DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/06 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 - - - - - - 67.2 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -16 - - -1 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 34 - - 1380 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1218 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1234 - - 2580 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2509 - - 2515 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 22 - - 124 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 163 - - 202 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -522 - - -31 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1756 - - 2611 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2091 - - -1884 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3325 - - 4464 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 290 - - 930 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.2 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.3 - - 64.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.5 - - 72.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.6 - - 62.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -16 - - -1 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 34 - - 1380 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 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] 98705 21 104 15 064 98705 91215 12 103 14 039 91215 85459 15 081 6 012 85459 80698 12 073 3 184 80698 76596 10 048 2 203 76596 72954 3 322 4 276 72954 69646 4 002 5 327 69646 66595 7 323 5 341 66595 63767 10 321 7 348 63767 61040 14 302 10 323 61040 58213 16 295 16 316 58213 55289 20 284 21 308 55289 52500 26 270 26 289 52500 49999 27 266 30 273 49999 47764 26 274 33 266 47764 45739 27 276 33 262 45739 43882 31 255 38 258 43882 42168 33 242 38 248 42168 40581 51 238 36 236 40581 39105 62 230 39 230 39105 37723 55 227 43 229 37723 36394 50 226 49 225 36394 35045 48 228 51 222 35045 33647 44 228 50 223 33647 32201 37 217 48 228 32201 30693 35 211 45 232 30693 29109 35 216 45 234 29109 27449 36 225 44 234 27449 25713 38 232 41 231 25713 23903 39 239 39 228 23903 22023 38 246 37 225 22023 20070 37 249 37 226 20070 18037 38 252 36 230 18037 15966 38 256 35 231 15966 13974 35 257 34 231 13974 12166 33 256 34 233 12166 10557 37 255 34 235 10557 9124 43 252 35 236 9124 7848 44 242 38 236 7848 6713 43 227 40 233 6713 5706 42 216 39 229 5706 4816 39 212 36 224 4816 4029 33 209 32 220 4029 3324 27 204 27 216 3324 2700 21 197 22*211 2700 2178 16 188 18*206 2178 1776 14 180 15 203 1776 1499 11 173 13 201 1499 1331 8 168 11 199 1331 1234 5*163 7 198 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