DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 - - - - - - 34.7 - - 34.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - -3 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 844 - - 171 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1215 - - 1215 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2044 - - 1371 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2472 - - 981 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 156 - - 11 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 128 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 788 - - 140 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1256 - - 1231 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 292 - - -6 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1752 - - 1377 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.7 - - 34.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.6 - - 34.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.6 - - 34.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 34.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - -3 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 844 - - 171 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - 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] 96524 4 215 5 181 96524 89382 1 194 7 219 89382 83867 5 248 5 254 83867 79271 4 230 10 238 79271 75276 10 241 9 228 75276 71713 8 279 12 268 71713 68469 16 271 12 290 68469 65474 14 267 17 296 65474 62675 16 271 20 273 62675 59931 21 263 21 270 59931 57038 21 257 25 275 57038 54020 23 261 32 271 54020 51139 31 262 35 263 51139 48553 31 260 40 260 48553 46235 36 262 41 256 46235 44134 39 256 40 260 44134 42221 38 259 44 267 42221 40471 41 265 48 259 40471 38859 46 266 46 248 38859 37359 47 262 41 249 37359 35960 46 258 46 266 35960 34634 44 262 57 268 34634 33315 53 271 65 263 33315 31972 68 274 77 256 31972 30601 88 273 90 249 30601 29175 91 269 82 246 29175 27677 84 266 81 248 27677 26107 75 265 75 251 26107 24465 69 258 65 246 24465 22749 66 252 66 239 22749 20963 61 254 62 243 20963 19108 52 253 47 254 19108 17177 53 250 38 256 17177 15206 58 253 41 260 15206 13301 56 254 45 259 13301 11564 51 255 42 253 11564 10023 48 255 39 249 10023 8657 44 250 41 246 8657 7443 40 239 44 242 7443 6364 34 222 44 235 6364 5409 26 205 40 225 5409 4569 22 194 33 215 4569 3829 20 185 24 208 3829 3168 19 176 18 192 3168 2586 17 173 15 170 2586 2101 15*168 13 155 2101 1730 13*165 10 140 1730 1475 11 164 7*132 1475 1320 9 162 6*130 1320 1231 6 162 4 126 1231 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