DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/14 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.6 - - 69.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4628 - - 4246 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4098 - - 3174 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5828 - - 5446 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2171 - - 2247 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 384 - - 279 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 320 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 885 - - 298 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4943 - - 5149 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -494 - - -1334 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6322 - - 6780 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 82 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 380 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.6 - - 69.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.2 - - 51.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.9 - - 69.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.1 - - 50.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 159 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4628 - - 4246 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 36 - - 29 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 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] 99751 33 090 28 088 99751 92283 22 091 25 081 92283 86486 17 093 17 083 86486 81655 13 098 13 113 81655 77464 9 113 10 115 77464 73738 5 146 6 169 73738 70353 4 238 1 293 70353 67239 17 203 5 276 67239 64354 6 265 4 274 64354 61559 14 254 17 269 61559 58652 12 300 22 286 58652 55654 32 289 40 291 55654 52806 43 285 46 284 52806 50246 52 284 52 288 50246 47952 62 286 57 290 47952 45870 72 283 61 291 45870 43956 72 281 71 292 43956 42186 75 281 75 293 42186 40541 81 280 79 294 40541 39009 87 279 77 290 39009 37573 93 278 70 289 37573 36192 97 277 68 290 36192 34797 98 275 70 293 34797 33360 100 276 72 291 33360 31884 103 277 72 287 31884 30354 100 276 71 284 30354 28761 93 276 65 284 28761 27106 88 276 54 287 27106 25391 83 276 50 289 25391 23617 72 277 48 290 23617 21779 59 275 41 294 21779 19867 52 272 36 296 19867 17871 49 275 36 294 17871 15830 42 282 36 290 15830 13859 35 285 36 291 13859 12065 35 290 34 291 12065 10470 35 295 33 290 10470 9050 34 297 32 291 9050 7784 30 300 30 295 7784 6658 25*303 25 300 6658 5661 21*306 19*308 5661 4781 17 309 16*316 4781 4002 16 310 15 318 4002 3304 16 312 15 319 3304 2684 15 312 14 320 2684 2167 14 313 14 321 2167 1769 14 314 13 322 1769 1495 13 314 12 323 1495 1329 11 315 10 323 1329 1234 8 315 7 324 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