DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/24 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 69.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 58 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4912 - - 4085 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4285 - - 3009 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6112 - - 5285 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4183 - - 4101 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 386 - - 271 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 211 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 838 - - 207 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5274 - - 5078 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -855 - - -1082 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6967 - - 6367 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 84 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 520 - - 280 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 69.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 51.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.5 - - 69.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.0 - - 50.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 58 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4912 - - 4085 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 46 - - 37 - - - 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] 99507 16 117 9 106 99507 92025 10 109 10 081 92025 86241 9 100 7 053 86241 81418 8 084 9 086 81418 77266 6 104 8 080 77266 73602 11 117 6 096 73602 70279 12 115 7 128 70279 67215 13 114 7 133 67215 64359 12 119 7 129 64359 61579 10 148 11 166 61579 58678 12 178 12 160 58678 55660 20 213 18 204 55660 52766 34 197 30 197 52766 50155 35 190 29 205 50155 47816 39 196 35 207 47816 45704 43 192 36 195 45704 43774 42 186 34 197 43774 41993 41 189 38 198 41993 40337 45 194 41 201 40337 38794 52 196 48 203 38794 37354 61 197 51 198 37354 35973 73 194 49 196 35973 34583 77 190 52 201 34583 33162 75 190 58 203 33162 31717 79 194 58 201 31717 30228 85 195 46 207 30228 28678 87 195 41 216 28678 27060 81 196 39 217 27060 25366 73 196 38 219 25366 23594 68 196 38 222 23594 21746 62 198 39 223 21746 19819 56 198 37 229 19819 17810 51 201 31 235 17810 15762 46 202 28 232 15762 13791 34 201 30 222 13791 12007 28 195 27 218 12007 10427 30 202 23 214 10427 9021 28 206 21 209 9021 7766 25 204 20 207 7766 6648 21*200 19 208 6648 5656 19*198 19*208 5656 4778 18 198 18*210 4778 4000 18 198 18 211 4000 3303 17 199 17 211 3303 2684 17 199 17 212 2684 2167 16 199 16 212 2167 1770 15 200 15 212 1770 1496 14 199 14 213 1496 1329 12 199 12 212 1329 1234 9 199 8 212 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