DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/28 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 - - - 0653z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 65.6 - - 65.2 - - 57.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 227 - - 303 - - 103 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2347 - - 5395 - - 5468 - - 33 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2538 - - 4958 - - 4398 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3547 - - 6595 - - 6668 - - 1233 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1970 - - 1087 - - 1548 - - 3793 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 335 - - 485 - - 346 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 18 - - 18 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 150 - - 152 - - 156 - - 133 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -8 - - -7 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2415 - - -1113 - - -1356 - - -4710 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5962 - - 7709 - - 8024 - - 5943 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8242 - - -6096 - - -6235 - - -10012 ODpotential blCL - - - 11789 - - 12691 - - 12903 - - 11245 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 75 - - 94 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 65.6 - - 65.2 - - 57.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.9 - - 36.0 - - 34.2 - - 35.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.5 - - 64.4 - - 64.9 - - 59.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.6 - - 34.8 - - 33.1 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 227 - - 303 - - 103 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2347 - - 5395 - - 5468 - - 33 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 1 - - 76 - - 12 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 97410 6 228 8 237 10 268 8 300 97410 90032 3 241 8 199 20 254 12 304 90032 84403 4 053 4 258 13 258 11 273 84403 79745 1 275 5 318 4 295 5 240 79745 75735 2 213 3 316 7 344 4 018 75735 72197 4 354 2 297 7 011 6 005 72197 68981 7 344 5 289 8 337 7 337 68981 66003 6 352 4 288 9 291 10 287 66003 63233 9 297 8 289 9 290 11 278 63233 60543 12 282 15 283 11 299 13 302 60543 57725 14 280 21 272 21 288 24 291 57725 54795 12 277 22 263 27 282 27 283 54795 51990 12 300 19 266 30 276 31 280 51990 49454 22 295 18 269 27 267 30 269 49454 47174 24 275 19 260 25 268 36 272 47174 45116 30 283 34 254 47 254 44 254 45116 43271 29 295 20 256 38 224 56 216 43271 41596 40 311 12 295 24 175 39 200 41596 40043 70 290 52 287 35 243 36 221 40043 38594 75 282 73 267 60 249 41 233 38594 37239 56 282 70 264 61 243 39 228 37239 35932 47 285 53 265 53 242 38 210 35932 34603 40 291 37 271 40 238 39 191 34603 33219 33 300 21 266 29 219 39 183 33219 31784 29 308 18 253 30 221 34 185 31784 30283 25 298 25 251 28 227 26 180 30283 28708 27 286 32 252 23 242 13 175 28708 27059 22 291 33 255 27 262 10 214 27059 25335 5 287 21 251 27 259 22 231 25335 23537 6 124 12 216 27 242 30 236 23537 21671 4 096 13 208 23 214 29 213 21671 19735 7 091 11 199 22 199 26 184 19735 17720 8 113 9 182 18 192 25 207 17720 15670 5 179 9 193 14 196 19 214 15670 13703 6 216 10 188 13 195 14 208 13703 11916 6 187 12 180 14 195 10 207 11916 10326 11 154 16 175 16 204 9 232 10326 8915 17 142 18 170 17 203 12 239 8915 7664 21 141 20*160 17*187 17 221 7664 6557 22 147 19*157 18*172 20 208 6557 5575 21 156 19 156 18 168 21 192 5575 4709 20 165 19 154 19 157 22 175 4709 3943 18*169 19 152 19 154 24 159 3943 3258 15*163 19 151 19 152 27 147 3258 2652 14 150 19 150 19 150 27 141 2652 2146 13 148 18 149 19 149 26 138 2146 1757 13 147 18 148 18 148 23 136 1757 1489 12 146 16 148 17 148 19 135 1489 1326 10 145 14 148 14 146 15 134 1326 1233 8 144 10 147 10 146 9*133 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