DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/21 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 24.9 - - 27.9 - - - - - 20.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -5 - - 0 - - - - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 118 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4580 - - - - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4597 - - 5618 - - - - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3031 - - 2358 - - - - - 782 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 11 - - 30 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 16 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 160 - - 166 - - - - - 097 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 15 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -5 - - - - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -484 - - 202 - - - - - -1012 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5082 - - 5416 - - - - - 5609 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2921 - - -2359 - - - - - -5245 ODpotential blCL - - - 7518 - - 7977 - - - - - 9842 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 76 - - - - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 24.9 - - 27.9 - - - - - 20.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.7 - - 20.2 - - - - - 12.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.5 - - 29.1 - - - - - 27.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.4 - - 19.3 - - - - - 17.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -5 - - 0 - - - - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 118 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 83 - - 6 - - - - - 3 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 95637 50 325 69 338 67 334 95637 88538 53 309 55 320 64 315 88538 83043 47 307 39 300 54 307 83043 78472 43 305 40 293 42 311 78472 74486 53 297 51 284 41 303 74486 70914 56 283 59 281 55 289 70914 67675 50 272 62 277 61 285 67675 64706 46 281 57 281 57 291 64706 61936 51 286 55 289 60 284 61936 59237 54 287 62 278 56 279 59237 56410 57 287 65 269 55 283 56410 53446 65 278 60 271 61 277 53446 50596 69 274 63 277 68 270 50596 48031 70 276 71 272 73 267 48031 45740 76 276 75 266 78 263 45740 43678 83 273 76 268 79 259 43678 41803 87 271 80 272 79 259 41803 40080 92 271 87 273 82 260 40080 38485 98 269 96 271 88 260 38485 37006 103 266 105 268 93 259 37006 35637 107 263 114 264 99 259 35637 34347 109 263 120 261 107 260 34347 33071 112 264 129 259 113 259 33071 31775 118 266 141 256 116 258 31775 30459 121 267 143 257 116 257 30459 29107 120 266 133 260 112 256 29107 27709 118 264 121 263 104 256 27709 26270 115 264 109 264 94 255 26270 24791 108 266 95 265 84 255 24791 23274 98 269 81 265 75 254 23274 21720 87 272 70 264 67 253 21720 20123 73 274 63 264 63 254 20123 18477 58 272 57 264 59 255 18477 16811 49 268 50 263 53 254 16811 15215 43 265 41 259 45 251 15215 13763 36 262 33 254 39 248 13763 12468 28 256 27 248 35 247 12468 11309 22 249 24 241 33 246 11309 10269 19 242 23 232 30 244 10269 9332 17 236 23 224 27 239 9332 8491 16 229 22 216 24 231 8491 7739 15 220 21 207 21 220 7739 7065 15 208 21 197 19 207 7065 6453 15 195 21 186 19 195 6453 5905 16 182 21*176 19 183 5905 5442 17 173 20*171 19 175 5442 5084 16 167 18 167 18 171 5084 4835 14 162 15 164 15 165 4835 4683 11*160 13 163 10*155 4683 4596 4*157 5 159 3*097 4596 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