DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.4 - - 24.1 - - 14.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 16 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1634 - - 1690 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1634 - - 1214 - - 1214 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2834 - - 2890 - - 1230 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 818 - - 1039 - - 544 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 233 - - 128 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 271 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 146 - - 367 - - -1299 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2688 - - 2523 - - 2529 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4324 - - -2835 - - -6740 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7158 - - 5725 - - 7970 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 88 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.4 - - 24.1 - - 14.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.2 - - 17.6 - - 8.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.9 - - 24.2 - - 20.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.1 - - 16.7 - - 15.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 109 - - 16 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1634 - - 1690 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 52 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96121 35 025 36 034 51 032 96121 89175 19 359 26 017 26 025 89175 83670 16 356 16 350 20 002 83670 79031 10 010 16 330 17 000 79031 74989 8 326 19 305 19 341 74989 71388 9 330 12 285 16 313 71388 68104 10 319 9 289 14 316 68104 65048 13 294 18 290 21 311 65048 62187 15 284 17 287 21 287 62187 59401 18 277 19 296 19 279 59401 56481 23 277 24 290 22 281 56481 53446 26 274 29 279 27 285 53446 50553 26 276 31 273 27 284 50553 47953 25 280 29 275 27 293 47953 45629 25 285 32 281 32 296 45629 43531 27 288 36 281 38 292 43531 41621 31 290 38 281 40 290 41621 39868 35 289 38 284 41 290 39868 38244 36 286 39 287 39 291 38244 36730 35 283 39 288 36 290 36730 35318 33 286 37 288 34 287 35318 33972 32 290 37 286 32 284 33972 32623 32 295 36 281 29 282 32623 31241 33 298 35 274 30 281 31241 29832 35 302 34 270 27 274 29832 28386 37 305 34 272 25 270 28386 26892 36 303 36 276 25 261 26892 25350 34 296 36 280 25 256 25350 23752 34 296 34 284 26 261 23752 22088 32 298 34 286 25 268 22088 20360 31 292 33 290 27 278 20360 18562 30 285 29 292 28 286 18562 16688 27 283 28 292 25 285 16688 14778 26 282 28 290 24 285 14778 12935 25 282 27 285 23 286 12935 11256 23 283 25 279 22 285 11256 9762 21 284 24 276 22 282 9762 8434 20 284 23 275 22 278 8434 7254 20 284 22 274 22 275 7254 6208 20 283 22 274 23 275 6208 5283 20 283 21 272 23 274 5283 4471 20 285 20 270 21 269 4471 3755 18 288 17 267 19 263 3755 3115 16*288 14*267 17 258 3115 2550 11*287 10*269 16 254 2550 2078 10 286 9 270 13 249 2078 1716 9 286 8 271 10 245 1716 1468 8 286 8 271 5 243 1468 1316 7 286 6 272 3 228 1316 1230 5 286 4 273 2*205 1230 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