DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.4 - - 60.9 - - 55.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 319 - - 143 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5550 - - 5682 - - 33 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5102 - - 4779 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6750 - - 6882 - - 1233 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1079 - - 1309 - - 5764 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 498 - - 388 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 355 - - 347 - - 022 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1538 - - -1011 - - -3645 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8288 - - 7893 - - 4878 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8898 - - -7219 - - -5028 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15648 - - 14101 - - 6261 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 65 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.4 - - 60.9 - - 55.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.5 - - 30.8 - - 38.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.9 - - 60.2 - - 57.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.3 - - 29.5 - - 37.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 319 - - 143 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5550 - - 5682 - - 33 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 5 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] 98460 12 092 13 115 12 083 98460 90997 8 162 7 099 6 085 90997 85241 8 140 7 158 1 062 85241 80463 4 091 6 168 2 205 80463 76355 3 138 2 111 1 109 76355 72718 2 130 3 323 3 010 72718 69408 4 258 9 300 7 311 69408 66364 10 269 14 269 15 300 66364 63553 9 306 9 243 14 270 63553 60831 20 294 11 281 14 263 60831 57982 27 269 26 290 22 287 57982 55021 37 266 44 276 41 282 55021 52202 50 267 60 268 51 274 52202 49675 58 265 65 258 58 263 49675 47424 59 265 58 263 55 265 47424 45411 64 271 55 276 66 275 45411 43596 81 273 92 276 95 276 43596 41945 103 267 122 268 117 264 41945 40423 120 262 131 263 119 258 40423 38991 128 261 130 263 117 259 38991 37631 119 262 123 264 113 262 37631 36308 108 262 111 265 112 266 36308 34956 105 264 104 267 110 270 34956 33550 104 270 101 268 103 270 33550 32094 93 271 99 270 94 268 32094 30574 86 268 93 269 88 270 30574 28977 85 266 86 270 83 274 28977 27300 85 268 83 269 83 274 27300 25543 82 269 79 271 78 277 25543 23714 74 270 72 274 70 282 23714 21821 67 271 66 273 60 282 21821 19858 60 271 62 273 52 280 19858 17817 53 273 56 276 48 279 17817 15739 44 279 45 281 43 282 15739 13742 38 282 33 283 38 284 13742 11929 36 286 28 290 32 285 11929 10325 33 297 24 301 25 290 10325 8909 24 318 17 310 17 301 8909 7659 16*349 8*324 10 314 7659 6552 12*353 7*338 7 334 6552 5572 12 354 8 341 8 351 5572 4708 12 355 8 344 9 001 4708 3943 12 355 8 347 10 007 3943 3258 12 356 8 349 10 011 3258 2651 11 356 8 351 11 016 2651 2145 11 357 8 352 11 019 2145 1756 10 357 8 352 10 021 1756 1488 10 357 8 352 8 023 1488 1326 9 357 7 352 6*023 1326 1233 7 357 5 352 3*022 1233 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