DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/29 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 0654z - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 25.0 - - 32.3 - - 34.8 - - 33.3 - - 29.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -7 - - 76 - - 67 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1262 - - 2545 - - 1546 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 6235 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4597 - - 6762 - - 8045 - - 7046 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2612 - - 2198 - - 2402 - - 3433 - - 4227 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 194 - - 236 - - 23 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 5 - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 107 - - 170 - - 172 - - 169 - - 135 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 7 - - 8 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -15 - - 6 - - 9 - - -4 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -418 - - 966 - - 1906 - - 1246 - - -649 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5016 - - 5796 - - 6140 - - 5801 - - 5247 sfcLCL ODpotential -3017 - - -915 - - 468 - - -679 - - -3027 ODpotential blCL 7614 - - 7677 - - 7577 - - 7725 - - 7625 blCL maxRH 90 - - 77 - - 93 - - 84 - - 72 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 25.0 - - 32.3 - - 34.8 - - 33.3 - - 29.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.5 - - 23.3 - - 24.1 - - 24.2 - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.9 - - 32.7 - - 35.1 - - 35.3 - - 33.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 20.7 - - 22.2 - - 23.3 - - 23.4 - - 22.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -7 - - 76 - - 67 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1262 - - 2545 - - 1546 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 60 - - 9 - - 72 - - 37 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 95998 28 354 30 351 25 003 21 341 26 001 95998 89182 26 004 21 355 24 006 20 001 28 014 89182 83783 15 020 16 017 19 004 19 020 26 015 83783 79221 10 061 12 014 17 357 22 021 14 026 79221 75247 11 024 6 042 13 342 21 017 12 047 75247 71702 7 341 11 040 4 305 14 003 14 038 71702 68457 4 318 9 000 1 029 9 356 13 017 68457 65443 6 277 7 310 5 354 4 353 8 355 65443 62626 9 303 7 294 9 319 2 318 7 335 62626 59876 13 301 7 274 14 307 8 299 8 310 59876 56995 14 305 6 262 12 276 11 288 10 281 56995 54009 15 299 6 274 10 260 12 290 10 276 54009 51160 17 271 11 257 16 250 18 273 11 293 51160 48602 16 251 14 241 16 237 20 248 18 263 48602 46325 17 260 15 259 11 252 17 243 18 253 46325 44269 20 263 22 258 21 259 19 253 24 243 44269 42390 27 253 29 251 29 252 24 251 28 236 42390 40666 31 241 31 250 34 253 27 256 29 242 40666 39075 32 246 35 256 40 256 43 256 37 254 39075 37600 37 256 40 257 47 254 52 249 52 252 37600 36233 43 257 46 258 52 254 56 249 58 246 36233 34939 48 259 54 259 58 253 64 251 57 248 34939 33650 56 261 62 258 62 253 72 251 60 252 33650 32335 61 262 65 258 65 254 71 251 62 254 32335 30995 63 263 64 259 66 257 68 254 64 255 30995 29619 62 263 62 259 68 258 68 256 65 258 29619 28200 59 263 58 258 68 257 68 256 68 260 28200 26738 54 262 53 257 66 257 66 254 69 260 26738 25231 50 262 47 256 63 256 64 253 66 259 25231 23679 45 264 39 255 56 256 63 252 62 258 23679 22083 36 264 31 252 49 254 61 253 56 258 22083 20440 25 259 24 248 41 251 54 253 49 256 20440 18745 17 253 17 239 29 245 44 250 43 254 18745 17033 12 255 13 220 20 230 33 246 35 250 17033 15392 9 251 12 217 15 215 23 236 27 247 15392 13905 9 242 12 219 12 204 17 219 18 242 13905 12582 8 233 11 219 10 192 14 201 11 228 12582 11399 8 229 8 215 9 187 13 191 9 205 11399 10339 7 230 7 204 9 179 12 184 8 193 10339 9387 7 232 6 192 10 170 11 177 7 183 9387 8534 7 226 6 183 10*169 11 169 9 173 8534 7772 8 213 7 176 10*168 11 164 10 166 7772 7090 8 197 7*172 10 168 11*163 10 163 7090 6471 9 182 7*171 9 171 9*165 10 162 6471 5918 9 179 6 170 8 174 8 168 9 163 5918 5450 9 181 6 169 7 176 7 171 8 162 5450 5089 7 179 5 171 6 178 6 172 7 158 5089 4838 5 171 4 171 6 180 5 172 6 150 4838 4685 4*145 4 172 5 180 3 173 4*134 4685 4597 3*107 3 173 4 184 1 178 2*105 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