DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 74.1 - - 75.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 43 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4507 - - 4857 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3955 - - 3212 - - 1218 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5707 - - 6057 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2793 - - 3083 - - 5679 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 369 - - 262 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 237 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 834 - - 755 - - -2390 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4874 - - 5302 - - 3624 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -323 - - -411 - - -4164 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6030 - - 6468 - - 5398 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 84 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 100 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 75.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.9 - - 56.1 - - 56.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 74.9 - - 70.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.9 - - 55.0 - - 55.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 43 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4507 - - 4857 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 46 - - 35 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 99328 16 086 8 065 12 048 99328 91877 14 098 10 087 11 054 91877 86113 13 096 7 091 8 055 86113 81305 11 093 9 078 8 065 81305 77158 7 088 10 101 7 082 77158 73498 6 098 10 108 3 116 73498 70187 3 108 6 104 3 127 70187 67132 6 128 2 229 2 125 67132 64286 3 119 5 222 2 251 64286 61526 6 199 10 236 12 231 61526 58643 7 222 13 241 11 223 58643 55653 15 253 17 249 12 264 55653 52812 22 247 21 259 18 268 52812 50268 26 243 27 260 25 251 50268 47995 22 252 27 255 26 241 47995 45937 23 261 22 255 26 237 45937 44060 27 262 26 254 26 239 44060 42344 31 255 29 247 27 245 42344 40767 28 261 28 242 28 253 40767 39307 32 267 28 242 34 259 39307 37944 32 267 30 243 38 259 37944 36629 32 267 30 246 37 261 36629 35289 33 265 30 250 35 261 35289 33893 32 265 31 255 32 256 33893 32445 31 268 32 257 31 253 32445 30930 29 269 33 258 30 251 30930 29336 27 264 34 260 31 249 29336 27665 27 259 32 262 31 247 27665 25916 27 254 26 257 28 244 25916 24089 28 251 27 249 26 237 24089 22187 28 248 27 245 25 236 22187 20210 25 247 24 237 25 236 20210 18155 21 247 21 234 23 233 18155 16058 16 246 19 237 19 233 16058 14037 11 250 15 238 16 234 14037 12198 8 254 11 236 14 230 12198 10567 6 262 9 237 14 226 10567 9124 6 254 8 219 11 220 9124 7849 6 230 7 213 7 194 7849 6716 6*230 6*218 7 180 6716 5709 5*233 5*224 7 179 5709 4820 5 238 5 230 7 181 4820 4032 4 241 4 235 7 185 4032 3325 4 247 4 239 7 190 3325 2700 4 252 3 243 8 195 2700 2177 4 257 3 248 8 200 2177 1775 3 259 2 251 8 203 1775 1498 3 263 2 253 7 201 1498 1330 3 262 2 257 5 196 1330 1234 2 266 2 257 3*190 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