DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/25 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 54.2 - - 49.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 293 - - 263 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3528 - - 4371 - - 1233 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3374 - - 3960 - - 1069 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4598 - - 5441 - - 2303 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1721 - - 858 - - 1622 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 416 - - 427 - - 83 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 119 - - 129 - - 116 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1762 - - -2992 - - -6323 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6360 - - 8433 - - 8626 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8540 - - -11115 - - -16459 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13138 - - 16556 - - 18762 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 47 - - 50 - - 31 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 54.2 - - 49.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.2 - - 21.1 - - 15.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 53.0 - - 49.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.0 - - 19.9 - - 14.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 293 - - 263 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3528 - - 4371 - - 1233 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 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] 98013 30 251 29 255 25 283 98013 90562 23 258 24 257 23 268 90562 84796 22 259 26 256 23 284 84796 80008 19 262 21 265 20 291 80008 75891 16 278 15 277 23 303 75891 72265 20 281 25 295 27 301 72265 68994 29 280 32 292 30 305 68994 65980 32 293 35 296 36 304 65980 63174 35 298 39 291 39 304 63174 60450 39 293 42 291 47 302 60450 57598 42 294 46 296 53 300 57598 54632 47 297 51 299 58 297 54632 51802 52 300 55 299 57 293 51802 49265 54 299 57 297 54 293 49265 47003 56 297 57 294 53 297 47003 44961 58 296 56 295 55 300 44961 43102 60 300 58 300 58 302 43102 41401 66 306 64 305 66 296 41401 39843 75 305 75 303 70 295 39843 38407 80 301 83 297 77 298 38407 37065 80 300 82 294 79 297 37065 35769 79 302 78 296 76 296 35769 34451 80 304 76 297 71 298 34451 33083 79 305 77 298 67 299 33083 31664 75 306 75 299 62 303 31664 30179 70 308 73 302 59 305 30179 28615 63 310 71 305 52 307 28615 26976 58 309 70 307 48 311 26976 25255 54 309 63 315 44 316 25255 23455 49 309 54 322 39 329 23455 21582 44 307 43 322 33 327 21582 19633 39 305 35 323 28 322 19633 17602 34 306 32 324 23 319 17602 15531 29 313 28 324 17 317 15531 13537 28 320 23 327 10 316 13537 11726 27 316 20 331 8 318 11726 10123 22 322 15 333 8 310 10123 8705 15 334 8 350 4 284 8705 7449 8 328 5 344 2 148 7449 6339 3 031 2*220 2 142 6339 5359 6*087 6*147 4 155 5359 4500 7*106 7 140 6 142 4500 3744 8 115 8 132 10 131 3744 3070 9 122 9 128 13 123 3070 2474 9 122 10 125 13*119 2474 1978 9 122 10 123 13*117 1978 1598 10 121 10 122 13 116 1598 1335 9 120 10 120 12 115 1335 1177 9 120 10 121 11 114 1177 1085 8 120 8 120 8 113 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