DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -46 - - -26 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 33 - - 33 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1217 - - 1217 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1233 - - 1233 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2555 - - 3255 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 24 - - 25 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 195 - - 241 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -933 - - -553 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2166 - - 1786 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3002 - - -1431 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4235 - - 2664 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 60 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.4 - - 56.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.1 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.8 - - 56.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -46 - - -26 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 33 - - 33 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 95 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96395 22 243 26 240 96395 89124 31 255 28 247 89124 83561 32 250 38 265 83561 78978 27 251 39 265 78978 75044 27 262 32 278 75044 71566 22 270 30 286 71566 68406 32 288 37 286 68406 65491 42 287 44 279 65491 62788 50 288 47 281 62788 60165 52 286 49 285 60165 57407 53 283 50 280 57407 54522 52 274 54 274 54522 51764 53 270 57 270 51764 49283 56 268 59 268 49283 47055 60 265 60 262 47055 45035 62 258 62 258 45035 43194 62 249 63 255 43194 41506 70 247 62 255 41506 39946 82 246 63 260 39946 38495 95 245 65 260 38495 37135 105 244 66 258 37135 35828 100 245 63 259 35828 34504 88 246 58 261 34504 33135 82 241 53 260 33135 31720 84 235 51 260 31720 30243 84 236 49 262 30243 28690 76 242 46 269 28690 27062 67 247 46 279 27062 25358 63 247 44 277 25358 23577 61 247 44 269 23577 21726 58 245 45 264 21726 19798 55 240 45 268 19798 17790 55 237 47 277 17790 15745 56 241 51 284 15745 13775 57 246 52 288 13775 11982 58 246 50 288 11982 10388 56 244 47 285 10388 8975 54 241 48 281 8975 7720 52 237 50 279 7720 6603 48 232 48 276 6603 5614 46 229 45 273 5614 4740 46 226 44 268 4740 3969 45 223 42 264 3969 3278 42 218 40 257 3278 2667 35 214 36 250 2667 2156 30 211 31 246 2156 1763 25 207 27 245 1763 1492 19 203 22 243 1492 1328 14 200 18 243 1328 1233 7*195 10*241 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