DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 68.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 48 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2725 - - 2675 - - 184 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2642 - - 1070 - - 1070 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3795 - - 3745 - - 1254 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4153 - - 2582 - - 6060 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 225 - - 36 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 219 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 12 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 122 - - 1572 - - -1155 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3674 - - 2173 - - 2409 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -671 - - 704 - - -2164 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4466 - - 3041 - - 3418 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 97 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 730 - - 1440 - - 1600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 68.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.4 - - 61.7 - - 60.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.2 - - 67.9 - - 69.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.6 - - 60.8 - - 60.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 48 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2725 - - 2675 - - 184 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 89 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 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] 98556 27 067 16 098 25 071 98556 91156 22 096 18 107 23 069 91156 85470 16 111 17 096 14 074 85470 80724 11 135 12 089 11 095 80724 76606 9 147 4 153 8 127 76606 72960 6 155 7 173 7 183 72960 69655 6 225 6 220 5 249 69655 66609 10 224 15 238 15 235 66609 63777 13 255 14 235 16 247 63777 61022 29 260 21 267 26 258 61022 58137 38 249 35 245 32 244 58137 55125 33 242 31 237 35 240 55125 52240 29 249 32 252 35 250 52240 49655 32 255 41 255 36 261 49655 47345 37 252 45 255 41 262 47345 45253 39 246 50 252 50 256 45253 43340 45 243 53 240 59 244 43340 41585 59 229 50 235 61 239 41585 39973 54 221 55 244 68 240 39973 38486 44 238 65 243 70 247 38486 37108 70 251 78 241 84 246 37108 35793 87 243 89 242 97 243 35793 34462 83 236 88 243 101 241 34462 33080 84 234 81 240 97 241 33080 31650 83 237 77 234 76 240 31650 30166 76 245 76 235 56 231 30166 28614 59 248 70 240 52 234 28614 26992 46 233 55 244 41 246 26992 25297 50 223 41 232 39 252 25297 23525 52 232 41 230 38 250 23525 21680 45 241 40 241 34 248 21680 19758 39 247 36 251 32 251 19758 17753 34 249 32 252 33 260 17753 15706 31 247 31 249 30 271 15706 13732 31 243 33 250 27 270 13732 11934 25 231 27 243 25 257 11934 10336 22 221 23 232 22 247 10336 8918 21 216 24 228 21 241 8918 7657 20 203 24 227 22 242 7657 6533 21 199 25 223 20 250 6533 5536 21 197 24 220 18 252 5536 4653 20 196 24 220 17 250 4653 3871 19*195 23*220 16 246 3871 3169 17*193 22*220 14 240 3169 2547 17 193 19 220 13 237 2547 2026 16 193 18 219 13 235 2026 1626 16 194 17 219 11 233 1626 1351 15 194 15 219 10*231 1351 1183 14 194 13 218 8*229 1183 1087 11 194 10 217 5 226 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