DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.7 - - 67.3 - - 63.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 10 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3821 - - 3843 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3202 - - 1218 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5021 - - 5043 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2243 - - 2674 - - 4891 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 212 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 293 - - 287 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1481 - - 1453 - - -674 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3540 - - 3590 - - 1909 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 75 - - -143 - - -2141 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4946 - - 5186 - - 3375 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 83 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 380 - - 260 - - 350 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.7 - - 67.3 - - 63.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 55.7 - - 59.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.5 - - 67.5 - - 65.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 54.4 - - 58.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 10 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3821 - - 3843 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 44 - - 33 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 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] 99302 31 093 20 077 23 073 99302 91753 28 082 22 083 21 066 91753 85949 22 071 24 082 21 066 85949 81139 17 067 19 075 19 076 81139 76988 11 061 15 074 16 084 76988 73322 9 072 11 087 10 099 73322 69999 5 133 5 114 3 128 69999 66930 9 164 6 196 3 171 66930 64063 9 191 8 188 4 230 64063 61278 10 210 8 217 9 202 61278 58377 15 212 8 237 11 209 58377 55368 18 215 25 251 19 251 55368 52507 29 225 34 230 26 235 52507 49933 30 229 30 227 27 223 49933 47622 30 235 28 232 25 236 47622 45528 29 236 32 240 34 248 45528 43622 38 246 39 242 43 236 43622 41876 43 242 42 239 37 234 41876 40257 38 243 37 250 35 263 40257 38761 44 257 57 266 68 254 38761 37386 56 256 70 258 69 245 37386 36081 59 256 71 253 68 246 36081 34763 62 264 68 256 74 249 34763 33391 69 273 70 260 75 254 33391 31966 75 277 76 260 73 257 31966 30473 71 276 80 261 72 254 30473 28903 68 275 78 267 67 255 28903 27258 60 279 69 274 56 270 27258 25538 46 280 56 274 49 272 25538 23743 40 281 46 270 46 263 23743 21877 39 280 40 268 44 259 21877 19937 37 277 35 271 39 257 19937 17915 35 278 32 276 33 258 17915 15855 34 282 31 279 27 264 15855 13866 32 285 29 282 23 275 13866 12056 30 290 26 290 22 286 12056 10450 25 295 26 295 23 292 10450 9030 20 300 28 296 24 293 9030 7769 20 298 27 295 25 293 7769 6648 21 295 26 293 26 294 6648 5654 22*294 24*290 26 292 5654 4777 22*293 23*289 25 291 4777 3999 21 293 22 288 24 290 3999 3301 21 293 20 287 22 289 3301 2683 20 293 19 287 21 287 2683 2166 19 293 18 286 18 285 2166 1769 18 293 16 286 15 282 1769 1495 17 293 14 286 11 276 1495 1329 14 293 12 285 8*270 1329 1234 9 293 8 284 3*257 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