DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/20 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 36.2 - - 40.3 - - 36.0 - - 32.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 27 - - 35 - - -4 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 100 - - 1038 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5600 - - 6538 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1389 - - 1700 - - 3328 - - 2327 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 60 - - 145 - - 5 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 173 - - 218 - - 143 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 6 - - -10 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 11 - - 162 - - -232 - - -1157 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5589 - - 6376 - - 4830 - - 5755 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4668 - - -3838 - - -3153 - - -10395 ODpotential blCL - - - 10268 - - 10376 - - 7751 - - 14993 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 63 - - 77 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.2 - - 40.3 - - 36.0 - - 32.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.9 - - 28.5 - - 31.0 - - 23.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 36.9 - - 40.9 - - 40.0 - - 37.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.9 - - 27.3 - - 30.2 - - 22.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 27 - - 35 - - -4 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 100 - - 1038 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 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] 97018 37 060 45 068 37 072 38 064 97018 90033 38 076 38 073 34 080 35 076 90033 84487 31 081 26 079 26 073 34 092 84487 79794 22 087 19 077 15 063 22 086 79794 75721 15 089 10 082 11 069 10 072 75721 72112 8 076 5 043 9 076 3 083 72112 68836 3 078 6 015 3 076 1 147 68836 65807 1 048 5 306 4 285 0 246 65807 62988 6 345 4 279 9 279 4 299 62988 60263 13 301 4 274 10 296 11 273 60263 57443 17 289 12 249 20 300 14 282 57443 54530 17 281 11 241 25 281 18 299 54530 51751 15 283 17 279 25 262 25 287 51751 49261 18 271 27 277 28 250 32 278 49261 47031 23 269 29 273 30 250 39 276 47031 44998 29 272 32 274 30 268 41 269 44998 43129 32 264 38 270 41 291 44 273 43129 41415 29 262 36 257 50 285 51 270 41415 39849 21 270 24 251 42 260 45 278 39849 38413 16 282 19 272 27 235 40 317 38413 37078 13 298 21 292 23 245 50 331 37078 35795 17 303 21 285 31 276 53 331 35795 34501 19 299 24 282 43 294 43 326 34501 33168 18 301 28 277 52 296 33 311 33168 31804 22 276 31 269 51 290 42 300 31804 30397 24 264 31 264 44 283 48 297 30397 28934 24 258 32 264 40 276 49 290 28934 27419 25 256 32 266 38 273 51 279 27419 25855 26 258 34 267 37 273 49 269 25855 24245 28 258 34 268 37 271 46 265 24245 22590 29 255 34 267 35 263 43 267 22590 20885 29 252 34 265 32 250 41 271 20885 19125 27 253 33 265 31 244 38 277 19125 17344 22 253 30 262 30 246 35 283 17344 15640 16 246 26 253 29 250 31 289 15640 14097 14 238 23 248 26 256 29 295 14097 12730 13 237 22 249 22 266 26 299 12730 11514 13 244 19 254 20 276 22 301 11514 10428 13 251 16 259 20 285 18 304 10428 9457 12 254 15 264 20 290 15 305 9457 8587 11 252 14 268 19 292 13 303 8587 7813 10 249 13 269 18 293 11 299 7813 7121 9 243 11*265 17 293 9 292 7121 6493 9 230 8*254 14 291 8 282 6493 5933 8*210 6 224 11 285 6 266 5933 5460 7*189 5 206 8 273 6 247 5460 5095 6 171 5 201 5 250 5 219 5095 4840 5 165 5 199 4 210 5 181 4840 4686 4 162 4 198 3*166 5*160 4686 4597 3 158 3 200 2*126 4*138 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