DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 72.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 21 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4371 - - 3767 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3173 - - 1218 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5571 - - 4967 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4518 - - 4084 - - 2693 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 274 - - 214 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 298 - - 280 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 505 - - 634 - - -361 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5066 - - 4333 - - 1595 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -927 - - -781 - - -1950 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6498 - - 5748 - - 3184 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 91 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 450 - - 900 - - 1080 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 72.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.9 - - 57.6 - - 62.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.9 - - 72.7 - - 66.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.7 - - 56.3 - - 61.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - 21 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4371 - - 3767 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 65 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 12 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] 99498 21 097 25 079 25 086 99498 92002 21 099 16 081 19 083 92002 86190 18 102 14 097 10 098 86190 81351 13 101 7 102 8 112 81351 77161 10 112 6 142 7 099 77161 73433 6 085 7 130 3 133 73433 70051 1 229 3 130 3 183 70051 66954 3 227 4 274 5 315 66954 64093 2 216 4 208 7 220 64093 61308 10 301 9 302 6 318 61308 58393 23 265 26 277 22 285 58393 55382 24 252 29 262 29 270 55382 52512 30 263 37 270 35 266 52512 49937 41 265 43 265 40 269 49937 47643 51 260 44 270 44 273 47643 45568 50 259 51 272 51 279 45568 43668 50 265 56 270 60 277 43668 41916 55 267 60 268 65 275 41916 40297 58 265 63 270 69 279 40297 38799 60 265 66 271 81 280 38799 37409 61 267 69 273 88 277 37409 36079 63 267 72 276 89 275 36079 34736 65 267 70 276 90 275 34736 33346 66 267 63 273 89 275 33346 31909 64 268 61 273 85 276 31909 30413 62 270 63 277 78 276 30413 28844 56 272 59 279 72 275 28844 27204 50 273 51 276 63 277 27204 25490 46 271 46 272 53 277 25490 23704 44 267 45 270 46 274 23704 21847 41 268 45 272 43 269 21847 19914 39 269 41 275 41 270 19914 17903 37 270 39 280 38 274 17903 15852 30 271 33 278 36 277 15852 13876 28 272 32 278 36 277 13876 12079 25 273 29 276 34 278 12079 10481 24 278 25 275 31 277 10481 9061 22 284 21 274 29 272 9061 7797 20 286 19 274 26 266 7797 6673 17 288 17 274 22 263 6673 5675 15*289 14*275 17 260 5675 4792 13*293 11*277 13 256 4792 4010 11 295 10 279 10 254 4010 3308 11 298 9 280 8 256 3308 2688 10 299 8 281 7 259 2688 2169 10 300 7 281 5 261 2169 1771 9 301 7 281 3 264 1771 1496 9 302 6 281 1 263 1496 1329 8 302 5 281 0*131 1329 1234 6 303 4 281 1*112 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