DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - - - - 31.4 - - 31.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3272 - - 3407 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2836 - - 1215 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4472 - - 4607 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2073 - - 1101 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 294 - - 204 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 313 - - 328 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1931 - - 1898 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2541 - - 2709 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1128 - - 940 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3344 - - 3667 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.4 - - 31.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.7 - - 24.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 31.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.6 - - 23.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3272 - - 3407 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 90 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 96527 9 213 17 238 96527 89366 3 185 5 157 89366 83853 8 208 2 244 83853 79272 8 210 10 263 79272 75301 8 237 10 231 75301 71766 8 277 8 274 71766 68552 9 256 10 272 68552 65578 15 298 16 314 65578 62783 28 284 29 294 62783 60035 32 272 38 286 60035 57146 32 275 41 274 57146 54130 36 283 35 281 54130 51229 47 288 47 287 51229 48616 48 280 59 283 48616 46286 46 277 59 277 46286 44181 50 282 54 281 44181 42261 55 279 52 283 42261 40493 53 280 52 287 40493 38852 54 287 63 293 38852 37322 61 293 78 288 37322 35902 67 292 79 279 35902 34551 71 290 68 277 34551 33199 70 288 63 289 33199 31820 66 288 84 308 31820 30422 62 296 119 307 30422 28982 77 310 125 299 28982 27472 101 312 126 293 27472 25890 104 308 121 292 25890 24237 95 303 101 301 24237 22524 88 302 79 295 22524 20752 85 304 73 286 20752 18905 84 302 71 286 18905 16973 82 299 68 290 16973 14999 80 298 63 292 14999 13095 76 299 56 293 13095 11365 63 302 49 292 11365 9835 45 304 41 291 9835 8484 36 310 32 295 8484 7292 28 319 25 305 7292 6239 20 320 20 317 6239 5314 20 319 16*327 5314 4503 19*317 15*329 4503 3784 19*315 14 329 3784 3140 18 314 13 329 3140 2570 17 313 11 328 2570 2092 17 312 10 327 2092 1725 15 312 9 327 1725 1473 14 312 8 327 1473 1319 12 311 7 326 1319 1231 8 310 5 325 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