DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 65.0 - - 64.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 15 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2610 - - 872 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2505 - - 1217 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3810 - - 2072 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2016 - - 1561 - - 2771 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 294 - - 104 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 152 - - 140 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 758 - - 396 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3052 - - 1676 - - 1234 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 15 - - -336 - - -1308 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3795 - - 2408 - - 2542 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 340 - - 390 - - 960 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 65.0 - - 64.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 61.4 - - 63.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.1 - - 65.0 - - 66.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.3 - - 61.1 - - 63.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 15 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2610 - - 872 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 69 - - 100 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 13 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] 99430 15 110 4 053 14 050 99430 91991 11 085 6 080 11 068 91991 86247 9 084 12 084 6 077 86247 81467 10 093 13 095 4 091 81467 77331 9 085 12 087 8 110 77331 73656 7 084 9 090 8 111 73656 70325 7 095 9 119 6 111 70325 67258 6 129 9 145 6 145 67258 64411 13 162 10 166 7 151 64411 61639 16 161 14 182 6 187 61639 58736 22 178 22 195 13 196 58736 55733 29 174 30 188 26 182 55733 52879 30 184 31 192 29 191 52879 50320 37 186 39 189 40 189 50320 48030 41 188 45 182 50 181 48030 45953 55 201 56 183 53 180 45953 44054 79 187 70 187 64 187 44054 42312 91 181 89 185 79 184 42312 40700 96 180 97 181 89 182 40700 39193 101 185 105 183 101 186 39193 37780 112 186 113 182 120 184 37780 36419 117 185 118 179 127 180 36419 35036 108 182 120 178 129 178 35036 33600 108 178 120 177 132 177 33600 32112 107 183 108 184 121 181 32112 30566 84 189 100 186 109 186 30566 28958 64 186 92 187 96 187 28958 27295 60 181 80 188 70 182 27295 25576 50 175 61 190 58 180 25576 23792 48 178 52 184 53 178 23792 21935 46 183 53 182 51 178 21935 19997 42 191 52 185 49 182 19997 17974 37 193 48 190 46 186 17974 15908 34 197 42 194 42 190 15908 13918 27 192 35 191 36 195 13918 12111 24 189 29 189 27 195 12111 10507 24 194 25 195 25 201 10507 9083 26 192 24 202 25 210 9083 7815 24 188 26 199 24 218 7815 6688 19 190 26 194 23 220 6688 5686 16 190 24 188 22 213 5686 4800 14 182 23 182 21 201 4800 4017 14*176 21 173 21 194 4017 3314 13*160 20 162 20 189 3314 2692 13 154 17 151 18 182 2692 2172 12 151 15*143 16 173 2172 1772 12 149 13*141 14 166 1772 1497 11 148 12 140 11 164 1497 1330 9 147 10 139 8*161 1330 1234 7 146 6 138 4*160 1234 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