DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 73.5 - - 67.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 23 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3073 - - 2514 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2804 - - 1218 - - 1218 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4273 - - 3714 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4593 - - 4826 - - 2878 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 305 - - 197 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 229 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 235 - - 351 - - -1004 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4038 - - 3363 - - 2238 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1962 - - -1041 - - -3548 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6235 - - 4755 - - 4782 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 76 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 730 - - 1060 - - 300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 73.5 - - 67.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 62.7 - - 61.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 73.6 - - 69.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.7 - - 61.6 - - 60.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 23 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3073 - - 2514 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - 12 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] 98617 7 092 5 014 15 039 98617 91203 12 096 8 094 18 035 91203 85488 14 092 14 086 9 063 85488 80721 12 077 12 080 4 090 80721 76605 11 062 11 090 3 124 76605 72960 7 072 6 059 5 078 72960 69646 3 081 4 324 7 004 69646 66599 6 004 7 330 9 335 66599 63785 2 311 4 302 14 320 63785 61067 14 310 10 300 11 300 61067 58223 18 288 14 311 10 325 58223 55268 29 273 27 297 23 302 55268 52464 33 274 35 278 35 285 52464 49960 42 278 43 273 44 272 49960 47737 52 271 55 273 54 277 47737 45734 61 266 67 272 68 278 45734 43913 65 270 75 275 78 277 43913 42243 84 277 91 280 92 275 42243 40694 99 277 102 278 104 273 40694 39240 92 274 105 274 106 272 39240 37864 78 273 100 273 104 273 37864 36528 68 271 83 272 99 274 36528 35169 61 281 69 269 85 272 35169 33767 61 289 62 270 68 269 33767 32323 60 291 61 277 61 267 32323 30814 59 291 61 280 58 269 30814 29228 57 289 60 280 55 273 29228 27565 53 287 58 279 54 275 27565 25823 49 286 54 277 54 275 25823 24004 47 285 50 275 53 274 24004 22112 46 282 46 273 51 272 22112 20142 42 277 44 273 52 272 20142 18088 39 275 46 274 54 273 18088 15995 38 274 46 274 52 277 15995 13986 36 275 40 271 44 279 13986 12169 34 280 33 271 34 280 12169 10558 33 286 31 275 29 278 10558 9126 31 286 32 274 29 278 9126 7851 29 282 31 269 31 273 7851 6717 27 275 29 263 32 263 6717 5709 25 268 27 257 35 252 5709 4821 22*259 26 252 37 244 4821 4035 18*248 24*246 36 240 4035 3328 16 238 21*237 34 236 3328 2702 15 233 18 229 31 233 2702 2178 14 232 17 227 27 229 2178 1776 13 231 16 226 22 224 1776 1499 12 231 15 225 15 218 1499 1330 11 230 12 225 11 212 1330 1234 8 229 9 224 5*203 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