DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.5 - - 64.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 215 - - 69 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3017 - - 2857 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3004 - - 2181 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4217 - - 4057 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1354 - - 3770 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 357 - - 245 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 204 - - 218 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1574 - - -2388 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5791 - - 6445 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4054 - - -4049 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8271 - - 8106 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 95 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.5 - - 64.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 41.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.5 - - 64.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.5 - - 40.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 215 - - 69 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3017 - - 2857 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 70 - - 79 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 96878 29 241 37 263 96878 89499 30 251 40 262 89499 83879 27 233 34 246 83879 79223 25 251 26 233 79223 75201 32 254 31 241 75201 71656 34 242 34 240 71656 68440 31 243 36 248 68440 65469 31 248 39 251 65469 62707 31 251 36 245 62707 60023 33 251 32 251 60023 57220 42 250 38 255 57220 54308 45 246 39 246 54308 51515 42 246 39 250 51515 48993 44 247 46 251 48993 46741 47 242 46 246 46741 44704 43 239 47 252 44704 42845 51 254 60 254 42845 41154 63 237 73 238 41154 39612 54 226 74 224 39612 38182 38 250 53 246 38182 36848 73 275 76 255 36848 35571 89 269 83 252 35571 34273 81 257 78 243 34273 32923 75 249 78 239 32923 31522 73 247 78 240 31522 30055 70 245 77 241 30055 28511 66 241 76 241 28511 26892 63 237 74 240 26892 25194 61 238 72 240 25194 23423 56 237 68 238 23423 21583 51 235 63 237 21583 19673 50 237 62 238 19673 17687 51 240 63 237 17687 15665 52 242 63 237 15665 13714 53 242 61 239 13714 11939 51 237 58 241 11939 10360 48 231 52 243 10360 8957 42 230 45 245 8957 7708 38 232 39 245 7708 6596 34 229 34 243 6596 5610 30 223 30 240 5610 4738 22*216 26*235 4738 3967 16*207 22*228 3967 3277 13 203 18 220 3277 2666 13 203 16 216 2666 2155 12 203 15 214 2155 1762 11 203 14 214 1762 1492 10 203 13 213 1492 1328 9 203 11 212 1328 1233 7 204 8 212 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