DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.6 - - 67.7 - - 57.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 2 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3494 - - 3195 - - 33 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3157 - - 1217 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4694 - - 4395 - - 1233 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1374 - - 2122 - - 279 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 328 - - 124 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 038 - - 043 - - 354 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1745 - - -1412 - - -1516 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6439 - - 5807 - - 2749 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8734 - - -7822 - - -7539 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13428 - - 12217 - - 8772 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 89 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.6 - - 67.7 - - 57.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.9 - - 46.8 - - 50.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.8 - - 68.5 - - 61.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.8 - - 45.9 - - 49.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 2 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3494 - - 3195 - - 33 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 10 - - 56 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98526 9 217 10 277 13 295 98526 91167 8 221 10 284 13 300 91167 85475 8 211 7 286 7 287 85475 80733 7 232 9 286 7 301 80733 76643 3 239 8 271 10 302 76643 73034 4 131 5 230 8 301 73034 69772 2 053 4 245 8 310 69772 66782 2 316 2 220 6 302 66782 64015 3 310 3 309 5 249 64015 61334 5 294 9 292 8 250 61334 58542 9 269 12 269 10 270 58542 55649 15 261 12 242 14 268 55649 52888 17 248 17 244 19 256 52888 50409 19 238 26 236 26 239 50409 48195 24 235 31 226 33 224 48195 46187 28 227 32 224 37 220 46187 44347 30 224 34 224 38 219 44347 42657 35 220 39 219 46 215 42657 41099 51 213 57 210 58 212 41099 39634 61 211 70 203 60 202 39634 38246 70 205 72 198 56 199 38246 36897 72 199 67 201 53 199 36897 35519 69 207 62 209 50 203 35519 34084 66 212 60 212 48 207 34084 32596 60 214 59 215 49 200 32596 31036 58 218 59 210 49 200 31036 29393 54 227 54 217 48 212 29393 27680 31 217 28 218 28 220 27680 25908 22 219 18 215 18 205 25908 24069 12 228 9 237 10 185 24069 22157 1 174 5 307 4 199 22157 20166 6 030 9 010 6 056 20166 18098 8 023 11 030 12 047 18098 15999 10 036 11 039 15 048 15999 13983 12 055 11 044 15 043 13983 12151 13 068 11 054 14 039 12151 10523 13 073 12 063 14 038 10523 9080 13 067 13 065 14 046 9080 7799 14 063 15 069 16 062 7799 6665 16 068 17 066 19 066 6665 5664 17 067 16 052 19 057 5664 4782 14*055 14*043 18 050 4782 4000 12*040 13*042 17 046 4000 3300 11 039 12 042 17 037 3300 2681 11 038 12 043 18 027 2681 2163 10 037 11 043 19 019 2163 1767 10 037 10 044 17 013 1767 1493 9 037 9 044 12 008 1493 1328 8 036 7 042 8 001 1328 1233 6 035 5 042 4*354 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