DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/03 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 53.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 30 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3247 - - 3345 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3127 - - 1216 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4447 - - 4545 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 958 - - 1153 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 353 - - 199 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 329 - - 334 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -676 - - -342 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5123 - - 4887 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8863 - - -8980 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13310 - - 13525 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 74 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 53.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.0 - - 37.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.8 - - 54.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.8 - - 36.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 30 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3247 - - 3345 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - 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] 98001 26 228 26 238 98001 90672 33 227 27 237 90672 84989 18 224 20 227 84989 80251 12 209 17 224 80251 76169 9 226 11 241 76169 72579 13 218 14 241 72579 69335 15 218 18 239 69335 66351 15 239 20 238 66351 63576 23 252 26 243 63576 60884 30 245 31 245 60884 58066 39 256 37 256 58066 55150 55 252 56 256 55150 52387 60 246 67 251 52387 49909 62 251 69 250 49909 47692 71 252 72 252 47692 45690 81 254 83 256 45690 43868 90 254 94 255 43868 42188 95 252 95 252 42188 40619 98 251 94 249 40619 39146 98 251 93 248 39146 37757 96 251 89 248 37757 36414 89 251 84 249 36414 35049 83 252 82 249 35049 33632 83 253 81 249 33632 32165 81 252 78 252 32165 30635 78 250 74 254 30635 29030 75 246 70 253 29030 27352 72 247 69 252 27352 25600 67 251 66 256 25600 23772 62 254 60 256 23772 21872 59 257 55 257 21872 19897 53 259 50 260 19897 17844 46 261 45 261 17844 15757 37 261 40 259 15757 13749 29 261 36 258 13749 11925 23 262 30 261 11925 10308 18 260 23 264 10308 8879 16 262 17 271 8879 7619 13 273 12 281 7619 6509 11 295 7 303 6509 5532 11 322 5 333 5532 4674 10*328 6*336 4674 3916 10*329 7*336 3916 3238 10 329 7 335 3238 2638 10 329 7 334 2638 2136 10 329 7 335 2136 1751 10 329 7 334 1751 1486 9 329 6 334 1486 1325 8 329 6 333 1325 1233 6 329 4 332 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