DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/16 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 - - - - - - 72.0 - - 73.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 13 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4177 - - 3141 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3534 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5377 - - 4341 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1147 - - 2685 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 327 - - 172 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 182 - - 184 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -449 - - -1072 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5826 - - 5414 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7772 - - -8085 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13149 - - 12426 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 86 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.0 - - 73.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 53.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.6 - - 73.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.7 - - 52.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 13 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4177 - - 3141 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 79 - - 45 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 99582 27 083 18 067 99582 92093 22 089 18 074 92093 86283 19 093 17 085 86283 81438 19 090 16 092 81438 77259 12 089 12 071 77259 73561 8 111 7 069 73561 70214 3 181 2 023 70214 67155 6 192 6 275 67155 64333 0 012 7 238 64333 61596 9 321 10 260 61596 58740 15 308 15 269 58740 55801 25 301 25 287 55801 53031 34 287 36 287 53031 50562 40 290 38 281 50562 48360 56 288 48 284 48360 46374 70 283 67 279 46374 44558 73 283 76 276 44558 42877 80 287 75 278 42877 41310 80 288 78 281 41310 39834 75 286 77 278 39834 38433 74 284 71 278 38433 37074 69 284 68 279 37074 35689 59 285 67 278 35689 34249 54 287 62 279 34249 32759 53 282 56 278 32759 31206 54 283 52 277 31206 29575 49 280 50 274 29575 27863 41 275 45 276 27863 26072 40 278 43 279 26072 24213 41 282 50 279 24213 22290 38 283 46 274 22290 20293 35 280 37 276 20293 18213 35 277 33 283 18213 16093 31 273 31 281 16093 14051 27 272 27 277 14051 12200 18 256 23 264 12200 10565 17 228 24 248 10565 9122 14 215 25 240 9122 7844 15 206 22 235 7844 6709 17 202 19 226 6709 5702 15*194 17 211 5702 4813 14*189 14*194 4813 4028 13 186 13*186 4028 3323 12 182 12 185 3323 2698 12 180 12 184 2698 2176 11 178 11 183 2176 1775 10 176 10 182 1775 1499 9 175 9 181 1499 1331 8 173 7 180 1331 1234 6 173 5 178 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