - 2583 - - 1087 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 642 - - 825 - - 286 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 185 - - 105 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 23 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 195 - - 187 - - 167 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2601 - - -2703 - - -2050 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4796 - - 5287 - - 3137 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8400 - - -8296 - - -9203 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10594 - - 10879 - - 10290 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 61 - - 63 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.4 - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.9 - - 55.1 - - 55.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.7 - - 68.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 54.3 - - 55.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - -1 - - -59 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1124 - - 1513 - - 17 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 97629 28 279 25 267 27 278 97629 90413 14 277 19 282 20 283 90413 84790 13 283 20 292 16 293 84790 80126 11 256 20 277 17 289 80126 76113 12 221 19 255 18 278 76113 72553 9 256 14 243 15 275 72553 69314 23 292 16 270 18 279 69314 66337 31 281 24 275 24 278 66337 63584 35 261 32 273 27 271 63584 60928 35 241 39 268 36 271 60928 58178 35 235 45 257 44 264 58178 55348 38 249 49 248 47 253 55348 52660 49 261 50 247 49 246 52660 50235 55 261 52 246 50 238 50235 48052 50 260 48 245 47 230 48052 46060 43 259 43 245 42 228 46060 44226 38 251 40 243 38 233 44226 42526 33 248 36 240 37 241 42526 40938 31 245 28 235 36 225 40938 39458 33 235 25 235 38 221 39458 38079 38 229 32 236 46 225 38079 36745 32 231 25 239 48 219 36745 35380 27 233 20 238 50 224 35380 33960 22 232 16 241 32 232 33960 32497 18 219 15 228 14 219 32497 30976 16 220 15 213 14 212 30976 29380 17 212 15 198 15 191 29380 27706 17 205 16 194 17 176 27706 25954 15 205 16 192 14 182 25954 24127 12 217 14 196 11 179 24127 22229 11 228 10 216 6 190 22229 20251 9 238 9 223 7 201 20251 18187 11 249 10 227 6 217 18187 16084 14 234 14 221 10 200 16084 14060 14 219 17 213 14 190 14060 12211 16 222 19 227 14 202 12211 10561 20 223 21 237 13 228 10561 9094 23 220 23 234 15 242 9094 7790 27 215 25 218 17 232 7790 6631 31 207 28 210 20 207 6631 5604 33 206 29 210 25 200 5604 4698 33 206 28 209 28 200 4698 3898 34 209 30 203 31 200 3898 3185 33 207 31*194 34 193 3185 2556 31*202 29*190 34 184 2556 2031 22*196 25 187 32 179 2031 1628 21 195 23 186 29 177 1628 1350 19 194 20 185 21 172 1350 1183 17 194 17 185 17 170 1183 1087 12 194 12 184 8*167 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