DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/25 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 0959z - - 1337z - - 1602z - - 1900z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 54.1 - - 62.4 - - 68.1 - - 69.9 - - 64.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 73 - - 258 - - 308 - - 135 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 682 - - 3930 - - 5565 - - 6007 - - 34 BL Depth Hcrit 1216 - - 3764 - - 5099 - - 4983 - - 1217 Hcrit BL Top 1882 - - 5130 - - 6765 - - 7207 - - 1234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1268 - - 1369 - - 1016 - - 1354 - - 5722 Hgt.Variab. W* 152 - - 415 - - 493 - - 388 - - 5 W* B/S 35 - - 13 - - 52 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 1 - - 6 - - 2 - - 5 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 338 - - 354 - - 267 - - 256 - - 007 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - -2 - - -6 - - 8 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1379 - - -1018 - - -638 - - -400 - - -4939 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 3261 - - 6148 - - 7403 - - 7608 - - 6173 sfcLCL ODpotential -3599 - - -6365 - - -4852 - - -3764 - - -9224 ODpotential blCL 5481 - - 11495 - - 11617 - - 10971 - - 10458 blCL maxRH 78 - - 79 - - 70 - - 76 - - 55 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 54.1 - - 62.4 - - 68.1 - - 69.9 - - 64.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 44.4 - - 40.0 - - 40.1 - - 41.1 - - 42.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.6 - - 61.2 - - 66.4 - - 69.2 - - 67.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 43.7 - - 38.7 - - 38.8 - - 39.9 - - 41.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 73 - - 258 - - 308 - - 135 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 682 - - 3930 - - 5565 - - 6007 - - 34 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 12 - - 14 - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98191 20 064 21 076 15 094 7 018 18 058 98191 90775 17 067 13 070 13 066 7 053 15 049 90775 85090 15 057 10 086 8 055 13 060 12 040 85090 80358 10 044 8 064 5 038 14 034 10 034 80358 76260 9 041 7 007 1 139 9 352 9 003 76260 72624 7 327 8 318 2 022 8 302 13 343 72624 69335 5 036 5 293 5 304 13 279 18 320 69335 66323 13 316 10 325 7 320 9 272 14 302 66323 63518 21 297 21 296 20 308 12 290 12 279 63518 60798 27 281 24 279 26 292 22 299 21 297 60798 57978 27 278 27 273 31 273 33 288 31 286 57978 55074 32 278 33 272 34 275 40 290 38 297 55074 52323 46 276 45 276 52 280 54 289 51 297 52323 49863 51 273 54 274 59 272 67 276 59 287 49863 47689 53 288 62 279 67 279 68 275 64 289 47689 45745 87 285 74 285 69 278 72 280 79 290 45745 43977 89 279 82 293 65 280 78 282 82 284 43977 42343 86 286 90 295 77 290 80 289 81 281 42343 40815 92 292 95 291 86 291 83 297 74 285 40815 39376 96 289 94 290 88 290 87 296 71 288 39376 38014 94 285 91 290 88 290 88 290 72 287 38014 36688 91 285 85 287 86 290 88 286 73 285 36688 35330 84 286 82 284 81 287 84 284 70 280 35330 33917 80 288 80 283 75 285 82 293 65 273 33917 32451 77 289 79 286 71 285 74 293 60 267 32451 30920 74 290 76 290 68 286 60 284 55 286 30920 29310 73 291 71 292 64 285 56 279 54 299 29310 27622 69 287 64 288 60 281 57 275 44 292 27622 25852 67 286 64 282 58 272 57 273 46 284 25852 24004 65 283 61 279 58 270 54 272 49 278 24004 22086 61 279 56 278 56 273 52 273 51 276 22086 20095 53 281 55 281 53 278 49 277 49 279 20095 18030 39 277 47 287 47 282 45 285 44 283 18030 15932 28 275 34 290 35 285 36 289 38 286 15932 13917 20 284 24 287 22 291 21 290 23 279 13917 12094 19 289 18 283 14 300 11 304 10 266 12094 10479 20 290 17 286 12 308 7 316 3 243 10479 9049 21 295 16 285 11 295 6 254 7 236 9049 7779 23 293 16 285 10*269 7*217 10 221 7779 6654 22 292 15 292 5*248 6*219 11 191 6654 5656 17 294 11*306 3 243 6 226 10 175 5656 4774 9 304 7*333 2 246 5 246 8 171 4774 3995 6 345 6 352 2 263 5 260 6 169 3995 3297 8 011 6 356 1 285 5 270 3 159 3297 2679 8 012 6 357 1 309 6 275 1 129 2679 2163 5*002 6 358 1 327 6 279 1 033 2163 1767 1*331 6 359 2 335 6 283 2 008 1767 1494 1 338 6 359 2 338 5 284 2 002 1494 1328 1 341 5 358 2 343 5 284 2*005 1328 1234 1 350 4 358 1 343 4 285 2*007 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