DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/17 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 - - - - - - 69.7 - - 70.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4580 - - 4632 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4032 - - 2791 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5780 - - 5832 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1578 - - 1643 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 376 - - 245 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 288 - - 288 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -667 - - -1353 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6448 - - 7186 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8403 - - -8969 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14183 - - 14801 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 57 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.7 - - 70.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.8 - - 43.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.2 - - 71.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.5 - - 42.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4580 - - 4632 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - 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] 99744 37 092 25 071 99744 92191 34 082 27 077 92191 86373 24 081 28 082 86373 81545 18 080 22 082 81545 77377 11 069 16 080 77377 73678 8 092 8 063 73678 70316 7 088 4 013 70316 67223 2 130 3 248 67223 64356 5 033 3 255 64356 61578 7 337 11 297 61578 58687 11 282 18 279 58687 55688 26 307 25 302 55688 52830 42 294 38 294 52830 50276 47 282 46 289 50276 47995 51 282 52 290 47995 45929 59 288 58 294 45929 44052 67 293 76 299 44052 42342 76 290 86 291 42342 40762 77 288 85 283 40762 39279 81 288 71 289 39279 37887 85 287 75 297 37887 36553 85 286 80 298 36553 35201 83 285 78 296 35201 33798 81 286 74 296 33798 32347 75 290 72 296 32347 30829 69 290 71 296 30829 29232 63 290 69 296 29232 27554 59 291 69 295 27554 25795 58 287 65 299 25795 23961 55 283 56 297 23961 22057 47 285 53 293 22057 20082 43 286 50 291 20082 18029 42 284 43 292 18029 15941 40 284 38 292 15941 13931 37 289 35 291 13931 12105 33 295 33 290 12105 10486 29 299 30 291 10486 9051 26 306 26 290 9051 7781 25 311 21 287 7781 6657 22*306 17*286 6657 5661 17*291 16*287 5661 4782 17 289 15 287 4782 4003 17 288 15 288 4003 3305 16 287 15 288 3305 2685 16 287 14 288 2685 2168 15 287 13 288 2168 1770 14 286 12 288 1770 1496 13 286 11 288 1496 1330 11 286 10 288 1330 1234 8 286 7 288 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