DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 38.7 - - 39.6 - - 37.5 - - 34.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 92 - - 17 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1638 - - 1541 - - 312 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7138 - - 7041 - - 5812 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2247 - - 2450 - - 2062 - - 2513 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 211 - - 224 - - 76 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - 176 - - 167 - - 161 - - 148 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 5 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - -10 - - 3 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1498 - - 2128 - - 1215 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5641 - - 4914 - - 4597 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -998 - - 621 - - -26 - - -559 ODpotential blCL - - - 8136 - - 6420 - - 5838 - - 5157 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 95 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.7 - - 39.6 - - 37.5 - - 34.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.9 - - 33.9 - - 34.4 - - 33.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.1 - - 39.8 - - 38.3 - - 36.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 32.7 - - 33.8 - - 34.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 92 - - 17 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1638 - - 1541 - - 312 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 81 - - 89 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95803 23 312 27 290 28 311 18 281 95803 88750 31 295 41 295 45 306 35 306 88750 83346 22 324 33 308 43 306 35 305 83346 78808 38 324 35 305 41 299 37 305 78808 74846 49 306 42 300 40 293 40 305 74846 71303 50 290 48 298 42 299 41 299 71303 68065 46 290 51 298 47 304 42 294 68065 65066 44 299 50 298 50 304 42 293 65066 62265 45 295 51 296 50 299 44 294 62265 59533 40 287 50 284 51 292 45 296 59533 56666 36 293 42 277 50 287 46 295 56666 53683 43 297 35 284 46 282 47 288 53683 50847 50 291 40 295 42 285 47 286 50847 48303 54 274 49 287 44 288 45 286 48303 46025 47 271 51 271 45 281 41 284 46025 43962 47 277 45 264 46 274 37 284 43962 42078 53 271 43 267 44 271 37 283 42078 40345 60 257 48 265 43 267 36 276 40345 38742 67 248 55 259 43 264 34 267 38742 37261 67 245 60 251 44 260 35 259 37261 35892 72 246 69 239 46 256 35 252 35892 34600 92 244 79 238 54 250 33 256 34600 33322 107 240 89 238 60 249 39 253 33322 32031 99 239 86 239 71 248 49 251 32031 30729 88 239 79 239 84 238 64 239 30729 29398 78 237 76 235 84 232 66 235 29398 28019 69 237 69 231 78 238 60 240 28019 26592 62 241 63 232 67 244 52 244 26592 25117 58 246 61 238 53 245 40 243 25117 23596 52 251 62 249 45 257 37 246 23596 22031 45 254 56 258 38 267 31 244 22031 20421 39 249 35 265 28 268 24 241 20421 18760 36 246 24 251 23 262 16 258 18760 17074 32 247 26 238 20 256 12 276 17074 15450 24 246 27 234 18 248 11 278 15450 13970 18 243 25 229 15 248 10 276 13970 12646 15 243 21 227 11 244 9 273 12646 11459 13 241 17 225 9 239 8 268 11459 10391 11 238 14 222 9 226 7 261 10391 9431 10 232 11 215 9 210 6 252 9431 8570 9 225 10 206 10 195 5 242 8570 7800 7*215 9 194 12 187 5 229 7800 7112 7*200 9*182 13 181 5 218 7112 6487 8 184 9*171 12 176 5 208 6487 5929 9 172 9 167 11*171 5 197 5929 5458 8 168 9 166 9*167 5 188 5458 5093 8 167 8 166 6 161 4 180 5093 4840 7 167 7 167 4 157 3 170 4840 4686 6 168 6 167 3 153 1*148 4686 4597 4 166 4 168 1 150 1*057 4597 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