DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/27 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 - - - - - - 69.3 - - 67.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 67 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4730 - - 4992 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4217 - - 3851 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5930 - - 6192 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1807 - - 1836 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 397 - - 310 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 18 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 307 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1010 - - 994 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4921 - - 5198 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -611 - - -525 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6541 - - 6717 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 78 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 67.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 48.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.5 - - 66.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.5 - - 47.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 67 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4730 - - 4992 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - - 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] 98564 11 063 6 033 98564 91139 8 076 7 042 91139 85413 6 079 9 055 85413 80650 8 081 7 074 80650 76524 8 067 12 061 76524 72859 6 070 9 020 72859 69544 11 025 7 029 69544 66508 5 359 7 004 66508 63695 9 313 9 351 63695 60966 14 280 14 268 60966 58115 11 247 11 282 58115 55140 21 283 22 286 55140 52305 39 275 38 274 52305 49777 49 264 49 262 49777 47533 52 259 53 259 47533 45505 54 259 59 259 45505 43655 60 261 64 259 43655 41954 70 260 72 261 41954 40380 78 257 79 258 40380 38916 79 255 82 256 38916 37544 74 254 87 255 37544 36219 67 255 87 254 36219 34870 65 257 85 256 34870 33466 63 253 84 260 33466 32011 54 251 80 260 32011 30492 50 257 74 257 30492 28899 52 262 68 255 28899 27235 50 259 64 255 27235 25497 51 260 58 256 25497 23690 52 268 54 258 23690 21813 48 264 52 258 21813 19861 46 256 50 260 19861 17831 44 259 47 266 17831 15767 44 271 46 269 15767 13782 42 273 46 266 13782 11978 38 270 43 264 11978 10380 33 272 39 266 10380 8967 29 279 35 270 8967 7716 26 285 29 277 7716 6607 22*288 22*291 6607 5622 17*291 20*302 5622 4752 16 292 19 305 4752 3981 15 293 19 306 3981 3288 15 294 19 308 3288 2674 15 295 18 308 2674 2161 14 295 18 309 2161 1766 14 295 17 309 1766 1494 13 295 16 309 1494 1328 11 296 13 309 1328 1234 8 296 9 309 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