DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 1011z - - 1333z - - 1602z - - 1902z - - 2157z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 71.0 - - 76.8 - - 77.9 - - 76.9 - - 68.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 41 - - 147 - - 147 - - 75 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 5037 - - 6730 - - 5726 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4501 - - 8677 - - 9969 - - 8716 - - 4501 Hcrit BL Top 4519 - - 10537 - - 12230 - - 11226 - - 4519 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4424 - - 4176 - - 3775 - - 4238 - - 3670 Hgt.Variab. W* 38 - - 389 - - 431 - - 329 - - 15 W* B/S 2 - - 7 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 10 - - 18 - - 20 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 196 - - 266 - - 258 - - 258 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 15 - - 19 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -25 - - 39 - - 66 - - 61 - - -27 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5136 - - -696 - - 674 - - 350 - - -4066 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9655 - - 11233 - - 11556 - - 10877 - - 8585 sfcLCL ODpotential -9488 - - -3878 - - -2798 - - -3212 - - -7238 ODpotential blCL 14007 - - 14415 - - 15028 - - 14438 - - 11757 blCL maxRH 85 - - 91 - - 92 - - 91 - - 95 maxRH CAPE 90 - - 270 - - 460 - - 730 - - 340 CAPE Temp@2m 71.0 - - 76.8 - - 77.9 - - 76.9 - - 68.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 44.3 - - 42.9 - - 42.6 - - 44.6 - - 46.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 71.8 - - 76.6 - - 77.7 - - 77.5 - - 69.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 42.9 - - 40.9 - - 40.7 - - 43.4 - - 45.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 41 - - 147 - - 147 - - 75 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 5037 - - 6730 - - 5726 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 38 - - 64 - - 69 - - 66 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99797 23 100 27 117 17 141 16 108 19 110 99797 93037 21 101 23 107 18 120 16 119 18 111 93037 87685 20 104 15 092 17 098 14 126 15 107 87685 83163 15 097 11 092 12 079 12 118 12 114 83163 79222 14 089 12 092 9 085 11 098 12 114 79222 75711 11 082 10 082 5 111 7 072 10 103 75711 72506 8 068 8 064 5 119 3 045 7 074 72506 69541 5 052 5 039 4 112 0 079 5 031 69541 66781 2 010 3 323 2 086 1 190 6 332 66781 64102 4 312 8 281 6 294 4 279 9 307 64102 61301 7 307 9 273 10 289 6 304 8 302 61301 58386 14 300 11 272 20 277 20 279 20 276 58386 55613 25 287 19 277 26 275 27 274 27 268 55613 53136 31 285 26 285 28 283 27 277 25 272 53136 50921 36 280 34 282 33 280 32 272 25 270 50921 48904 42 276 42 275 41 274 38 267 31 266 48904 47052 46 273 48 270 46 268 43 263 36 263 47052 45346 49 272 51 267 50 264 46 260 40 261 45346 43765 50 270 52 264 51 259 46 257 43 258 43765 42295 49 268 52 261 51 256 45 255 44 257 42295 40919 48 268 51 260 49 254 44 255 43 256 40919 39597 49 267 52 259 49 252 45 254 45 256 39597 38261 50 266 54 259 49 251 45 254 48 256 38261 36881 52 266 55 258 49 250 46 253 50 256 36881 35458 52 265 56 257 49 249 47 252 53 255 35458 33975 52 264 54 255 49 248 48 251 55 255 33975 32419 50 263 51 254 48 247 49 252 56 254 32419 30788 46 260 47 252 45 245 49 253 56 253 30788 29081 43 258 44 252 41 242 48 254 54 252 29081 27295 42 257 42 251 39 242 48 256 51 251 27295 25434 41 255 40 252 38 246 46 258 47 250 25434 23491 41 254 40 252 38 252 44 260 44 250 23491 21460 40 253 39 253 38 259 41 262 41 252 21460 19382 37 252 38 254 38 266 39 266 39 256 19382 17374 32 252 35 254 35 270 36 269 38 260 17374 15543 27 253 31 255 33 272 33 271 37 263 15543 13912 23 256 28 257 30 271 30 270 35 266 13912 12462 20 259 25 260 27*269 27*268 33 268 12462 11170 18 263 22*264 25*266 24*265 31 270 11170 10022 15 266 19*268 23 264 23 262 30 270 10022 9004 13 269 15 270 21 261 22 260 29 271 9004 8107 12 271 12 269 19 258 22 258 28 271 8107 7314 10 272 9 266 17 255 21 256 26 270 7314 6605 10 271 8 262 16 252 20 255 24 269 6605 5979 9 267 7 260 14 249 19 253 21 266 5979 5456 7 256 7 260 13 247 17 251 17 262 5456 5056 5 229 6 259 11 245 16 250 13 254 5056 4780 4 186 6 259 10 245 14 248 9 241 4780 4613 3*179 5 259 9 244 12 248 7*233 4613 4518 2*179 4 260 7 244 8 247 3*211 4518 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