DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/13 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 - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 27.7 - - 35.1 - - 39.5 - - 35.5 - - 34.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -27 - - -18 - - -16 - - -45 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 4599 - - 4598 - - 4599 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 844 - - 1409 - - 1891 - - 738 - - 629 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 10 - - 15 - - 8 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 4 - - 9 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 130 - - 147 - - 178 - - 149 - - 148 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -20 - - -16 - - 4 - - -31 - - -30 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -556 - - -32 - - -198 - - -715 - - -1547 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5154 - - 4631 - - 4796 - - 5314 - - 6147 sfcLCL ODpotential -6771 - - -4888 - - -3907 - - -8065 - - -8837 ODpotential blCL 11369 - - 9487 - - 8505 - - 12664 - - 13436 blCL maxRH 100 - - 93 - - 75 - - 62 - - 68 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 27.7 - - 35.1 - - 39.5 - - 35.5 - - 34.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 21.5 - - 30.8 - - 34.5 - - 28.4 - - 24.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 33.0 - - 38.2 - - 41.6 - - 41.4 - - 40.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.8 - - 30.3 - - 33.8 - - 28.7 - - 24.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -27 - - -18 - - -16 - - -45 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 99 - - 74 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 96358 76 012 77 016 94 031 90 039 81 030 96358 89386 60 005 59 015 59 024 74 033 77 029 89386 83996 47 011 47 013 47 018 60 031 67 036 83996 79443 39 011 42 011 40 011 48 019 51 036 79443 75456 38 005 36 010 31 005 40 011 40 020 75456 71910 39 001 32 008 25 007 30 009 26 008 71910 68678 37 352 34 357 29 355 25 354 22 359 68678 65679 36 342 34 350 29 347 25 332 25 332 65679 62882 38 334 36 336 31 336 27 334 26 331 62882 60175 41 329 33 325 32 324 31 322 29 317 60175 57361 45 325 35 330 35 322 31 326 26 326 57361 54448 57 327 50 333 44 327 44 323 37 323 54448 51691 67 324 62 324 58 317 54 314 47 307 51691 49229 76 322 71 319 65 318 57 317 48 303 49229 47018 82 318 78 316 65 318 66 315 46 304 47018 44996 80 314 72 308 61 311 66 307 47 302 44996 43124 68 318 56 308 52 311 54 299 51 295 43124 41388 75 326 52 320 53 306 45 298 58 286 41388 39783 86 316 62 318 59 300 48 294 66 279 39783 38304 88 312 75 304 66 292 55 283 70 273 38304 36942 87 311 79 297 71 284 61 272 68 265 36942 35652 86 311 79 295 70 280 63 266 65 261 35652 34358 85 313 78 294 66 280 61 264 63 261 34358 33031 83 313 77 294 64 284 58 267 62 264 33031 31674 83 310 76 296 64 287 57 273 61 268 31674 30275 84 307 75 300 64 290 59 277 62 270 30275 28826 84 306 75 303 64 292 60 280 62 273 28826 27326 84 307 74 305 64 293 61 280 62 274 27326 25776 83 308 71 306 64 292 61 279 63 274 25776 24181 83 309 69 304 63 289 60 278 64 274 24181 22543 81 309 66 301 62 286 60 278 65 273 22543 20860 76 308 64 299 60 285 59 279 66 273 20860 19125 70 308 62 297 58 286 58 280 66 274 19125 17370 66 308 58 297 56 288 57 283 64 275 17370 15686 60 305 54 298 54 290 55 285 61 277 15686 14157 52 300 50 298 52 291 54 286 57 277 14157 12795 43 294 46 297 50 291 53 287 53 278 12795 11578 35 289 43 294 47 289 52 287 49 279 11578 10487 29 284 40 290 45 286 50 285 44 279 10487 9508 23 279 37 286 41 283 46 283 38 278 9508 8631 19 275 34 281 37 278 41 280 32 276 8631 7849 16 269 30 274 31 273 33 276 25 272 7849 7149 13 263 24 267 25 266 25 269 19 263 7149 6514 11 252 18 255 19 255 17 255 14 240 6514 5948 9 233 13 225 15 230 12 225 13 208 5948 5470 8 205 12 190 14 205 12 192 14 188 5470 5100 8 178 13 170 14 188 13 174 14 179 5100 4844 8 154 13 161 12 180 13 167 12 173 4844 4687 6*147 10*156 10*177 10*164 9*170 4687 4598 4*130 4*147 4*174 4*149 4*148 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