DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/24 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0703z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 53.0 - - 58.1 - - 60.5 - - 59.9 - - 55.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 79 - - 171 - - 258 - - 90 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1439 - - 4185 - - 5136 - - 4806 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4582 - - 8116 - - 9024 - - 8163 - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top 6939 - - 9685 - - 10636 - - 10306 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2597 - - 2778 - - 2234 - - 3195 - - 6086 Hgt.Variab. W* 206 - - 383 - - 466 - - 324 - - 8 W* B/S 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 15 - - 19 - - 17 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 269 - - 253 - - 260 - - 259 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg 14 - - 57 - - 28 - - 18 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1320 - - 313 - - 1135 - - 1589 - - -3147 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8260 - - 9373 - - 9501 - - 8717 - - 7748 sfcLCL ODpotential -4526 - - -2764 - - -2010 - - -576 - - -5625 ODpotential blCL 11465 - - 12449 - - 12646 - - 10882 - - 10225 blCL maxRH 71 - - 91 - - 85 - - 95 - - 80 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 10 - - 10 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 53.0 - - 58.1 - - 60.5 - - 59.9 - - 55.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 32.8 - - 32.9 - - 34.5 - - 37.5 - - 37.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.6 - - 58.1 - - 60.2 - - 60.8 - - 58.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 32.0 - - 32.0 - - 33.7 - - 36.8 - - 37.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 79 - - 171 - - 258 - - 90 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1439 - - 4185 - - 5136 - - 4806 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 62 - - 41 - - 80 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98716 21 112 21 132 20 119 14 155 6 121 98716 91191 19 122 16 139 7 131 6 113 10 122 91191 85432 18 163 9 155 7 160 2 128 13 129 85432 80657 13 152 11 143 7 200 4 174 8 124 80657 76523 13 178 10 163 12 197 5 166 6 114 76523 72842 14 182 12 192 10 217 6 204 5 119 72842 69488 6 192 7 159 8 194 6 185 6 155 69488 66398 9 218 12 206 10 222 12 224 3 217 66398 63531 5 151 14 188 9 208 12 225 3 253 63531 60740 8 235 9 183 11 236 15 234 15 265 60740 57842 14 216 13 217 9 228 12 238 16 239 57842 54847 10 214 6 275 12 282 11 309 10 269 54847 51983 21 249 27 258 22 251 22 274 20 264 51983 49422 24 257 21 265 21 286 22 255 19 261 49422 47154 30 281 26 290 30 289 23 284 16 272 47154 45118 33 281 28 283 32 286 30 288 19 291 45118 43279 34 285 29 286 31 298 33 298 31 293 43279 41615 34 288 36 303 39 303 35 306 30 290 41615 40093 38 294 52 302 43 303 39 327 28 318 40093 38682 44 295 53 303 51 310 45 327 35 330 38682 37356 45 294 55 311 61 307 51 330 33 329 37356 36079 48 293 60 316 63 305 53 330 32 327 36079 34789 49 292 58 315 57 303 50 328 29 327 34789 33458 47 290 48 314 54 298 46 325 26 324 33458 32092 48 288 41 304 53 294 42 319 26 313 32092 30680 50 284 42 291 53 290 37 306 25 300 30680 29209 51 280 44 284 54 287 36 293 27 286 29209 27685 50 275 45 283 53 284 36 286 31 282 27685 26109 47 271 46 284 51 282 34 285 33 280 26109 24486 45 270 45 283 48 280 33 285 35 277 24486 22819 43 271 45 279 44 278 34 281 35 272 22819 21107 41 272 44 274 40 277 35 275 32 267 21107 19346 39 274 41 269 37 275 36 273 30 267 19346 17569 36 272 37 267 34 273 35 274 30 269 17569 15870 34 270 33 265 32 272 34 275 31 269 15870 14328 32 267 30 263 30 271 31 273 30 266 14328 12955 29 265 28 262 27 268 28 269 28 261 12955 11726 27 264 24 260 24*265 25 265 26 256 11726 10623 24 265 21*258 23*263 22*262 24 253 10623 9630 21 267 19*256 22 262 21*261 22 251 9630 8738 18 271 17 255 21 262 20 261 19 249 8738 7940 16 274 17 254 21 261 19 260 17 247 7940 7224 14*275 16 253 20 260 19 259 15 244 7224 6574 12*274 15 252 19 259 18 258 12 241 6574 5991 10 272 14 251 19 258 17 257 10 237 5991 5499 8 268 13 251 18 257 16 256 9 230 5499 5118 7 265 12 249 16 256 14 255 7 223 5118 4853 5 261 11 249 15 256 13 254 6 220 4853 4691 3 254 9 248 13 255 11 254 5*217 4691 4599 2 238 6 248 8 254 7 253 2*197 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