DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 23.8 - - 29.0 - - - - - 20.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 29 - - 21 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 618 - - 1421 - - - - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2232 - - 2232 - - - - - 2232 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2813 - - 3616 - - - - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1089 - - 2693 - - - - - 65 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 109 - - 131 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 10 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 235 - - 256 - - - - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -6 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 289 - - 773 - - - - - -235 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2524 - - 2843 - - - - - 2483 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1001 - - -127 - - - - - -2920 ODpotential blCL - - - 3814 - - 3743 - - - - - 5168 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 95 - - - - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 23.8 - - 29.0 - - - - - 20.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.9 - - 24.7 - - - - - 17.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.4 - - 28.8 - - - - - 24.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.3 - - 23.9 - - - - - 22.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 29 - - 21 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 618 - - 1421 - - - - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 97 - - 81 - - - - - 67 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 96213 21 290 13 278 25 287 96213 89206 12 257 16 278 18 284 89206 83742 6 241 13 242 14 276 83742 79164 11 263 16 275 22 266 79164 75177 15 234 21 259 22 284 75177 71618 15 234 28 274 24 278 71618 68363 21 251 36 262 35 276 68363 65353 31 251 38 244 50 266 65353 62539 38 240 42 258 57 259 62539 59786 44 257 48 262 53 262 59786 56893 51 265 50 268 55 273 56893 53875 65 272 64 273 67 277 53875 50985 75 269 74 270 74 272 50985 48381 74 269 74 268 75 270 48381 46043 79 272 74 267 74 269 46043 43921 85 269 74 268 71 269 43921 41979 85 267 75 269 69 269 41979 40190 82 267 77 271 70 271 40190 38534 80 270 81 271 73 273 38534 36997 81 273 86 269 77 275 36997 35572 84 274 88 267 79 275 35572 34224 87 272 88 267 79 275 34224 32887 86 270 88 268 77 276 32887 31528 82 270 84 269 74 277 31528 30146 78 271 78 271 73 279 30146 28724 75 273 76 273 71 280 28724 27252 72 274 75 273 69 280 27252 25726 66 275 68 273 65 280 25726 24143 62 276 58 273 60 283 24143 22505 59 278 51 274 56 285 22505 20819 54 280 45 276 48 283 20819 19081 47 283 37 277 41 285 19081 17279 41 285 32 278 39 286 17279 15443 38 282 30 279 48 273 15443 13670 30 280 29 281 49 278 13670 12055 24 295 28 287 46 294 12055 10619 27 307 29 297 38 307 10619 9343 22 310 27 304 30 315 9343 8207 20 306 20 304 22 320 8207 7193 21 317 16 301 17 325 7193 6290 15 317 14 301 11 321 6290 5491 6 302 12 292 7 316 5491 4782 8 328 11 280 5 300 4782 4145 10 315 12*269 5 267 4145 3580 10 304 11*261 6 247 3580 3105 5*274 11 257 6 235 3105 2740 3*238 10 255 5 224 2740 2489 3 235 9 253 5 215 2489 2336 3 233 9 253 5 212 2336 2248 3 231 8 253 4*211 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