DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/13 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 - - - - - - 29.4 - - 32.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 133 - - 7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4200 - - 2715 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3629 - - 1215 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5400 - - 3915 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1078 - - 2727 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 341 - - 131 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 174 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1725 - - 267 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3675 - - 3649 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 691 - - -1484 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4709 - - 5399 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 85 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.4 - - 32.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.6 - - 21.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.8 - - 33.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.5 - - 20.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 133 - - 7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4200 - - 2715 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 41 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 96038 6 222 8 256 96038 88976 5 159 5 220 88976 83491 1 015 7 217 83491 78885 5 164 6 222 78885 74874 9 244 12 218 74874 71303 20 226 18 232 71303 68040 15 217 22 228 68040 65012 22 246 27 233 65012 62187 41 231 30 229 62187 59428 40 226 34 232 59428 56520 34 230 44 234 56520 53487 39 238 50 237 53487 50593 48 239 59 236 50593 47999 58 239 58 239 47999 45688 60 240 54 253 45688 43591 61 239 66 258 43591 41669 55 237 81 243 41669 39909 48 246 83 231 39909 38293 66 259 74 231 38293 36800 80 249 70 239 36800 35413 75 247 74 244 35413 34089 71 257 79 245 34089 32759 97 261 87 247 32759 31394 106 256 98 246 31394 29995 98 252 105 244 29995 28551 86 245 105 242 28551 27052 83 244 97 240 27052 25500 75 244 88 236 25500 23883 72 238 86 231 23883 22195 65 234 80 227 22195 20439 59 241 66 226 20439 18616 55 241 56 228 18616 16726 49 239 50 235 16726 14807 41 245 44 246 14807 12956 38 253 42 240 12956 11270 38 255 41 227 11270 9776 35 257 33 217 9776 8453 32 257 25 213 8453 7282 27 252 21 212 7282 6243 16*229 22 209 6243 5322 12*208 22 201 5322 4509 11 206 19*185 4509 3789 10 202 18*179 3789 3144 9 201 16 176 3144 2572 9 200 15 174 2572 2094 8 199 14 173 2094 1727 7 198 13 171 1727 1473 7 197 11 170 1473 1319 6 197 9 169 1319 1231 5 197 6 168 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