DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.3 - - 20.7 - - 13.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -6 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3257 - - 1238 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2035 - - 1214 - - 1214 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4457 - - 2438 - - 1230 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 927 - - 3504 - - 786 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 50 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 213 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1564 - - 136 - - -656 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2894 - - 2302 - - 1886 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 686 - - -507 - - -2743 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3771 - - 2945 - - 3973 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.3 - - 20.7 - - 13.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.9 - - 15.0 - - 9.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.2 - - 21.2 - - 16.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 13.7 - - 14.4 - - 11.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -6 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3257 - - 1238 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 94 - - 101 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95723 22 269 23 276 23 242 95723 88709 30 252 29 248 20 245 88709 83212 27 260 34 246 39 249 83212 78600 37 243 44 245 47 242 78600 74610 48 233 47 236 48 231 74610 71055 54 241 50 230 48 233 71055 67803 58 237 56 221 53 233 67803 64791 61 227 60 221 57 229 64791 61963 63 222 60 219 59 228 61963 59185 63 224 62 223 66 230 59185 56266 72 231 72 226 76 232 56266 53233 85 230 81 228 84 232 53233 50348 94 227 92 229 92 230 50348 47768 100 225 99 226 98 226 47768 45468 100 223 97 223 100 224 45468 43386 97 225 94 224 100 224 43386 41481 102 230 95 226 103 225 41481 39724 114 228 101 228 109 226 39724 38096 115 223 109 228 112 226 38096 36583 106 219 112 227 115 226 36583 35170 99 221 113 227 119 226 35170 33819 101 226 119 228 125 225 33819 32462 106 228 130 228 132 224 32462 31070 115 229 140 227 139 222 31070 29643 123 229 142 227 140 221 29643 28166 127 229 136 227 132 221 28166 26631 123 228 126 227 122 222 26631 25044 107 228 113 227 114 224 25044 23408 89 229 101 227 107 225 23408 21722 78 231 89 225 101 226 21722 19985 65 229 81 226 93 227 19985 18188 56 225 78 228 89 229 18188 16321 54 226 71 227 86 231 16321 14422 53 228 61 224 78 232 14422 12607 51 227 54 223 61 235 12607 10974 45 225 47 222 46 240 10974 9535 37 227 39 220 39 246 9535 8261 33 231 34 222 36 250 8261 7126 31 231 32 229 36 251 7126 6116 30 227 32 231 37 247 6116 5218 26*219 31 228 37 243 5218 4425 20*209 30 225 37 239 4425 3723 19 207 28 223 35 235 3723 3093 18 207 26 221 34 229 3093 2535 17 206 23*218 31 223 2535 2069 16 205 20*216 26 217 2069 1711 15 205 17 214 20 210 1711 1465 14 205 14 211 14 197 1465 1315 11 205 11 210 10*189 1315 1230 8 204 7 209 5*180 1230 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