DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 75.4 - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - -8 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5093 - - 4925 - - 35 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3999 - - 1218 - - 1218 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6293 - - 6125 - - 1235 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3055 - - 2713 - - 6692 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 321 - - 207 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 326 - - 319 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1474 - - 1127 - - -1465 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4819 - - 4998 - - 2700 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -870 - - -1565 - - -3066 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7163 - - 7690 - - 4301 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 71 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 410 - - 270 - - 890 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 75.4 - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.8 - - 57.9 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.5 - - 76.2 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.5 - - 56.6 - - 63.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - -8 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5093 - - 4925 - - 35 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 13 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] 99358 31 085 29 075 28 081 99358 91797 28 089 21 079 24 068 91797 85989 25 088 19 082 20 065 85989 81179 19 074 18 079 20 063 81179 77043 14 057 15 073 16 067 77043 73384 10 051 11 050 10 062 73384 70055 5 002 10 014 9 067 70055 66986 6 322 12 347 12 005 66986 64153 8 292 14 302 13 341 64153 61414 12 308 13 310 20 324 61414 58564 19 310 19 306 19 302 58564 55609 27 304 26 304 26 311 55609 52805 30 296 36 299 40 307 52805 50317 36 305 42 299 49 304 50317 48112 54 307 54 311 55 309 48112 46112 73 298 67 309 63 313 46112 44280 69 290 67 301 63 308 44280 42591 60 291 60 296 59 307 42591 41026 60 302 57 302 62 313 41026 39560 64 306 62 308 66 314 39560 38176 62 307 65 311 66 313 38176 36833 55 304 59 311 66 314 36833 35465 52 304 53 306 66 314 35465 34046 48 311 50 303 65 314 34046 32577 46 315 48 307 61 311 32577 31045 45 307 47 309 55 307 31045 29435 43 301 49 309 51 304 29435 27749 42 301 48 314 48 311 27749 25982 43 305 46 314 50 322 25982 24141 44 311 41 311 44 320 24141 22231 38 316 38 318 37 311 22231 20245 28 318 33 316 32 312 20245 18181 20 321 25 311 28 311 18181 16085 17 326 20 307 23 309 16085 14071 15 330 17 308 19 311 14071 12240 13 334 14 316 17 312 12240 10615 12 335 12 321 14 312 10615 9172 15 332 12 324 12 314 9172 7890 16 328 14 325 12 316 7890 6751 15*328 13*323 12 316 6751 5739 12*327 11*320 11 314 5739 4845 10 326 9 317 10 314 4845 4052 8 325 8 318 7 311 4052 3341 7 326 8 319 6 313 3341 2711 7 326 7 320 5 321 2711 2184 7 327 7 320 5 329 2184 1780 6 327 6 321 4 334 1780 1501 6 328 6 322 3 335 1501 1332 5 328 5 321 2*328 1332 1235 4 328 4 322 1*313 1235 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