DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/05 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 - - - - - - 75.4 - - 75.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 4 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5268 - - 5867 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4211 - - 2445 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6468 - - 7067 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1604 - - 1660 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 228 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 285 - - 305 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 566 - - 1163 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5902 - - 5904 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3949 - - -730 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10417 - - 7797 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 73 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 75.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.8 - - 54.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 76.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.5 - - 52.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 4 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5268 - - 5867 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - 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] 99568 36 089 24 069 99568 92019 27 091 25 081 92019 86194 26 070 23 081 86194 81354 20 077 19 079 81354 77187 19 093 15 066 77187 73509 14 064 13 061 73509 70175 6 024 5 082 70175 67092 1 102 5 067 67092 64238 3 157 6 322 64238 61502 3 096 6 311 61502 58657 4 020 6 303 58657 55703 16 315 15 292 55703 52894 25 288 24 281 52894 50375 32 279 29 286 50375 48136 51 270 46 274 48136 46130 55 269 58 271 46130 44303 68 274 71 274 44303 42614 83 266 87 268 42614 41042 87 263 91 266 41042 39566 86 264 93 266 39566 38173 84 264 92 266 38173 36823 79 262 86 264 36823 35448 76 267 80 263 35448 34019 75 268 78 267 34019 32536 72 266 76 269 32536 30987 65 269 75 269 30987 29363 62 270 71 271 29363 27663 61 268 67 272 27663 25891 56 270 60 275 25891 24049 44 273 50 276 24049 22147 37 275 40 276 22147 20176 33 278 33 282 20176 18127 29 283 29 287 18127 16041 23 287 25 289 16041 14031 18 286 20 287 14031 12203 15 283 17 280 12203 10581 14 278 15 274 10581 9143 13 272 11 271 9143 7867 12 263 5*274 7867 6734 8*264 4*294 6734 5726 7*275 4 299 5726 4834 6 279 4 303 4834 4044 7 284 4 306 4044 3335 7 286 4 308 3335 2706 6 289 4 309 2706 2182 6 290 4 310 2182 1778 6 292 4 310 1778 1500 6 292 3 312 1500 1331 5 292 3 311 1331 1234 4 292 3 312 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