DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 - - - - - - 78.2 - - 78.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 37 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6029 - - 5689 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5124 - - 3799 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7229 - - 6889 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2207 - - 3096 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 413 - - 276 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 9 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 123 - - 148 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 11 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1073 - - 588 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6156 - - 6301 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -364 - - -1092 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7593 - - 7981 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 80 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 260 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.2 - - 78.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 54.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.4 - - 78.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 53.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 37 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6029 - - 5689 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 22 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 99702 27 080 24 067 99702 92167 25 087 17 083 92167 86349 26 086 17 101 86349 81506 24 080 19 097 81506 77330 19 075 19 082 77330 73640 14 077 17 081 73640 70301 8 080 15 071 70301 67232 5 081 12 054 67232 64385 3 088 6 031 64385 61629 2 111 0 097 61629 58752 2 270 2 251 58752 55766 7 254 6 236 55766 52921 11 240 8 238 52921 50367 15 249 12 258 50367 48075 19 227 17 249 48075 45987 19 213 19 239 45987 44074 18 211 20 242 44074 42310 16 226 20 238 42310 40677 18 228 15 237 40677 39161 21 216 10 252 39161 37746 24 202 6 267 37746 36392 26 197 3 341 36392 35028 26 191 2 288 35028 33624 24 185 2 110 33624 32186 20 184 3 088 32186 30686 19 180 5 151 30686 29108 22 172 6 165 29108 27453 23 167 3 197 27453 25722 18 166 4 188 25722 23918 9 162 5 151 23918 22044 3 168 3 089 22044 20091 1 252 5 335 20091 18055 3 184 5 293 18055 15979 6 197 5 252 15979 13986 8 219 6 235 13986 12178 8 229 6 251 12178 10573 4 225 6 254 10573 9147 2 227 7 237 9147 7875 2*220 7*224 7875 6740 2*178 6*209 6740 5731 3 144 6 187 5731 4839 4 131 6 157 4839 4049 5 122 7 141 4049 3339 6 118 7 133 3339 2710 6 116 7 128 2710 2184 6 113 7 125 2184 1780 6 111 7 123 1780 1501 6 110 7 121 1501 1332 5 109 6 120 1332 1234 4 108 5 118 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