DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 75.1 - - 75.6 - - 70.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 48 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5886 - - 5555 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5022 - - 3942 - - 1218 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7086 - - 6755 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1369 - - 1219 - - 5433 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 411 - - 291 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 281 - - 144 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -241 - - -885 - - -3623 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7328 - - 7640 - - 4857 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5137 - - -5962 - - -6119 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12223 - - 12717 - - 7353 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 62 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.1 - - 75.6 - - 70.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.4 - - 46.5 - - 53.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.3 - - 75.4 - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.1 - - 45.3 - - 52.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 48 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5886 - - 5555 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 9 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] 99738 35 083 24 078 23 061 99738 92191 29 077 22 072 24 073 92191 86378 23 068 23 074 23 068 86378 81564 18 066 23 076 21 081 81564 77409 18 072 20 063 20 081 77409 73725 14 075 14 062 15 067 73725 70390 11 052 10 055 12 061 70390 67317 6 047 5 045 7 051 67317 64465 7 028 1 328 7 317 64465 61707 4 332 6 284 10 307 61707 58830 10 292 14 276 16 284 58830 55846 13 272 17 280 20 273 55846 53004 22 277 24 286 25 276 53004 50457 29 278 31 282 32 280 50457 48175 39 277 35 284 36 281 48175 46103 44 273 44 288 40 280 46103 44206 45 269 51 281 45 278 44206 42458 43 264 51 273 48 277 42458 40841 33 261 49 271 53 273 40841 39343 29 266 45 268 55 269 39343 37950 29 255 34 268 49 266 37950 36616 24 243 29 270 42 267 36616 35266 20 252 25 267 33 270 35266 33866 20 249 21 264 27 271 33866 32418 20 245 21 258 21 268 32418 30907 19 244 21 255 18 268 30907 29321 19 242 20 254 18 268 29321 27660 19 242 19 257 17 264 27660 25923 18 247 18 262 17 262 25923 24110 18 255 18 269 15 267 24110 22221 18 262 16 272 13 280 22221 20251 16 269 16 273 12 287 20251 18194 15 276 17 270 12 290 18194 16095 15 282 16 268 11 285 16095 14073 13 291 14 267 10 282 14073 12235 10 310 11 266 9 285 12235 10602 8 320 8 275 8 286 10602 9152 7 293 7 295 4 322 9152 7865 6*245 5*277 5 343 7865 6723 5*235 3*262 4 295 6723 5713 5 234 3 268 4 246 5713 4822 5 236 3 274 4 221 4822 4033 5 237 3 281 3 212 4033 3326 4 239 3 286 3 210 3326 2700 4 242 3 291 3 202 2700 2177 4 243 3 294 2 198 2177 1775 4 244 3 298 2 191 1775 1499 3 245 3 295 2 180 1499 1330 3 246 3 297 2 158 1330 1234 2 246 2 298 1*144 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