DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/09 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 - - - - - - 79.4 - - 74.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - 14 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3971 - - 1756 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3235 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5171 - - 2956 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2429 - - 2804 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 300 - - 146 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 289 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1459 - - 835 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3712 - - 2121 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 86 - - -129 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5085 - - 3085 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1110 - - 1550 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.4 - - 74.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 69.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.0 - - 74.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.5 - - 68.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - 14 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3971 - - 1756 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 57 - - 94 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - - 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] 99563 27 088 19 086 99563 92013 24 079 18 079 92013 86187 24 075 16 082 86187 81347 16 074 15 076 81347 77180 12 066 13 065 77180 73506 7 057 7 076 73506 70187 2 090 2 065 70187 67143 3 314 3 318 67143 64332 5 269 9 309 64332 61620 9 285 13 285 61620 58802 16 282 20 279 58802 55884 20 281 24 267 55884 53097 32 283 33 273 53097 50591 33 280 38 269 50591 48342 41 280 40 269 48342 46296 42 264 44 260 46296 44423 43 245 53 255 44423 42703 42 250 55 242 42703 41117 36 249 49 234 41117 39641 38 242 44 242 39641 38252 39 236 44 248 38252 36902 40 238 46 249 36902 35526 42 242 46 244 35526 34096 45 243 48 243 34096 32618 47 242 49 245 32618 31074 48 245 48 247 31074 29455 47 249 44 247 29455 27763 44 248 37 248 27763 25996 42 248 35 248 25996 24158 40 250 34 248 24158 22255 40 252 31 251 22255 20279 37 253 28 251 20279 18225 32 253 28 255 18225 16133 28 255 27 255 16133 14116 24 259 24 253 14116 12279 20 261 23 251 12279 10647 20 263 21 249 10647 9198 19 262 19 249 9198 7911 16 258 18 250 7911 6766 13 256 16 251 6766 5751 11*256 14 255 5751 4853 9*252 13 263 4853 4058 8 251 13 273 4058 3345 7 251 12*281 3345 2714 7 251 12*284 2714 2187 6 251 12 288 2187 1781 5 251 11 291 1781 1502 5 250 10 293 1502 1332 5 251 9 294 1332 1235 4 252 6 296 1235 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