DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/27 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 - - 1856z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 22.6 - - 32.1 - - 37.8 - - 38.9 - - 34.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -30 - - 51 - - 68 - - -9 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 518 - - 1560 - - 103 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 6018 - - 7060 - - 5603 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 909 - - 1836 - - 3314 - - 5321 - - 3986 Hgt.Variab. W* 12 - - 131 - - 208 - - 33 - - 10 W* B/S 1 - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 10 - - 9 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 138 - - 179 - - 191 - - 171 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -25 - - -11 - - -10 - - -2 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1818 - - -1073 - - 182 - - -949 - - -2263 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6416 - - 7091 - - 6878 - - 6552 - - 6862 sfcLCL ODpotential -7092 - - -5920 - - -2441 - - -3830 - - -5518 ODpotential blCL 11690 - - 11938 - - 9501 - - 9433 - - 10117 blCL maxRH 87 - - 95 - - 86 - - 95 - - 90 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 22.6 - - 32.1 - - 37.8 - - 38.9 - - 34.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 11.3 - - 17.6 - - 24.0 - - 26.5 - - 20.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 26.7 - - 32.8 - - 38.2 - - 40.6 - - 38.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.5 - - 16.4 - - 22.8 - - 25.4 - - 19.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -30 - - 51 - - 68 - - -9 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 518 - - 1560 - - 103 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 50 - - 80 - - 46 - - 79 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96012 13 308 2 304 8 277 12 319 7 339 96012 88872 6 317 2 300 10 300 12 347 3 344 88872 83313 11 309 13 326 3 351 16 302 14 341 83313 78686 13 317 12 308 15 298 18 298 26 296 78686 74723 23 295 32 315 25 348 10 003 14 318 74723 71194 17 294 43 283 45 292 44 312 23 346 71194 67979 16 261 33 282 42 274 46 293 42 310 67979 65027 39 298 35 308 33 308 33 312 40 293 65027 62291 52 292 45 304 48 309 43 311 43 303 62291 59640 63 280 60 281 59 287 48 296 46 302 59640 56851 66 284 58 280 59 285 53 289 48 295 56851 53920 70 290 62 289 62 293 57 296 52 295 53920 51104 75 291 69 289 70 292 64 296 64 292 51104 48568 79 289 73 288 73 288 68 290 69 286 48568 46303 81 286 75 287 73 284 68 284 67 281 46303 44255 82 286 78 287 74 285 68 284 66 284 44255 42394 83 287 83 288 80 289 78 288 81 289 42394 40702 87 288 89 287 90 286 101 287 110 284 40702 39158 91 288 96 283 100 280 122 280 125 277 39158 37727 97 287 99 280 100 277 121 275 114 277 37727 36393 100 286 100 280 101 280 109 277 113 284 36393 35124 102 286 106 281 104 282 111 284 123 286 35124 33850 102 286 111 281 105 281 118 285 129 285 33850 32540 102 286 112 281 105 281 119 282 129 283 32540 31199 103 286 110 281 102 281 114 279 123 281 31199 29818 102 286 106 281 99 280 109 280 115 277 29818 28389 99 288 99 282 97 279 105 280 106 276 28389 26913 91 289 90 284 92 279 101 279 94 275 26913 25392 80 288 80 285 85 280 97 278 84 273 25392 23828 71 285 72 284 77 280 91 278 80 272 23828 22223 64 283 66 281 71 280 82 277 78 274 22223 20573 59 282 61 279 65 278 73 276 73 274 20573 18872 53 281 55 277 60 277 65 273 67 273 18872 17152 46 279 49 276 55 275 58 272 61 272 17152 15501 39 276 42 274 50 272 53 270 55 271 15501 14002 33 271 38 271 46 268 48 268 49 270 14002 12668 28 266 34 268 42 264 42 266 44 270 12668 11477 25 262 32 265 38 261 37 264 39 269 11477 10408 23 259 30 261 33 257 31 261 34 267 10408 9447 20 255 27 257 27 253 25 257 28 265 9447 8584 18 250 24 252 21 247 20 253 22 261 8584 7814 17 244 19 246 17 239 16 246 16 255 7814 7124 15 236 15 236 13*226 13 238 12 243 7124 6497 14 226 12*216 12*211 10 223 10 224 6497 5936 13 213 11*190 11 194 9*203 9 197 5936 5462 12 197 12 179 10 186 9*183 10 178 5462 5096 12 186 11 176 9 184 9 172 11 168 5096 4841 10 171 10 174 9 183 8 166 11 161 4841 4686 7*162 9 173 7 183 7 162 8*156 4686 4598 3*138 5 173 5 182 3 160 3*130 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