DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/15 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 - - - - - - 61.9 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 50 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3278 - - 3580 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2923 - - 2618 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4478 - - 4780 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2468 - - 2744 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 307 - - 257 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 295 - - 291 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1195 - - 1639 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3283 - - 3141 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -189 - - 568 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4667 - - 4212 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 92 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 100 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.9 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.5 - - 51.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 61.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.2 - - 50.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 50 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3278 - - 3580 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 69 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 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] 98993 23 070 19 093 98993 91491 19 082 21 080 91491 85722 18 095 18 073 85722 80916 15 093 13 089 80916 76773 15 091 13 102 76773 73106 13 112 9 111 73106 69774 11 134 8 132 69774 66714 15 137 3 159 66714 63870 4 159 9 162 63870 61108 16 187 12 231 61108 58237 17 209 18 207 58237 55258 24 211 21 211 55258 52418 25 216 28 214 52418 49866 44 237 33 231 49866 47573 58 224 45 235 47573 45487 59 220 60 227 45487 43577 59 219 61 218 43577 41822 56 220 58 221 41822 40202 60 231 61 222 40202 38700 74 231 63 220 38700 37306 78 227 72 223 37306 35981 74 224 81 220 35981 34646 72 221 78 217 34646 33265 70 224 73 218 33265 31835 63 228 71 221 31835 30341 60 228 69 223 30341 28772 58 227 63 220 28772 27126 56 226 61 218 27126 25401 54 226 58 220 25401 23602 54 228 55 222 23602 21732 55 228 53 222 21732 19788 53 227 48 223 19788 17766 47 228 41 229 17766 15708 39 233 37 237 15708 13724 35 242 31 242 13724 11921 32 249 23 254 11921 10321 25 259 18 269 10321 8905 19 277 15 271 8905 7658 16 289 13 269 7658 6558 17 293 15 274 6558 5582 18 293 16*280 5582 4719 18*294 16*287 4719 3954 18*294 16 289 3954 3269 17 294 16 290 3269 2661 17 295 16 291 2661 2152 17 295 15 292 2152 1761 16 295 14 293 1761 1491 14 295 13 293 1491 1327 12 295 11 293 1327 1234 9 295 8 293 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