DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 69.9 - - 61.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 51 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2710 - - 2955 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2526 - - 1899 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3910 - - 4155 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1872 - - 2433 - - 1635 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 289 - - 230 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 130 - - 129 - - 142 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -392 - - 51 - - -1078 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4302 - - 4105 - - 2312 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2122 - - -1271 - - -4129 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6032 - - 5426 - - 5363 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 91 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 69.9 - - 61.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.0 - - 56.1 - - 55.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 69.9 - - 63.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 55.2 - - 55.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 51 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2710 - - 2955 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 62 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 98995 11 142 5 195 1 176 98995 91569 6 115 2 115 2 128 91569 85817 4 097 6 094 2 221 85817 81050 3 022 3 351 4 066 81050 76934 1 261 8 297 10 009 76934 73285 2 104 4 264 9 333 73285 69984 5 338 5 314 8 315 69984 66945 7 313 8 279 8 304 66945 64125 12 317 10 300 11 315 64125 61398 18 293 16 302 17 307 61398 58554 19 292 18 295 20 294 58554 55603 26 288 24 287 27 295 55603 52787 34 292 32 285 32 289 52787 50263 43 288 40 293 36 292 50263 48013 44 288 52 287 42 300 48013 45978 52 284 56 283 59 298 45978 44112 47 280 49 284 60 285 44112 42391 50 292 56 287 55 281 42391 40798 62 293 67 283 59 284 40798 39321 62 291 66 282 61 281 39321 37942 59 290 66 279 61 280 37942 36617 57 290 60 277 59 279 36617 35271 55 290 58 277 56 281 35271 33873 52 289 60 277 54 282 33873 32424 51 286 59 279 53 284 32424 30909 51 285 55 283 52 285 30909 29317 49 288 49 281 48 282 29317 27649 45 290 44 284 43 272 27649 25906 44 286 40 285 42 274 25906 24086 45 283 38 286 39 280 24086 22188 47 286 38 289 36 284 22188 20208 46 297 34 289 36 287 20208 18143 36 307 29 300 28 293 18143 16040 28 300 22 296 24 295 16040 14016 26 296 20 289 20 291 14016 12176 16 295 22 286 18 288 12176 10546 14 281 20 281 14 284 10546 9101 7 250 8 272 10 267 9101 7817 5 152 3 144 6 247 7817 6678 3 124 7 120 3 137 6678 5669 4 116 9 116 8 108 5669 4781 7 121 9*116 11 106 4781 3997 8*122 8*119 13 116 3997 3295 8*124 9 124 18 126 3295 2676 8 128 9 129 20 132 2676 2161 8 130 9 132 18 137 2161 1765 7 132 9 133 13 142 1765 1493 6 133 8 134 10 144 1493 1328 6 134 7 134 7*145 1328 1234 5 134 5 135 3*142 1234 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