DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/29 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 - - - - - - 61.4 - - 58.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - -8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3135 - - 716 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1217 - - 1217 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4335 - - 1916 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4287 - - 4069 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 225 - - 79 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 230 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 18 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 58 - - -1193 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4277 - - 3109 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1282 - - -3187 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5617 - - 5103 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 94 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 160 - - 120 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 58.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.7 - - 48.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.4 - - 58.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 47.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - -8 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3135 - - 716 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 77 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - 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] 98355 22 097 10 080 98355 90924 19 079 15 079 90924 85198 17 046 16 061 85198 80443 9 033 13 069 80443 76331 8 067 11 075 76331 72671 5 060 9 053 72671 69351 2 094 6 003 69351 66288 8 021 5 326 66288 63432 7 360 8 330 63432 60654 13 001 18 340 60654 57751 20 320 20 312 57751 54740 21 304 22 325 54740 51860 25 307 31 319 51860 49275 33 315 43 311 49275 46970 43 306 45 302 46970 44882 43 302 46 298 44882 42972 52 303 47 299 42972 41208 58 301 53 302 41208 39573 63 304 64 301 39573 38057 76 305 73 297 38057 36647 93 303 82 295 36647 35302 104 299 92 293 35302 33951 106 297 98 289 33951 32562 106 297 99 287 32562 31139 103 298 95 285 31139 29664 99 299 88 285 29664 28124 94 299 82 284 28124 26516 87 298 77 284 26516 24840 79 297 71 283 24840 23096 71 298 66 282 23096 21290 63 300 60 281 21290 19414 57 299 52 279 19414 17462 56 296 43 275 17462 15466 51 294 42 274 15466 13538 39 286 43 279 13538 11783 40 278 43 279 11783 10228 44 273 45 274 10228 8853 42 268 47 271 8853 7628 38 262 46 267 7628 6535 34 256 42 263 6535 5563 30 253 37 259 5563 4703 26*247 32 256 4703 3941 21*241 28 252 3941 3258 17 235 23 247 3258 2653 15 230 19 241 2653 2147 13 228 16*236 2147 1758 12 226 14*233 1758 1490 11 225 11 230 1490 1326 10 224 9 228 1326 1233 7 223 6 225 1233 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