DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/09 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 8.7 - - 20.1 - - 26.1 - - 22.5 - - 12.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -9 - - -7 - - 10 - - -20 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 53 - - 1103 - - 53 - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit 2231 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2231 Hcrit BL Top 2248 - - 2248 - - 3298 - - 2248 - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 84 - - 555 - - 3694 - - 3534 - - 64 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 11 - - 100 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 7 - - 16 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 254 - - 310 - - 320 - - 312 - - 291 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -305 - - -663 - - -649 - - -1203 - - -1339 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2553 - - 2911 - - 3947 - - 3451 - - 3587 sfcLCL ODpotential -6277 - - -3715 - - -2431 - - -3138 - - -5458 ODpotential blCL 8525 - - 5963 - - 5729 - - 5386 - - 7706 blCL maxRH 83 - - 85 - - 87 - - 56 - - 70 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 8.7 - - 20.1 - - 26.1 - - 22.5 - - 12.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 5.6 - - 15.3 - - 16.7 - - 15.4 - - 5.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 12.8 - - 21.3 - - 26.1 - - 25.0 - - 18.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.1 - - 14.8 - - 15.6 - - 14.4 - - 10.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -9 - - -7 - - 10 - - -20 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 53 - - 1103 - - 53 - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 31 - - 41 - - 46 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96584 21 094 26 086 21 099 21 101 21 096 96584 89421 31 059 21 097 16 105 15 067 13 092 89421 83825 22 042 18 070 19 091 12 053 12 061 83825 79123 12 019 11 050 10 079 3 019 10 007 79123 75039 17 019 7 048 3 227 6 319 4 341 75039 71397 19 334 14 327 7 259 12 306 9 314 71397 68067 16 287 24 292 15 295 12 272 13 284 68067 64974 14 292 20 282 18 278 15 276 11 254 64974 62083 24 312 21 281 34 263 33 283 24 279 62083 59271 37 309 26 287 38 271 47 268 39 274 59271 56327 40 284 39 288 40 275 44 262 38 267 56327 53257 46 285 47 280 41 271 33 266 30 264 53257 50318 49 282 45 275 42 272 37 278 29 277 50318 47676 50 276 45 275 45 275 43 279 35 286 47676 45316 50 276 46 278 46 279 43 277 40 283 45316 43182 50 272 48 281 46 283 42 278 42 278 43182 41240 46 271 50 279 46 283 45 280 41 274 41240 39459 41 273 50 274 47 281 47 281 41 273 39459 37813 41 280 47 272 47 277 49 279 40 274 37813 36282 44 285 44 272 46 274 48 275 39 277 36282 34851 48 286 40 274 44 272 45 273 39 280 34851 33486 51 284 37 276 41 273 42 274 41 279 33486 32122 52 281 37 277 40 273 42 275 43 277 32122 30742 52 278 37 276 38 273 42 275 41 276 30742 29355 50 276 35 277 36 275 39 275 36 274 29355 27949 47 277 36 281 35 280 36 277 29 277 27949 26506 44 277 38 283 35 281 35 277 26 285 26506 25017 39 274 36 278 35 279 35 276 32 288 25017 23485 32 270 34 275 37 268 35 276 36 280 23485 21920 29 270 36 274 38 257 37 276 33 278 21920 20315 31 274 36 264 38 254 40 275 30 286 20315 18654 31 271 36 259 39 255 42 274 35 290 18654 16926 26 272 30 265 38 257 41 273 33 288 16926 15162 25 268 27 268 37 263 34 278 29 288 15162 13454 24 257 25 273 36 279 28 291 28 288 13454 11891 23 252 23 272 32 293 27 305 28 286 11891 10493 21 249 22 273 29 303 29 311 28 285 10493 9243 17 243 23 279 25 306 29 313 25 289 9243 8125 16 247 22 290 24 311 28 317 20 298 8125 7128 14 262 21 303 23 317 26 320 17 313 7128 6239 15 287 21 312 23 324 23 321 15 328 6239 5452 17 301 22 317 24 328 22 322 13 333 5452 4753 18 304 22 320 23 328 22 322 11 331 4753 4123 19 305 25 323 22 326 22 320 10 337 4123 3564 22 309 27 323 21*324 21 318 10 348 3564 3096 24 314 26 322 18*321 20 317 10 352 3096 2734 22 307 22 320 17 320 19 316 10 346 2734 2485 15 275 15 318 16 320 16 315 8 328 2485 2334 11*270 13 317 15 320 13 313 6*307 2334 2248 5*254 7*310 13 319 8*312 4*291 2248 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