DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 1008z - - 1332z - - 1602z - - 1859z - - 2200z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 38.3 - - 48.4 - - 52.5 - - 50.2 - - 42.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - 221 - - 260 - - 79 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3641 - - 6968 - - 6062 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4620 - - 7803 - - 10441 - - 8896 - - 4620 Hcrit BL Top 4638 - - 9141 - - 12468 - - 11562 - - 4638 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2008 - - 2515 - - 2153 - - 2227 - - 5547 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 391 - - 511 - - 328 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 21 - - 25 - - 24 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 005 - - 336 - - 335 - - 338 - - 323 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 18 - - 17 - - 17 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - 4 - - 2 - - 4 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -903 - - 1396 - - 3288 - - 2877 - - -1541 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5541 - - 7746 - - 9180 - - 8685 - - 6179 sfcLCL ODpotential -3872 - - -405 - - 2151 - - 1512 - - -3491 ODpotential blCL 8510 - - 9546 - - 10317 - - 10050 - - 8129 blCL maxRH 88 - - 76 - - 88 - - 88 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 30 - - 120 - - 80 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m 38.3 - - 48.4 - - 52.5 - - 50.2 - - 42.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.4 - - 30.7 - - 28.4 - - 28.5 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.0 - - 48.2 - - 52.2 - - 50.8 - - 45.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.1 - - 30.1 - - 28.1 - - 28.3 - - 31.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - 221 - - 260 - - 79 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3641 - - 6968 - - 6062 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 53 - - 6 - - 50 - - 53 - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97742 31 273 34 270 30 278 25 267 33 271 97742 90332 27 281 27 269 30 267 31 274 28 280 90332 84654 25 288 25 278 28 274 32 287 22 295 84654 79948 20 297 19 284 23 274 26 288 20 311 79948 75896 21 310 16 296 20 287 23 296 22 312 75896 72316 23 312 22 301 21 292 18 302 18 310 72316 69058 23 307 20 304 18 302 15 330 23 333 69058 66057 24 316 24 309 26 306 31 318 29 320 66057 63267 25 320 23 307 25 294 35 300 26 316 63267 60542 27 323 21 320 20 304 27 299 30 328 60542 57686 35 319 29 327 26 319 29 321 36 326 57686 54722 40 315 40 321 36 322 39 325 37 325 54722 51889 43 314 44 317 45 320 47 325 43 331 51889 49340 43 317 43 320 51 322 52 326 49 333 49340 47058 43 322 43 324 54 324 52 329 55 337 47058 44991 44 327 45 330 52 327 56 334 63 338 44991 43102 47 331 51 336 54 336 64 336 69 336 43102 41366 51 336 57 339 64 341 69 337 70 337 41366 39763 57 339 64 341 74 341 73 343 74 342 39763 38277 62 340 70 342 80 342 79 348 83 348 38277 36899 64 341 74 343 85 348 90 351 94 352 36899 35591 64 342 76 345 99 351 104 352 102 353 35591 34289 63 344 79 349 107 349 113 350 106 352 34289 32965 61 347 80 352 102 348 114 347 106 348 32965 31618 59 348 84 355 100 350 106 345 101 347 31618 30232 56 346 85 355 102 351 94 347 94 353 30232 28797 48 343 78 354 101 350 92 352 90 356 28797 27312 41 341 63 351 98 351 90 352 85 354 27312 25773 36 339 51 347 86 353 81 348 77 350 25773 24185 32 338 45 346 71 350 73 344 71 345 24185 22551 29 337 43 346 61 346 69 343 66 344 22551 20869 29 337 42 341 54 344 64 345 62 344 20869 19134 32 335 38 336 46 343 55 347 55 344 19134 17381 34 334 34 335 38 339 43 345 46 344 17381 15704 36 334 32 338 33 335 35 340 37 344 15704 14182 35 333 32 339 30 336 32 338 31 342 14182 12828 33 334 32 337 29*337 29 340 27 342 12828 11617 30 335 31 336 28*337 28*340 25 344 11617 10532 28 336 30 334 28 336 28*339 23 347 10532 9557 27 336 28*333 27 335 27 339 23 347 9557 8682 27 336 27*334 27 334 27 338 24 343 8682 7900 27 335 26 335 26 334 26 338 24 340 7900 7199 27 334 24 336 25 334 25 337 24 336 7199 6563 26 334 23 337 24 334 25 337 23 333 6563 5994 24 336 20 337 23 334 24 337 21 329 5994 5514 21 341 18 338 21 334 22 337 19 326 5514 5142 17 348 16 338 20 334 20 337 16 324 5142 4884 13 353 14 338 18 334 18 336 12 322 4884 4727 10*357 12 338 15 333 15 336 9*322 4727 4637 4*016 9 337 11 333 10 335 4*324 4637 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