DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.6 - - 73.3 - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 163 - - 38 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4600 - - 4412 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4076 - - 2715 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5800 - - 5612 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1458 - - 1818 - - 3924 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 383 - - 245 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 258 - - 274 - - 043 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 341 - - -553 - - -2729 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5459 - - 6165 - - 3963 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4414 - - -4405 - - -6404 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10214 - - 10017 - - 7638 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 77 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.6 - - 73.3 - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.0 - - 50.7 - - 52.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.7 - - 73.5 - - 69.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.8 - - 49.6 - - 51.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 163 - - 38 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4600 - - 4412 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 12 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 9 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] 99046 11 134 3 036 8 350 99046 91628 5 102 2 072 7 008 91628 85889 3 066 3 067 6 349 85889 81122 4 055 6 045 0 011 81122 77003 5 040 7 356 7 005 77003 73357 8 027 4 320 5 331 73357 70047 7 336 8 307 9 333 70047 66996 6 334 10 300 15 329 66996 64179 12 326 15 299 20 311 64179 61459 15 307 19 289 20 298 61459 58610 23 309 21 301 24 303 58610 55653 33 305 33 307 36 301 55653 52846 44 296 49 299 46 297 52846 50328 50 292 53 298 51 296 50328 48077 53 294 60 299 56 295 48077 46054 58 292 64 293 59 300 46054 44227 58 294 59 293 69 302 44227 42550 61 299 65 305 73 298 42550 40992 67 302 81 305 74 300 40992 39537 72 303 82 298 82 304 39537 38161 71 302 85 295 86 306 38161 36822 73 300 86 294 83 305 36822 35455 73 298 82 295 81 303 35455 34031 67 297 73 298 80 300 34031 32555 59 296 67 300 71 299 32555 31014 53 295 61 301 63 297 31014 29395 49 292 51 294 62 298 29395 27702 46 287 44 290 59 296 27702 25935 44 283 42 288 54 291 25935 24098 42 283 39 286 45 289 24098 22191 38 283 37 280 40 286 22191 20205 33 278 36 274 39 282 20205 18138 29 272 34 274 37 279 18138 16038 26 267 30 278 33 280 16038 14019 23 271 27 280 27 287 14019 12185 24 278 24 281 21 291 12185 10559 23 282 22 284 15 285 10559 9116 20 281 18 287 13 280 9116 7834 15 274 14 280 12 278 7834 6696 10*257 9 260 10 274 6696 5690 7*250 7*258 8 264 5690 4803 6 250 6*262 5 250 4803 4019 6 254 6 267 3 243 4019 3316 5 258 6 273 2 257 3316 2693 5 262 6 276 2 278 2693 2172 4 268 5 279 2 292 2172 1772 4 271 5 281 2 311 1772 1497 3 273 5 282 1 324 1497 1329 3 275 4 283 1*358 1329 1234 2 277 3 285 1*043 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