DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1856z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 24.7 - - 27.7 - - 24.3 - - 21.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 3 - - -30 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 139 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4598 - - 5639 - - 4598 - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2890 - - 2551 - - 2886 - - 1819 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 13 - - 37 - - 9 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 12 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 159 - - 196 - - 154 - - 141 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 12 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - 16 - - -6 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -445 - - 813 - - 2 - - -114 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5043 - - 4827 - - 4597 - - 4711 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2932 - - -1026 - - -2317 - - -3635 ODpotential blCL - - - 7530 - - 6665 - - 6915 - - 8232 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 90 - - 86 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 24.7 - - 27.7 - - 24.3 - - 21.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.6 - - 22.4 - - 20.2 - - 17.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.8 - - 28.9 - - 27.4 - - 25.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.9 - - 21.7 - - 20.0 - - 17.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 3 - - -30 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 139 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 41 - - 61 - - 43 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 95531 42 278 40 293 40 291 38 293 95531 88729 31 293 33 294 26 293 37 288 88729 83399 19 292 28 287 15 309 24 283 83399 78868 15 293 25 285 24 296 17 294 78868 74868 20 292 29 283 26 284 30 284 74868 71308 20 281 25 269 14 291 26 280 71308 68081 19 283 20 272 15 308 7 306 68081 65069 25 285 29 285 34 279 19 315 65069 62243 34 283 37 286 32 283 34 297 62243 59518 35 277 33 289 35 305 29 297 59518 56674 25 278 33 287 39 286 26 309 56674 53710 22 281 29 282 30 275 28 298 53710 50881 24 292 27 303 26 320 18 311 50881 48317 39 316 34 316 35 307 25 309 48317 45993 52 301 49 290 50 282 47 286 45993 43874 53 284 47 268 48 272 55 273 43874 41936 48 287 39 276 44 278 52 272 41936 40154 48 297 43 290 52 284 53 278 40154 38511 53 299 57 290 64 279 60 278 38511 36991 56 295 64 288 66 277 63 274 36991 35586 52 294 59 288 62 278 61 272 35586 34261 53 294 61 287 64 281 60 273 34261 32949 64 292 70 283 69 280 64 274 32949 31621 79 285 78 277 73 278 69 274 31621 30279 89 279 84 271 76 276 73 274 30279 28909 90 276 86 266 76 275 74 274 28909 27500 86 274 87 264 76 272 73 274 27500 26054 86 272 88 267 77 269 71 272 26054 24574 88 274 89 270 78 268 70 270 24574 23061 90 277 85 273 78 269 70 269 23061 21517 86 280 77 273 76 271 71 270 21517 19935 75 280 70 271 69 272 70 272 19935 18309 61 280 65 270 60 272 66 274 18309 16669 50 279 60 270 56 273 61 277 16669 15098 43 277 55 272 55 276 56 279 15098 13672 40 276 54 274 55 278 53 280 13672 12397 40 275 53 273 54 279 50 280 12397 11253 40 273 52 271 53 276 48 279 11253 10223 40 271 49 266 52 271 47 276 10223 9295 39 268 45 259 51 264 46 272 9295 8461 37 263 41 253 47 258 44 267 8461 7715 33 258 36 247 41 253 41 261 7715 7046 27 251 30 242 35 248 35 255 7046 6440 20 239 25 235 27 241 28 248 6440 5896 14 217 20*225 20 228 20 235 5896 5437 13 187 16*210 15 203 14 207 5437 5081 13 169 14 197 14 176 14 174 5081 4834 12 162 11 188 13 163 13 158 4834 4683 10*159 9 182 10*158 11*152 4683 4596 5*152 5 175 5*150 5*141 4596 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