Regional   Atmospheric   Soaring   Prediction
BLIPMAP FORECASTS
Hilltown, PA
Hilltown RASP Site configured and maintained by John Cotter 
(CPU cycles courtesy of Turnpoint Solutions, Inc. http://www.turnpointsolutions.com) 

Using a locally-run WRF model with 4 km horizontal resolution and 52 vertical levels
BLIPMAP™ = Boundary Layer Information Prediction MAP
Created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening, Meteorologist 


PARAMETER   LATEST FORECASTS       PREVIOUS FORECASTS
[descriptions] 4km 4km 4km       4km 4km 4km
Thermal Parameters:
Thermal Updraft Velocity & B/S Ratio 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Thermal Updraft Velocity  (W*) 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Buoyancy/Shear Ratio 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Height of Critical Updraft Strength  (Hcrit) 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Depth of Critical Updraft Strength  (AGL Hcrit) 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Top 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Depth 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Thermal Height Uncertainty 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Sfc. Heating 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Normalized Sfc. Sun 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Sfc. Temperature 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Wind Parameters:
Sfc. Wind 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Avg. Wind 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Wind at BL Top 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Wind Shear 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Max. Up/Down (Convergence) 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Cloud Parameters:
Cu Potential 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Cu Cloudbase (Sfc.LCL) [MSL] 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Cu Cloudbase where CuPotential>0 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
OD Potential 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
OD Cloudbase (BLcl) [MSL] 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
OD Cloudbase where ODPotential>0 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Explicitly-predicted CloudWater 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
BL Cloud Cover 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Sfc. Dew Point Temperature 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
CAPE 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Wave/Upper-Level Parameters:
Vertical Velocity at 850mb 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Vertical Velocity at 700mb 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Vertical Velocity at 500mb 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Vert.Velocity Slice at Vert.Vel.Max 1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Soundings:
Mifflin
(Sounding 1) 		1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Blairstown
(Sounding 2) 		1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
Pottstown
(Sounding 3) 		1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
       1100 EDT
 1400 EDT
 1700 EDT
 
Model Topography 12km 4km 1.3km