DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/23 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1902z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 37.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - - - - 4620 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - - - - 4638 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - - - - 1270 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - - - - 356 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - - - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - - - - -406 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 5044 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - - - - -3791 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - - - - 8429 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 37.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - - - - 32.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 43.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 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] 97152 42 021 97152 90019 33 359 90019 84383 29 350 84383 79627 23 342 79627 75503 16 343 75503 71855 12 334 71855 68550 9 324 68550 65508 8 317 65508 62683 9 286 62683 59944 8 260 59944 57082 8 249 57082 54104 10 237 54104 51260 11 233 51260 48701 12 228 48701 46414 15 225 46414 44349 17 223 44349 42468 22 225 42468 40751 28 203 40751 39184 27 176 39184 37750 23 156 37750 36425 21 150 36425 35169 21 156 35169 33912 22 175 33912 32625 25 192 32625 31306 30 190 31306 29944 32 180 29944 28533 26 175 28533 27077 15 174 27077 25572 7 183 25572 24018 3 225 24018 22419 4 195 22419 20769 6 167 20769 19063 7 166 19063 17337 8 176 17337 15681 8 167 15681 14173 7 148 14173 12827 5 120 12827 11620 5 070 11620 10536 6 054 10536 9561 8 054 9561 8685 9 049 8685 7902 9 035 7902 7200 10 020 7200 6564 11 010 6564 5994 12 360 5994 5514 12 351 5514 5142 12 342 5142 4884 10 341 4884 4727 7*345 4727 4637 5*356 4637 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