DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.7 - - 60.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 206 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3645 - - 3400 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3461 - - 2464 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4845 - - 4600 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 997 - - 903 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 378 - - 251 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 288 - - 300 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 432 - - 281 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4413 - - 4319 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8953 - - -8933 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13798 - - 13533 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 81 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.7 - - 60.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.7 - - 45.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 60.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.5 - - 44.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 206 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3645 - - 3400 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 24 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - 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] 98758 7 244 11 232 98758 91363 11 223 12 242 91363 85626 13 217 11 245 85626 80847 17 222 17 246 80847 76722 21 221 21 242 76722 73065 13 226 18 233 73065 69744 13 236 17 245 69744 66693 8 238 12 254 66693 63873 13 275 13 258 63873 61153 18 273 18 263 61153 58317 25 274 28 266 58317 55372 37 268 36 272 55372 52576 47 264 53 269 52576 50085 54 263 59 260 50085 47863 57 261 51 264 47863 45850 52 271 60 283 45850 44019 63 282 69 287 44019 42337 67 283 70 287 42337 40773 69 288 68 287 40773 39307 72 289 65 286 39307 37924 72 288 61 285 37924 36586 66 289 59 285 36586 35225 61 291 57 285 35225 33811 56 295 55 283 33811 32344 53 289 54 283 32344 30811 57 287 53 285 30811 29201 57 286 49 283 29201 27516 55 278 46 278 27516 25758 54 272 49 277 25758 23930 52 271 51 279 23930 22032 50 272 49 280 22032 20059 48 275 45 278 20059 18001 44 279 43 281 18001 15901 39 284 38 288 15901 13878 36 287 34 294 13878 12040 35 289 31 297 12040 10410 33 291 31 299 10410 8967 31 296 29 301 8967 7692 30 299 28 303 7692 6567 28 293 26 296 6567 5579 21*286 24 290 5579 4712 17*286 20*293 4712 3948 17 286 19*296 3948 3263 16 287 18 298 3263 2656 16 288 18 300 2656 2149 15 289 17 301 2149 1759 14 289 16 302 1759 1490 13 290 14 302 1490 1327 12 290 12 303 1327 1233 8 290 8 304 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