DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.1 - - 36.8 - - 38.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -32 - - -62 - - -69 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 206 - - 32 - - 32 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1215 - - 1215 - - 1215 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1406 - - 1232 - - 1232 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 977 - - 1171 - - 1062 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 39 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 157 - - 158 - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - -6 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1129 - - -556 - - -155 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2535 - - 1788 - - 1388 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12051 - - -12221 - - -10904 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13457 - - 13453 - - 12136 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 40 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.1 - - 36.8 - - 38.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 33.4 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.7 - - 39.5 - - 41.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.9 - - 33.2 - - 37.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -32 - - -62 - - -69 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 206 - - 32 - - 32 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 100 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 95975 55 270 52 262 56 249 95975 88923 36 257 36 265 32 251 88923 83554 32 244 27 267 23 265 83554 79077 28 240 27 260 22 270 79077 75176 20 240 28 248 27 270 75176 71699 21 256 29 248 30 261 71699 68543 22 269 28 251 31 261 68543 65625 29 272 25 265 32 261 65625 62897 31 275 32 282 34 260 62897 60242 34 280 39 271 30 265 60242 57446 45 275 37 272 25 287 57446 54497 49 265 46 273 36 271 54497 51673 47 258 49 253 55 244 51673 49155 35 260 48 244 60 237 49155 46913 37 264 52 244 70 247 46913 44888 57 261 55 249 84 251 44888 43052 75 260 76 256 99 248 43052 41383 95 256 102 256 114 247 41383 39847 107 254 117 254 127 247 39847 38411 106 252 117 252 134 247 38411 37053 102 252 114 250 136 246 37053 35736 96 251 111 249 136 247 35736 34394 89 248 106 249 135 247 34394 33003 85 247 100 247 132 247 33003 31567 85 247 94 244 128 246 31567 30074 86 248 90 241 121 245 30074 28513 85 248 89 240 114 243 28513 26881 84 250 88 241 109 241 26881 25174 80 252 85 242 105 239 25174 23394 69 254 83 243 104 238 23394 21543 65 255 81 242 102 236 21543 19619 66 250 78 239 100 233 19619 17619 65 239 78 236 95 229 17619 15583 64 230 76 235 91 226 15583 13621 60 227 69 236 87 224 13621 11835 54 223 65 236 82 225 11835 10248 49 219 61 231 74 227 10248 8842 49 216 58 227 67 230 8842 7595 51 212 59 226 66 233 7595 6485 55 209 63 223 70 235 6485 5500 59 206 69 218 74 233 5500 4634 61 201 71 210 73 226 4634 3875 60 195 67 202 69 215 3875 3201 52 187 56 193 60 205 3201 2608 42 177 43 182 48 199 2608 2116 35 166 36 170 37 191 2116 1739 29 161 31 164 28 182 1739 1479 24*159 25 161 22 175 1479 1322 19*158 20*160 17*173 1322 1232 10 157 11*158 10*169 1232 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