DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/02 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 60.4 - - 57.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4384 - - 3633 - - 33 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3609 - - 1217 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5584 - - 4833 - - 1233 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1623 - - 2306 - - 3881 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 321 - - 189 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 18 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 329 - - 319 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 675 - - 466 - - -992 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4910 - - 4367 - - 2226 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4212 - - -2171 - - -2741 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9796 - - 7004 - - 3974 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 75 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 60.4 - - 57.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.1 - - 45.7 - - 51.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.1 - - 60.6 - - 59.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.9 - - 44.4 - - 50.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4384 - - 3633 - - 33 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 12 - - 1 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 98668 27 089 19 069 23 082 98668 91225 22 095 16 073 20 071 91225 85518 13 087 20 093 11 048 85518 80754 14 092 17 091 10 026 80754 76626 12 043 17 094 8 027 76626 72964 7 034 15 048 13 091 72964 69627 7 097 13 021 19 058 69627 66557 12 076 8 017 15 037 66557 63721 14 056 7 043 12 048 63721 60974 16 029 13 020 13 042 60974 58102 14 025 12 003 15 021 58102 55116 14 026 13 017 17 010 55116 52270 19 360 18 005 19 353 52270 49721 17 355 19 008 14 003 49721 47450 18 010 23 017 22 022 47450 45415 27 012 31 006 24 360 45415 43581 30 003 36 029 27 026 43581 41922 32 031 64 036 59 031 41922 40401 59 039 76 024 61 026 40401 38972 75 031 71 035 59 028 38972 37615 78 032 72 039 59 029 37615 36296 80 037 68 031 59 032 36296 34954 79 036 65 028 59 034 34954 33561 77 035 65 028 61 031 33561 32119 78 034 66 029 60 026 32119 30610 78 031 67 029 61 023 30610 29022 76 027 67 029 62 023 29022 27355 76 023 67 027 62 024 27355 25606 75 020 67 024 58 025 25606 23780 73 020 66 023 55 027 23780 21880 65 021 65 023 53 027 21880 19903 46 023 59 023 51 028 19903 17851 38 014 47 019 46 022 17851 15773 38 006 36 010 42 017 15773 13780 36 008 36 009 36 013 13780 11974 27 006 34 010 28 007 11974 10374 21 355 27 008 25 000 10374 8957 20 343 23 352 24 352 8957 7701 22 334 27 337 25 347 7701 6587 23*326 28 325 27 342 6587 5601 21*323 27*324 27 338 5601 4731 20 322 25*325 24 340 4731 3962 20 321 21 328 22 345 3962 3273 19 321 19 329 20 349 3273 2662 18 321 18 330 18 350 2662 2152 18 322 17 331 15 348 2152 1761 17 321 16 331 12 345 1761 1491 15 321 14 332 9 338 1491 1327 13 321 12 332 6 331 1327 1233 9 321 8 332 3*319 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