DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - - - - - 55.7 - - 54.2 - - 46.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 436 - - 332 - - 70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6604 - - 3519 - - 1127 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5931 - - 3400 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7674 - - 4589 - - 2197 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 690 - - 3200 - - 572 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 579 - - 428 - - 175 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 338 - - 065 - - 105 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 13 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 25 - - 20 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -120 - - -2446 - - -3433 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7795 - - 7035 - - 5631 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6776 - - -9827 - - -13042 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14450 - - 14416 - - 15239 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 78 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.7 - - 54.2 - - 46.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 27.3 - - 25.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.7 - - 52.6 - - 46.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.0 - - 26.3 - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 436 - - 332 - - 70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6604 - - 3519 - - 1127 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98141 8 216 7 270 6 314 98141 90691 9 219 5 220 9 292 90691 84948 4 225 8 198 7 279 84948 80187 6 177 3 243 4 293 80187 76100 2 120 3 168 4 222 76100 72477 1 356 2 160 0 043 72477 69184 4 280 5 307 7 298 69184 66157 6 304 8 275 7 285 66157 63332 13 311 10 296 7 277 63332 60570 17 303 18 310 13 302 60570 57693 23 290 26 300 24 305 57693 54724 26 277 30 285 30 301 54724 51891 25 291 29 286 31 302 51891 49335 35 303 36 296 37 303 49335 47045 42 304 42 299 42 296 47045 44978 47 306 45 306 44 296 44978 43098 51 306 52 310 50 305 43098 41377 52 309 64 312 59 303 41377 39805 58 316 71 311 62 302 39805 38360 70 324 69 315 73 313 38360 37016 88 327 76 323 88 313 37016 35725 98 329 88 321 92 311 35725 34412 102 331 91 319 88 311 34412 33045 93 333 85 322 81 312 33045 31628 84 331 78 323 76 312 31628 30144 80 325 77 324 72 313 30144 28580 75 324 77 328 68 313 28580 26937 70 325 71 329 66 315 26937 25213 66 324 60 325 63 318 25213 23412 62 323 53 322 55 317 23412 21543 55 324 49 323 48 312 21543 19601 46 321 45 324 45 312 19601 17575 37 316 39 321 42 316 17575 15506 31 315 34 319 38 321 15506 13512 27 316 28 317 32 324 13512 11700 25 316 26 315 26 325 11700 10095 23 315 25 310 26 318 10095 8679 17*314 19 295 23 299 8679 7433 8*320 15 293 19 284 7433 6333 8 325 14 296 17 278 6333 5359 7 330 10*302 13 275 5359 4500 7 336 7*312 9 267 4500 3741 7 342 3 345 5 246 3741 3062 6 349 4 059 5 139 3062 2467 6 353 7 081 12*107 2467 1973 6 357 8 084 13*105 1973 1594 6 359 9 086 13 105 1594 1334 6 001 9 086 13 105 1334 1176 5 001 8 087 12 105 1176 1085 5 002 8 087 9 105 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