DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 Montpelier_VT 1200ft pt43602@44.219,-72.589,1132ft SPONSORED BY: Moshe Braner, Post Mills Soaring Club BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.2 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.4 - - 34.4 - - 29.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - 9 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1554 - - 1383 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1215 - - 1215 - - 1215 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2754 - - 2583 - - 1231 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 813 - - 756 - - 1500 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 160 - - 101 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 144 - - 139 - - 127 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 821 - - 779 - - -135 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1933 - - 1805 - - 1366 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 380 - - 278 - - -722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2374 - - 2305 - - 1953 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.4 - - 34.4 - - 29.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.7 - - 31.3 - - 27.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.3 - - 34.5 - - 30.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.9 - - 30.8 - - 28.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - 9 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1554 - - 1383 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95996 26 242 29 236 35 240 95996 88807 35 240 36 253 33 248 88807 83291 28 238 32 250 27 260 83291 78712 27 257 36 261 35 264 78712 74752 37 267 41 270 46 270 74752 71252 47 275 51 273 49 271 71252 68069 55 273 56 268 52 274 68069 65116 58 267 59 274 57 277 65116 62358 58 267 65 278 60 277 62358 59679 57 270 66 279 60 278 59679 56886 60 274 70 278 64 280 56886 53989 69 275 75 272 72 278 53989 51233 77 272 76 268 74 276 51233 48767 76 268 75 268 82 276 48767 46566 74 270 78 266 92 272 46566 44576 74 274 77 264 92 265 44576 42767 80 278 79 267 78 261 42767 41123 91 276 81 269 74 263 41123 39621 95 276 84 271 88 261 39621 38224 97 274 101 271 100 255 38224 36904 99 272 112 265 105 251 36904 35623 104 272 106 262 98 253 35623 34316 108 272 104 260 90 255 34316 32953 105 272 101 263 90 256 32953 31538 92 271 93 263 89 260 31538 30057 74 269 92 263 80 264 30057 28498 61 269 90 266 74 259 28498 26861 57 269 77 265 68 254 26861 25149 56 270 67 250 56 251 25149 23364 57 272 68 248 47 250 23364 21507 57 270 59 258 46 253 21507 19572 54 268 49 267 42 262 19572 17555 49 269 44 270 38 267 17555 15500 43 272 37 271 30 267 15500 13526 36 272 31 270 25 266 13526 11739 31 268 26 272 20 267 11739 10154 26 260 21 275 15 270 10154 8749 23 253 16 263 11 271 8749 7501 20 249 14 248 9 266 7501 6396 16 247 12 238 6 239 6396 5421 11 232 10 223 6 202 5421 4567 11 188 10 191 6 203 4567 3817 13 157 14 162 10 180 3817 3153 12*145 17*145 18 150 3153 2573 11*144 16*140 22 140 2573 2094 10 144 15 139 20 138 2094 1726 9 144 14 139 17 137 1726 1473 8 145 12 138 13 135 1473 1319 7 145 10 138 10 133 1319 1231 5 146 6 138 4*127 1231 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