DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3673 - - 2728 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3075 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4873 - - 3928 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1784 - - 2572 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 116 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 118 - - 096 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1560 - - 1002 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3313 - - 2926 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 369 - - -140 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4504 - - 4068 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 430 - - 220 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 61.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 71.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.3 - - 60.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3673 - - 2728 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 73 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - 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] 99918 31 093 31 083 99918 92351 28 094 25 089 92351 86512 25 095 23 092 86512 81685 15 092 18 088 81685 77528 9 095 13 086 77528 73845 14 113 9 100 73845 70499 15 090 8 115 70499 67409 7 065 7 109 67409 64534 3 087 4 071 64534 61748 3 039 3 301 61748 58849 9 273 7 281 58849 55854 13 246 10 268 55854 53004 11 240 13 258 53004 50437 12 247 13 249 50437 48134 13 232 11 247 48134 46048 15 213 13 222 46048 44149 16 183 14 178 44149 42411 13 189 12 185 42411 40801 29 194 24 182 40801 39304 42 170 31 165 39304 37906 45 155 35 159 37906 36560 41 147 35 155 36560 35194 35 147 30 151 35194 33779 29 162 22 143 33779 32317 33 167 15 132 32317 30793 34 168 11 134 30793 29192 30 168 9 144 29192 27515 26 167 10 159 27515 25762 23 171 11 171 25762 23934 21 174 12 171 23934 22035 18 175 13 170 22035 20062 16 172 14 167 20062 18010 17 159 13 162 18010 15925 19 134 12 155 15925 13921 22 108 14 148 13921 12103 23 099 22 137 12103 10495 22 101 30 126 10495 9071 21 109 30 111 9071 7805 23 118 26 101 7805 6679 24 120 23 095 6679 5680 23*120 20 090 5680 4799 23*120 18 088 4799 4018 23 120 16*090 4018 3316 20 118 15*092 3316 2694 19 117 14 094 2694 2174 18 116 13 096 2174 1774 17 116 11 098 1774 1498 15 115 10 098 1498 1330 13 115 8 099 1330 1234 9 114 5 100 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