DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 1011z - - 1333z - - 1602z - - 1902z - - 2157z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 62.6 - - 72.1 - - 76.1 - - 79.4 - - 76.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 30 - - 134 - - 107 - - 25 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 933 - - 1303 - - 1570 - - 1852 - - 88 BL Depth Hcrit 2265 - - 2614 - - 2709 - - 2267 - - 2267 Hcrit BL Top 3128 - - 3498 - - 3765 - - 4047 - - 2283 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 792 - - 514 - - 904 - - 2277 - - 2408 Hgt.Variab. W* 141 - - 241 - - 242 - - 172 - - 30 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 24 - - 16 - - 16 - - 7 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 182 - - 197 - - 197 - - 188 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear 12 - - 5 - - 8 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -3 - - -4 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2437 - - -2649 - - -2572 - - -2532 - - -2494 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5565 - - 6148 - - 6338 - - 6580 - - 4777 sfcLCL ODpotential -9705 - - -7245 - - -6192 - - -5481 - - -5455 ODpotential blCL 12833 - - 10743 - - 9957 - - 9528 - - 7738 blCL maxRH 84 - - 98 - - 95 - - 83 - - 81 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 70 - - 720 - - 1530 - - 2360 CAPE Temp@2m 62.6 - - 72.1 - - 76.1 - - 79.4 - - 76.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 46.1 - - 52.8 - - 55.9 - - 57.9 - - 62.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 62.4 - - 71.0 - - 75.2 - - 78.9 - - 77.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 45.1 - - 51.4 - - 54.3 - - 56.3 - - 61.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 30 - - 134 - - 107 - - 25 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 933 - - 1303 - - 1570 - - 1852 - - 88 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 38 - - 94 - - 79 - - 31 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99617 24 096 28 108 17 129 15 112 20 101 99617 92493 21 096 21 104 16 108 18 119 16 102 92493 86927 19 096 15 094 14 102 16 098 13 112 86927 82257 15 097 14 079 13 099 12 074 12 107 82257 78197 13 084 12 074 11 090 8 069 10 090 78197 74585 13 062 10 063 10 083 5 070 8 070 74585 71302 11 042 6 054 9 053 6 049 7 051 71302 68274 10 026 4 032 8 021 5 020 9 028 68274 65458 11 006 5 008 9 352 5 331 12 350 65458 62728 13 330 10 351 10 316 7 339 13 325 62728 59882 14 315 14 328 13 308 9 294 12 306 59882 56926 19 306 17 305 17 303 9 304 18 305 56926 54112 25 299 29 293 34 288 30 290 26 283 54112 51596 33 296 35 287 36 277 36 280 27 273 51596 49337 38 305 37 291 33 285 36 282 29 271 49337 47280 50 300 44 295 45 288 42 280 39 275 47280 45405 56 294 53 292 53 284 47 277 47 276 45405 43688 63 292 62 286 57 280 51 275 52 274 43688 42106 67 288 66 281 60 275 54 272 55 271 42106 40640 66 285 66 278 58 272 55 270 54 268 40640 39272 62 284 61 276 53 270 54 268 52 267 39272 37957 57 281 56 274 49 268 53 265 49 267 37957 36623 51 279 51 272 47 266 51 261 48 267 36623 35239 46 280 46 268 46 264 50 256 46 265 35239 33806 43 283 40 265 45 262 49 252 44 263 33806 32308 40 284 37 266 42 260 49 250 43 260 32308 30730 34 283 35 269 38 259 47 250 41 258 30730 29072 32 281 34 273 35 260 45 252 40 255 29072 27331 35 277 32 276 33 263 42 255 38 253 27331 25511 38 269 30 275 33 263 39 255 37 251 25511 23611 35 260 31 270 33 263 36 255 36 253 23611 21628 21 240 34 266 32 262 33 256 35 255 21628 19559 14 217 33 258 30 260 30 260 34 254 19559 17446 16 225 33 239 27 256 24 266 34 254 17446 15404 19 239 25 231 23 254 18 282 33 255 15404 13541 20 244 21 235 23 239 15 280 27 253 13541 11879 21 245 20 235 20 241 13 269 22 251 11879 10400 22 244 19 238 20 244 14 267 20 248 10400 9082 23 244 15 254 20 246 16 262 20 240 9082 7908 25 250 16 270 20 246 18 262 19 225 7908 6868 26 256 19 272 19 246 16 263 17 213 6868 5950 27 252 21 271 18 242 13 260 18 205 5950 5140 29 234 21 267 17 236 10 249 19 202 5140 4416 36 206 19 250 19*214 8*231 20 202 4416 3776 36 191 19*215 19*200 8*193 20 202 3776 3243 33*187 17*198 18 197 8 189 19 199 3243 2833 28*184 17 197 17 196 7 187 17 193 2833 2551 25 182 16 197 15 195 7 185 14 186 2551 2380 22 182 15 196 14 194 7 185 11 181 2380 2283 16 181 12 196 12 193 6 184 6*174 2283 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