DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/14 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 - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -33 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 704 - - 34 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1218 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1904 - - 1234 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5674 - - 7539 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 100 - - 36 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 193 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1342 - - -2447 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3246 - - 3681 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3272 - - -3894 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5176 - - 5128 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 85 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1190 - - 1320 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.2 - - 63.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.8 - - 77.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.8 - - 61.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -33 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 704 - - 34 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 88 - - 39 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 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] 99099 22 074 25 068 99099 91573 25 078 21 075 91573 85796 22 086 19 081 85796 80993 20 087 14 097 80993 76839 15 092 12 098 76839 73167 11 097 10 078 73167 69845 9 088 7 066 69845 66792 5 149 4 079 66792 63968 4 136 2 128 63968 61234 2 047 8 148 61234 58382 7 228 4 198 58382 55426 15 255 8 238 55426 52614 23 251 22 257 52614 50088 28 267 38 276 50088 47816 41 253 55 269 47816 45759 62 251 71 245 45759 43889 74 239 72 234 43889 42178 59 237 75 252 42178 40599 54 263 81 251 40599 39127 66 268 72 252 39127 37748 69 261 66 257 37748 36421 70 250 64 256 36421 35072 71 241 65 244 35072 33670 69 240 73 239 33670 32217 64 239 74 242 32217 30702 58 237 61 245 30702 29112 59 239 50 237 29112 27449 59 240 39 235 27449 25711 58 244 41 239 25711 23899 57 246 44 240 23899 22016 54 244 47 240 22016 20058 48 242 48 241 20058 18020 41 239 48 242 18020 15948 41 237 51 237 15948 13959 47 237 56 225 13959 12158 54 238 57 221 12158 10562 57 240 51 221 10562 9141 51 238 41 220 9141 7872 41 234 33 216 7872 6741 34 229 29 212 6741 5734 30 226 28 209 5734 4844 28 221 27 208 4844 4053 25 215 26 207 4053 3343 23 209 24 205 3343 2714 21 204 21 204 2714 2187 19*201 18 202 2187 1781 17*199 15 199 1781 1502 14 197 12 197 1502 1332 11 195 10 195 1332 1234 7 193 6*193 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