DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.6 - - 69.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - -8 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3653 - - 3844 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2935 - - 1218 - - 1218 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4853 - - 5044 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3018 - - 3098 - - 3826 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 283 - - 178 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 267 - - 248 - - 142 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -161 - - -62 - - -735 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5014 - - 5106 - - 1969 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3276 - - -2440 - - -2941 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8129 - - 7484 - - 4175 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 87 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 60 - - 750 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.6 - - 69.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 56.5 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.1 - - 75.4 - - 71.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.1 - - 55.1 - - 63.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - -8 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3653 - - 3844 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 47 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 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] 98776 8 102 8 027 21 029 98776 91278 7 040 9 048 11 022 91278 85515 8 078 7 007 10 009 85515 80733 8 082 2 056 7 340 80733 76617 4 103 2 334 2 345 76617 72973 1 003 1 327 4 003 72973 69675 3 296 5 330 5 350 69675 66644 5 341 4 324 4 311 66644 63828 9 303 8 317 10 307 63828 61098 14 283 15 288 19 299 61098 58257 15 288 15 291 17 285 58257 55310 25 297 23 298 16 297 55310 52505 29 283 30 281 28 287 52505 50001 28 285 30 285 26 277 50001 47775 38 297 35 297 26 292 47775 45785 52 287 49 293 40 300 45785 43987 53 279 54 284 58 294 43987 42331 52 286 58 280 68 279 42331 40786 56 284 56 276 64 272 40786 39341 64 282 58 283 51 278 39341 37977 68 284 63 291 46 289 37977 36650 70 285 68 290 60 287 36650 35294 69 287 68 287 62 288 35294 33883 57 281 60 285 61 287 33883 32419 48 273 52 278 58 286 32419 30889 43 276 49 274 50 282 30889 29285 43 278 49 279 42 278 29285 27604 43 281 49 282 44 282 27604 25846 43 281 49 284 42 282 25846 24013 42 282 46 280 45 280 24013 22110 39 285 40 272 45 279 22110 20138 37 289 34 272 40 275 20138 18095 34 288 30 275 33 272 18095 16015 29 281 28 275 27 271 16015 14012 26 278 26 279 24 273 14012 12189 22 276 23 282 24 276 12189 10571 16 276 20 283 23 275 10571 9136 10 279 18 279 22 270 9136 7862 8 282 16 271 21 264 7862 6729 8 283 15 265 18 261 6729 5722 7*283 12*263 15 261 5722 4830 7*274 9*260 12 261 4830 4041 7 268 6 254 9 257 4041 3332 6 266 5 248 7 242 3332 2705 6 266 3 240 5 209 2705 2180 6 265 3 234 6 183 2180 1777 5 264 2 229 6 167 1777 1500 5 264 2 228 6 156 1500 1331 5 263 2 224 5 147 1331 1234 4 263 1 223 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