DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/16 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 - - - - - - 64.2 - - 65.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3143 - - 3023 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2841 - - 1217 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4343 - - 4223 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1108 - - 1958 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 305 - - 189 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 228 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 15 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 272 - - 836 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4071 - - 3387 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4941 - - -1250 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9284 - - 5473 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.2 - - 65.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.6 - - 54.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.9 - - 65.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.3 - - 53.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3143 - - 3023 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 31 - - - 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] 98089 10 059 3 292 98089 90696 10 034 10 347 90696 85000 6 324 9 341 85000 80264 3 281 5 322 80264 76178 2 300 1 288 76178 72555 4 358 3 340 72555 69268 5 268 7 271 69268 66250 7 224 6 258 66250 63454 6 270 6 284 63454 60759 5 280 5 275 60759 57944 11 308 14 276 57944 55026 18 306 22 273 55026 52263 23 290 23 276 52263 49772 25 280 27 279 49772 47518 28 278 33 276 47518 45464 35 272 45 268 45464 43600 46 271 49 254 43600 41908 53 266 52 251 41908 40360 52 265 53 262 40360 38922 61 268 54 263 38922 37561 62 260 56 259 37561 36240 64 259 53 260 36240 34895 66 260 51 261 34895 33498 65 262 55 262 33498 32055 63 265 62 260 32055 30549 62 268 64 259 30549 28965 62 267 63 256 28965 27305 60 264 62 253 27305 25568 56 263 58 256 25568 23759 47 266 58 256 23759 21882 48 265 60 256 21882 19927 49 266 61 261 19927 17892 45 267 59 267 17892 15826 41 272 49 257 15826 13839 35 273 41 248 13839 12033 28 267 34 242 12033 10431 24 258 31 241 10431 9009 21 250 31 245 9009 7747 20 243 31 248 7747 6626 19 241 30 247 6626 5634 18 239 27 242 5634 4760 16*230 25*236 4760 3986 13*217 21*232 3986 3292 13 215 18 229 3292 2677 12 213 16 228 2677 2162 12 213 15 227 2162 1767 11 212 13 226 1767 1494 10 211 11 226 1494 1329 9 211 9 225 1329 1234 7 210 7 224 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