DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - 1002z - - 1331z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.9 - - 39.7 - - 35.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 28 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2915 - - 2651 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2829 - - 1215 - - 1215 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4115 - - 3851 - - 1231 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 985 - - 1460 - - 533 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 327 - - 185 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 275 - - 184 - - 114 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 6 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 949 - - 553 - - -415 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3166 - - 3299 - - 1646 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14 - - -1784 - - -2409 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4129 - - 5635 - - 3640 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 89 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.9 - - 39.7 - - 35.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.8 - - 29.9 - - 32.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.1 - - 39.8 - - 37.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.6 - - 28.7 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 168 - - 28 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2915 - - 2651 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 58 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96251 18 204 19 230 18 212 96251 89071 15 234 25 242 15 236 89071 83474 20 232 22 243 20 236 83474 78773 18 255 29 247 31 250 78773 74711 32 239 27 236 32 257 74711 71111 31 247 35 252 34 258 71111 67824 31 249 41 262 41 279 67824 64784 40 269 52 270 56 277 64784 61976 53 269 58 275 58 278 61976 59266 60 273 59 279 59 285 59266 56441 68 278 64 282 69 284 56441 53514 70 277 69 280 67 280 53514 50721 67 283 64 283 65 285 50721 48207 73 295 69 292 69 287 48207 45958 83 296 76 293 75 288 45958 43928 89 291 80 291 81 286 43928 42076 91 287 84 287 84 284 42076 40371 92 284 84 285 87 283 40371 38796 89 282 86 284 90 282 38796 37337 86 282 87 282 91 282 37337 35984 85 284 87 281 93 282 35984 34692 86 285 89 281 97 283 34692 33389 88 288 90 281 100 283 33389 32044 91 290 90 281 102 282 32044 30656 94 291 89 279 100 281 30656 29208 96 291 85 278 94 279 29208 27693 93 287 79 280 86 276 27693 26111 88 279 74 281 80 274 26111 24456 77 277 70 278 78 271 24456 22730 69 275 68 279 75 267 22730 20938 67 273 64 281 63 263 20938 19074 64 272 59 276 52 259 19074 17132 61 274 55 273 46 262 17132 15153 56 274 52 270 46 261 15153 13249 51 272 48 259 48 252 13249 11524 44 271 45 249 46 242 11524 9997 39 271 42 242 38 239 9997 8644 36 273 38 235 35 238 8644 7439 33 278 34 229 35 229 7439 6367 28 282 29 225 34 213 6367 5419 22 279 23 216 31 197 5419 4584 15*273 16*200 28 183 4584 3846 11*271 12*189 26 178 3846 3185 10 272 10 187 25 176 3185 2599 9 275 8 183 22 173 2599 2110 8 276 6 179 19 168 2110 1735 8 278 5 177 15 162 1735 1477 7 280 4 176 10 149 1477 1321 6 280 4 174 6 136 1321 1231 5 281 3 173 3*114 1231 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