DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - - - - 67.7 - - 67.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 1749 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2029 - - 1218 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3405 - - 2949 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2449 - - 3125 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 137 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 268 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1267 - - 993 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2138 - - 1956 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 293 - - 202 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3112 - - 2747 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1200 - - 1100 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.7 - - 67.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 62.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.3 - - 67.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 61.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 1749 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 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] 99370 31 084 23 067 99370 91822 23 086 15 084 91822 86011 17 085 17 091 86011 81196 15 079 19 080 81196 77051 9 076 15 081 77051 73380 5 133 9 069 73380 70049 7 175 1 212 70049 66984 6 237 5 272 66984 64139 12 242 11 269 64139 61377 6 252 13 258 61377 58493 15 263 16 265 58493 55504 20 243 22 265 55504 52650 27 252 27 259 52650 50080 31 252 32 260 50080 47779 32 259 40 259 47779 45700 36 260 45 260 45700 43809 43 255 49 263 43809 42079 47 251 60 264 42079 40487 51 254 74 266 40487 39012 61 259 91 267 39012 37633 78 261 106 265 37633 36303 91 260 112 264 36303 34952 96 257 109 267 34952 33550 94 256 106 268 33550 32100 84 256 103 265 32100 30586 70 253 104 266 30586 28991 61 247 101 269 28991 27321 57 243 81 266 27321 25587 52 243 64 261 25587 23789 50 245 53 259 23789 21923 47 247 45 262 21923 19982 44 246 38 263 19982 17959 41 245 36 261 17959 15897 36 244 34 266 15897 13913 29 242 29 267 13913 12107 25 240 26 264 12107 10503 22 226 26 258 10503 9079 24 231 24 255 9079 7811 24 235 22 254 7811 6681 21 237 19 257 6681 5680 18 236 16 258 5680 4795 16 230 14 258 4795 4011 14*222 13 260 4011 3309 12*215 13*262 3309 2688 11 211 12*265 2688 2170 9 203 11 268 2170 1771 7 199 10 269 1771 1497 7 198 9 270 1497 1330 6 196 8 270 1330 1234 4 194 5 269 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