DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.2 - - 77.5 - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 98 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4679 - - 4612 - - 136 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4058 - - 3661 - - 1071 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5749 - - 5682 - - 1206 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2303 - - 3577 - - 6395 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 398 - - 329 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 18 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 288 - - 290 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 715 - - 691 - - -2611 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5034 - - 4992 - - 3817 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -523 - - -796 - - -3749 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6272 - - 6478 - - 4955 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 85 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 140 - - 390 - - 430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.2 - - 77.5 - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 59.2 - - 60.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.6 - - 77.3 - - 75.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.7 - - 58.3 - - 59.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 98 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4679 - - 4612 - - 136 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 36 - - 42 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 11 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] 99346 22 107 12 105 19 070 99346 91881 15 113 8 110 9 084 91881 86093 10 110 10 100 4 030 86093 81282 12 112 13 114 2 042 81282 77148 14 101 10 128 4 066 77148 73494 7 069 6 111 5 135 73494 70162 6 106 1 254 6 119 70162 67083 5 098 3 210 3 358 67083 64235 6 353 3 222 10 306 64235 61490 9 327 2 256 10 264 61490 58625 12 309 8 322 9 281 58625 55647 19 269 15 285 15 290 55647 52816 16 270 22 297 23 304 52816 50278 24 284 27 283 27 289 50278 47999 28 278 29 277 29 294 47999 45930 32 278 33 280 39 290 45930 44041 32 277 35 278 43 285 44041 42314 33 279 36 281 45 286 42314 40729 37 284 37 284 45 284 40729 39263 43 286 39 291 39 283 39263 37891 44 285 41 291 37 289 37891 36566 41 284 39 292 38 290 36566 35215 36 281 37 294 38 292 35215 33811 34 281 38 292 38 293 33811 32356 33 288 38 290 37 294 32356 30840 37 294 39 293 36 297 30840 29251 39 295 39 297 37 301 29251 27587 39 292 39 296 39 303 27587 25846 37 287 38 296 39 303 25846 24026 37 280 36 294 38 303 24026 22129 37 279 36 297 36 305 22129 20150 35 281 34 299 34 311 20150 18085 32 280 33 300 34 316 18085 15976 29 277 30 296 31 320 15976 13945 28 279 28 294 27 322 13945 12102 26 286 26 294 22 311 12102 10471 22 289 22 295 19 307 10471 9027 20 287 21 294 22 292 9027 7745 20 287 21 293 21 294 7745 6605 21*287 20*291 19 297 6605 5592 20*288 20*291 18 299 5592 4697 20 288 19 290 18 303 4697 3904 20 288 19 291 18 306 3904 3193 20 288 19 290 18 310 3193 2563 20 288 18 290 18 312 2563 2037 20 288 18 290 17 312 2037 1632 19 288 17 290 16 312 1632 1353 18 288 16 289 14*311 1353 1185 16 287 15 290 11*311 1185 1088 13 287 11 289 8 311 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