DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - - - - - 66.4 - - 67.6 - - 60.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 65 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2059 - - 4713 - - 556 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1795 - - 3642 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3259 - - 5913 - - 1756 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1937 - - 1609 - - 4669 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 236 - - 303 - - 56 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 22 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 259 - - 246 - - 271 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -2 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1280 - - 1113 - - -1455 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1979 - - 4800 - - 3211 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 494 - - -311 - - -2134 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2765 - - 6224 - - 3890 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 270 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.4 - - 67.6 - - 60.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 50.6 - - 50.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 67.5 - - 61.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.6 - - 49.5 - - 50.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 65 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2059 - - 4713 - - 556 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 65 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 8 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] 99818 40 079 29 086 22 070 99818 92283 27 084 28 076 21 083 92283 86477 20 085 21 075 24 078 86477 81646 17 089 18 082 21 073 81646 77481 16 096 17 077 16 083 77481 73791 13 111 12 082 10 086 73791 70444 13 108 8 108 11 101 70444 67361 6 124 9 130 4 130 67361 64485 9 154 6 131 9 133 64485 61699 10 170 9 237 2 216 61699 58790 12 208 10 200 3 190 58790 55771 13 193 19 228 24 236 55771 52908 26 214 26 225 31 208 52908 50322 26 211 25 223 25 208 50322 47986 31 223 32 225 35 236 47986 45871 40 214 40 227 44 236 45871 43941 44 213 48 227 50 233 43941 42168 49 215 51 225 55 230 42168 40528 55 214 53 224 59 227 40528 39002 58 213 55 224 61 223 39002 37578 59 214 56 223 59 222 37578 36220 60 215 57 222 57 223 36220 34858 63 214 57 222 56 223 34858 33458 64 210 58 224 56 223 33458 32015 60 211 57 225 56 222 32015 30516 58 215 55 224 55 222 30516 28944 59 218 55 224 54 224 28944 27299 59 219 55 224 52 225 27299 25578 60 220 55 224 50 226 25578 23781 59 223 54 225 49 228 23781 21908 58 226 54 229 48 229 21908 19954 56 228 55 231 47 231 19954 17912 53 227 55 234 46 233 17912 15828 49 223 50 238 43 234 15828 13819 45 217 44 240 39 234 13819 11994 41 211 38 238 37 236 11994 10375 35 211 35 231 34 239 10375 8945 29 216 35 227 31 245 8945 7686 27 221 29 231 28 251 7686 6576 27 226 24*241 26 256 6576 5594 25 238 24*244 26 258 5594 4727 24 247 23 245 25 260 4727 3960 23 255 23 246 24 263 3960 3272 22*257 23 246 23 266 3272 2663 21*258 22 246 21 268 2663 2153 20 259 21 247 20 269 2153 1762 18 259 20 247 18*270 1762 1491 16 260 18 247 15*271 1491 1327 14 259 15 247 12 271 1327 1233 9 259 10 247 8 271 1233 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