DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.7 - - 28.6 - - 25.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 914 - - 31 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1214 - - 1215 - - 1214 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2114 - - 1231 - - 1231 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 806 - - 1756 - - 828 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 147 - - 043 - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 610 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1504 - - 1231 - - 1231 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 157 - - -547 - - -2686 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1957 - - 1778 - - 3917 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.7 - - 28.6 - - 25.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.7 - - 27.9 - - 24.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.7 - - 29.8 - - 26.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.0 - - 28.4 - - 25.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 914 - - 31 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 97 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96107 27 018 26 017 19 008 96107 88993 15 002 14 355 14 331 88993 83473 9 322 13 321 18 308 83473 78874 14 296 15 282 20 290 78874 74892 15 283 12 279 17 281 74892 71327 15 272 16 288 22 271 71327 68062 18 273 21 271 26 262 68062 65025 25 272 28 263 26 267 65025 62192 33 266 38 263 40 265 62192 59464 41 251 47 251 47 251 59464 56620 42 243 49 242 44 243 56620 53658 47 250 50 247 49 252 53658 50844 57 255 56 254 59 249 50844 48331 71 253 66 251 65 245 48331 46090 78 248 70 247 68 242 46090 44065 83 244 76 246 73 241 44065 42214 91 242 87 243 78 240 42214 40505 104 239 100 238 82 236 40505 38916 118 234 110 232 84 233 38916 37436 125 228 119 227 89 233 37436 36055 129 227 126 223 102 229 36055 34736 139 224 129 218 111 219 34736 33409 153 221 136 214 111 214 33409 32040 155 222 152 210 105 210 32040 30629 143 225 148 210 102 210 30629 29161 124 224 146 215 102 210 29161 27623 113 221 139 220 101 210 27623 26018 109 219 124 224 97 212 26018 24349 104 219 105 227 88 216 24349 22616 104 223 95 222 78 219 22616 20820 100 229 100 217 69 220 20820 18949 80 228 101 218 62 222 18949 16998 74 221 84 222 56 221 16998 15017 72 217 62 222 52 214 15017 13118 61 216 58 216 49 216 13118 11395 44 212 53 215 43 222 11395 9868 33 204 35 220 34 227 9868 8518 31 202 21 217 23 220 8518 7326 32 201 19 208 13 206 7326 6270 30 200 18 196 9 200 6270 5336 26 201 16 183 6 182 5336 4513 22 200 15 169 2 172 4513 3787 18 195 14 154 2 057 3787 3138 15 185 12 138 4 044 3138 2565 13*169 10 124 5 041 2565 2088 10*152 7 107 7 052 2088 1722 8 146 5 091 9 052 1722 1470 7 144 4 077 7 042 1470 1318 6 144 3 063 4*027 1318 1231 4 143 2*043 2*012 1231 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