DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/05 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 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1556z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 40.8 - - 44.3 - - 50.5 - - 51.1 - - 45.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 107 - - 321 - - 323 - - 160 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1544 - - 4391 - - 5292 - - 4346 - - 368 BL Depth Hcrit 5896 - - 8530 - - 9241 - - 8192 - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top 7044 - - 9891 - - 10792 - - 9846 - - 5868 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2744 - - 1204 - - 1381 - - 1965 - - 4218 Hgt.Variab. W* 232 - - 473 - - 506 - - 377 - - 19 W* B/S 6 - - 9 - - 11 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 064 - - 042 - - 017 - - 025 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 8 - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -14 - - -8 - - -10 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -479 - - 1697 - - 1818 - - 1109 - - -1280 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7524 - - 8195 - - 8974 - - 8738 - - 7149 sfcLCL ODpotential -2977 - - 295 - - -79 - - -909 - - -4301 ODpotential blCL 10021 - - 9596 - - 10871 - - 10755 - - 10169 blCL maxRH 77 - - 84 - - 79 - - 74 - - 79 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 40.8 - - 44.3 - - 50.5 - - 51.1 - - 45.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.0 - - 24.5 - - 27.2 - - 28.8 - - 30.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.9 - - 43.6 - - 49.7 - - 50.9 - - 47.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.4 - - 23.8 - - 26.3 - - 28.0 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 107 - - 321 - - 323 - - 160 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1544 - - 4391 - - 5292 - - 4346 - - 368 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 9 - - 38 - - 16 - - 0 - - 15 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97855 12 099 21 138 15 181 3 136 13 100 97855 90399 16 112 16 138 15 154 8 151 12 111 90399 84685 15 123 16 142 16 131 11 163 12 096 84685 79958 12 135 14 141 15 113 15 136 10 129 79958 75864 9 135 10 153 4 116 11 087 12 117 75864 72218 10 080 8 107 6 123 4 040 10 078 72218 68915 12 035 8 096 7 082 6 041 10 046 68915 65878 11 036 11 049 5 059 7 052 8 044 65878 63057 13 021 11 026 5 018 9 019 11 042 63057 60321 15 011 14 017 4 024 8 340 12 010 60321 57467 22 014 19 005 16 022 15 011 15 019 57467 54501 22 009 19 359 21 003 23 359 22 010 54501 51674 28 003 22 003 24 000 26 356 27 001 51674 49149 39 003 35 008 29 001 31 003 32 005 49149 46900 50 359 49 000 42 360 45 001 46 003 46900 44879 59 006 55 004 49 360 52 357 55 358 44879 43063 70 007 64 008 60 007 65 005 65 005 43063 41404 83 001 78 004 79 007 78 008 74 006 41404 39863 86 360 84 360 86 007 82 007 79 005 39863 38425 89 005 91 003 92 009 86 006 80 006 38425 37079 94 007 95 006 95 007 88 005 82 007 37079 35789 96 005 94 005 93 007 90 005 83 005 35789 34490 96 003 94 004 89 007 90 005 84 004 34490 33154 95 003 94 004 86 006 88 005 83 004 33154 31786 92 003 94 004 84 006 85 005 81 005 31786 30374 87 003 93 004 83 008 82 004 77 006 30374 28910 85 002 89 003 82 008 78 005 72 005 28910 27396 84 001 84 003 81 006 73 005 68 004 27396 25836 82 002 77 007 77 005 71 005 64 004 25836 24233 78 004 73 011 68 005 69 007 60 005 24233 22589 74 006 71 011 61 006 62 006 57 006 22589 20901 68 006 68 009 56 006 56 005 53 005 20901 19161 61 003 64 006 54 007 52 007 49 006 19161 17398 55 001 57 003 49 006 49 008 45 007 17398 15707 50 001 51 003 45 004 46 008 41 008 15707 14172 45 360 45 002 39 000 41 005 37 009 14172 12808 38 357 37 358 30 352 32 357 30 004 12808 11593 29 356 25 352 20*347 21 343 22 348 11593 10505 20 003 15*356 13*348 16*339 14 333 10505 9528 14 012 10*009 10 357 11*346 10 326 9528 8651 9 007 10 019 10 003 9 360 7 330 8651 7866 8 003 10 038 9 018 8 013 5 350 7866 7165 9*032 10 047 8 029 8 033 5 039 7165 6528 9*050 10 052 8 033 8 041 7 073 6528 5958 8 062 10 055 8 037 8 045 8*082 5958 5477 8 067 10 056 8 040 8 047 9*087 5477 5104 7 068 9 058 8 041 8 049 8 090 5104 4846 6 069 8 059 7 042 8 050 7 094 4846 4688 6 069 8 059 6 043 7 051 5 099 4688 4598 4 070 6 059 5 043 5 051 3 106 4598 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