DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - - - - 32.3 - - 31.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 25 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 945 - - 841 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1215 - - 1215 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2145 - - 2041 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 510 - - 583 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 145 - - 116 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 144 - - 148 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -7 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 400 - - 433 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1745 - - 1608 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 83 - - 78 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2062 - - 1963 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.3 - - 31.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.5 - - 29.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.1 - - 31.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.8 - - 28.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 25 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 945 - - 841 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - 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] 95724 42 238 45 235 95724 88659 34 245 43 245 88659 83226 43 253 44 257 83226 78712 46 262 39 254 78712 74786 44 274 39 267 74786 71296 54 279 52 279 71296 68147 56 272 65 282 68147 65260 58 276 72 281 65260 62579 67 280 74 279 62579 59970 69 274 75 276 59970 57226 68 273 73 277 57226 54357 77 279 77 281 54357 51606 85 281 86 284 51606 49126 86 280 92 284 49126 46896 85 278 96 280 46896 44877 82 277 97 271 44877 43051 82 278 82 269 43051 41392 80 281 68 280 41392 39877 79 288 85 299 39877 38475 79 290 92 296 38475 37151 72 284 90 291 37151 35866 69 281 85 289 35866 34553 69 281 81 284 34553 33186 69 281 80 283 33186 31765 70 279 80 281 31765 30276 67 278 75 280 30276 28709 63 277 69 284 28709 27065 60 275 64 287 27065 25341 57 273 62 279 25341 23543 54 269 63 274 23543 21675 48 264 56 268 21675 19730 44 257 49 261 19730 17700 35 250 45 250 17700 15628 29 247 39 243 15628 13633 22 246 30 250 13633 11819 12 241 25 254 11819 10206 5 222 22 245 10206 8775 7 177 18 239 8775 7512 14 165 13 224 7512 6402 16 163 13 200 6402 5427 16 170 15 178 5427 4573 17 173 18 174 4573 3823 21 161 23 168 3823 3157 25 146 28 153 3157 2575 23*142 27 147 2575 2094 19*142 24*147 2094 1726 15 144 20*147 1726 1473 13 144 17 147 1473 1319 11 145 13 148 1319 1231 7 145 8 148 1231 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