DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 Invermere_BC 5500ft pt54264@-115.892,50.505,5212ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.9 degF SPONSORED BY: Canadian Rockies 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.2 - - 63.2 - - 59.6 - - 51.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 141 - - 200 - - -3 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2739 - - 4134 - - 2477 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6935 - - 8126 - - 4582 - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8239 - - 9634 - - 7977 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2263 - - 2312 - - 2580 - - 3199 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 306 - - 394 - - 63 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 18 - - 15 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 290 - - 297 - - 289 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 14 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 29 - - 18 - - 15 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2839 - - -1994 - - -2122 - - -3688 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11078 - - 11629 - - 10100 - - 8288 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6637 - - -5696 - - -5940 - - -9279 ODpotential blCL - - - 14876 - - 15330 - - 13917 - - 13879 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 76 - - 84 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.2 - - 63.2 - - 59.6 - - 51.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.7 - - 28.2 - - 31.5 - - 31.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.1 - - 62.9 - - 60.8 - - 57.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.1 - - 27.6 - - 31.2 - - 31.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 141 - - 200 - - -3 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2739 - - 4134 - - 2477 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 6 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 98026 29 025 24 016 22 021 23 003 98026 90847 22 032 20 022 19 029 18 020 90847 85179 19 037 20 030 18 039 17 043 85179 80410 7 064 12 020 13 001 10 032 80410 76289 8 356 8 028 3 327 8 030 76289 72644 16 282 17 293 7 329 8 335 72644 69360 15 230 18 255 14 292 12 004 69360 66356 18 296 9 223 7 296 12 328 66356 63564 30 287 20 273 22 307 28 304 63564 60855 27 260 32 267 31 295 29 305 60855 58029 30 282 33 292 35 295 33 299 58029 55100 46 290 46 294 50 295 52 293 55100 52313 53 286 53 287 54 290 56 289 52313 49811 59 290 54 288 52 295 59 298 49811 47574 71 294 63 291 61 297 69 298 47574 45553 77 292 72 289 73 291 73 295 45553 43716 78 290 74 290 74 291 71 299 43716 42036 84 293 81 296 82 297 78 303 42036 40490 92 294 93 297 91 295 87 299 40490 39058 92 295 94 295 88 291 86 296 39058 37714 89 295 92 296 84 291 82 296 37714 36422 80 291 90 296 81 293 78 295 36422 35117 79 286 89 294 80 294 75 293 35117 33772 81 285 87 291 79 294 73 293 33772 32394 79 286 84 289 80 294 72 293 32394 30970 79 289 80 289 80 293 69 293 30970 29490 79 293 79 289 79 293 64 295 29490 27957 79 296 80 291 77 293 59 297 27957 26370 77 296 81 293 76 293 58 298 26370 24733 76 295 83 295 75 294 60 297 24733 23051 76 294 80 296 73 296 60 299 23051 21319 75 293 75 295 69 297 59 301 21319 19533 72 293 67 294 63 298 56 302 19533 17727 66 294 60 294 57 297 53 300 17727 15997 59 296 53 295 51 297 48 298 15997 14427 51 298 48 296 47 296 43 299 14427 13029 44 298 43 296 43 296 39 301 13029 11780 38 297 38 296 39 295 36 302 11780 10659 34 296 32 296 35 294 33 303 10659 9653 30 294 26*296 30 292 30 304 9653 8751 26*293 22*296 26*291 27 304 8751 7946 20*293 21 296 22*290 24 304 7946 7226 16 292 19 297 19 289 20 304 7226 6573 14 291 18 297 16 288 16 306 6573 5990 11 288 17 297 14 289 11 311 5990 5497 9 285 16 298 13 289 8 323 5497 5116 9 284 15 298 11 289 5 339 5116 4852 8 284 14 298 10 289 4 002 4852 4691 7 283 12 298 8 288 3*049 4691 4599 5 283 8 297 5 288 3*092 4599 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