DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 Chipman_AB 2195ft pt59096@53.418,-112.339,2193ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Edmonton Soaring Club RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1555z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.1 - - 59.3 - - 53.3 - - 45.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -9 - - 65 - - 54 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 424 - - 4890 - - 2288 - - 55 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2234 - - 4818 - - 2234 - - 2233 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2619 - - 7085 - - 4483 - - 2250 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3486 - - 2789 - - 1169 - - 2662 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 54 - - 313 - - 224 - - 20 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 17 - - 22 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 130 - - 275 - - 290 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 14 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 227 - - 2154 - - 966 - - -196 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2392 - - 4932 - - 3517 - - 2447 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -702 - - 411 - - -2081 - - -1308 ODpotential blCL - - - 3321 - - 6674 - - 6564 - - 3558 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 91 - - 83 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 490 - - 200 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.1 - - 59.3 - - 53.3 - - 45.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.9 - - 44.9 - - 45.2 - - 41.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.4 - - 58.8 - - 53.0 - - 46.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.3 - - 43.6 - - 43.9 - - 41.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -9 - - 65 - - 54 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 424 - - 4890 - - 2288 - - 55 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 65 - - 31 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99020 21 165 6 151 6 185 6 132 99020 91449 13 174 9 205 7 258 8 195 91449 85560 8 185 14 217 8 266 10 184 85560 80659 6 149 8 189 5 223 6 188 80659 76449 3 103 3 090 6 180 3 244 76449 72734 8 252 3 275 3 295 4 193 72734 69354 6 218 6 273 9 305 4 351 69354 66249 2 038 6 279 8 301 7 303 66249 63380 6 299 9 299 7 312 11 295 63380 60590 14 281 12 292 13 301 16 311 60590 57665 15 289 15 295 20 300 25 296 57665 54618 23 286 24 306 25 312 29 304 54618 51694 25 290 29 303 36 303 35 302 51694 49056 30 291 29 295 39 289 36 289 49056 46703 27 295 30 288 38 280 35 277 46703 44581 38 297 32 286 35 282 35 274 44581 42647 37 283 35 289 36 289 38 278 42647 40875 41 291 46 286 47 285 46 273 40875 39247 51 288 52 276 51 280 43 263 39247 37746 51 288 55 276 55 283 33 267 37746 36355 57 290 64 280 62 276 37 272 36355 35025 68 289 72 281 63 264 42 258 35025 33688 72 286 76 283 65 260 43 243 33688 32309 68 284 79 283 70 257 41 244 32309 30895 64 284 78 280 66 261 39 249 30895 29436 60 281 72 277 62 264 39 252 29436 27921 51 273 61 273 60 269 38 253 27921 26347 37 260 51 266 55 275 38 251 26347 24717 30 258 43 256 45 266 40 249 24717 23036 28 256 35 247 37 249 44 249 23036 21313 22 250 31 235 35 250 49 246 21313 19536 22 246 31 233 36 257 55 238 19536 17690 25 251 33 239 40 265 52 242 17690 15810 23 252 33 245 42 269 48 256 15810 14001 18 243 33 245 38 271 46 266 14001 12352 20 244 35 250 34 268 44 274 12352 10883 27 234 35 256 32 264 40 279 10883 9573 29 212 33 263 32 268 35 282 9573 8402 27 183 31 267 34 281 32 291 8402 7356 27 159 29*269 35 289 30 301 7356 6424 27 145 25*272 35 294 31 310 6424 5598 27 139 21 274 29 293 30 312 5598 4866 26 136 18 275 25*290 28 308 4866 4210 26 135 16 276 24*290 25 304 4210 3627 25 134 16 276 24 290 24 303 3627 3138 23 133 15 276 23 290 22 302 3138 2760 21*132 14 277 22 290 20 301 2760 2500 19*131 14 276 21 290 16 299 2500 2341 16 130 13 277 19 290 14*299 2341 2250 12 129 11 276 15 290 9*298 2250 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 21Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography