DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 74.0 - - 78.4 - - - - - 73.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 256 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4068 - - 7309 - - - - - 1678 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8199 - - 10729 - - - - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9568 - - 12809 - - - - - 7178 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2582 - - 2025 - - - - - 6583 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 430 - - 525 - - - - - 47 W* B/S - - - 24 - - 18 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 5 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 229 - - 282 - - - - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 8 - - - - - 14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 71 - - 2188 - - - - - -2372 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9497 - - 10621 - - - - - 9551 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2917 - - 334 - - - - - -5598 ODpotential blCL - - - 12485 - - 12475 - - - - - 12776 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 69 - - - - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - 110 - - 230 - - - - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.0 - - 78.4 - - - - - 73.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 48.2 - - 47.5 - - - - - 47.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.2 - - 77.6 - - - - - 76.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 47.2 - - 46.4 - - - - - 46.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 256 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4068 - - 7309 - - - - - 1678 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 7 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] 100095 23 115 17 107 24 096 100095 92491 19 111 22 111 19 108 92491 86643 18 110 20 120 20 111 86643 81786 19 128 16 122 18 085 81786 77606 21 115 11 116 14 069 77606 73927 17 103 12 116 8 066 73927 70611 15 103 10 101 4 118 70611 67561 12 100 7 102 7 103 67561 64734 5 097 6 100 4 063 64734 61997 1 032 1 078 1 126 61997 59150 8 315 4 284 6 199 59150 56204 16 275 17 285 14 292 56204 53394 22 277 30 276 28 289 53394 50886 39 274 43 268 41 277 50886 48658 46 276 43 272 44 280 48658 46641 63 285 57 283 57 287 46641 44791 84 272 83 272 73 283 44791 43080 80 272 82 267 74 277 43080 41484 80 275 80 268 72 272 41484 39991 77 274 79 271 70 267 39991 38589 76 275 78 272 68 267 38589 37241 75 274 77 273 67 268 37241 35883 75 273 73 273 66 269 35883 34486 73 272 72 277 67 270 34486 33056 73 273 68 278 68 271 33056 31578 74 276 67 275 68 270 31578 30045 66 283 66 276 64 273 30045 28461 51 283 57 281 57 279 28461 26831 43 279 47 280 49 281 26831 25157 40 279 41 278 43 280 25157 23444 33 282 36 283 38 281 23444 21686 26 285 31 288 32 284 21686 19879 21 285 26 291 26 288 19879 18053 18 286 22 294 23 291 18053 16301 16 294 18 297 19 292 16301 14708 14 299 14 295 14 291 14708 13286 13 299 11*289 9 284 13286 12011 11 296 8*285 7 285 12011 10864 9 292 7 283 6 295 10864 9830 7*285 7 282 6 307 9830 8902 5*269 6 283 7 313 8902 8070 4 253 5 282 9 313 8070 7326 4 236 4 282 10*312 7326 6650 3 216 4 282 10*310 6650 6045 3 210 4 281 11 308 6045 5534 3 206 3 280 10 305 5534 5138 3 206 3 278 9 303 5138 4864 3 205 3 277 8 299 4864 4697 3 206 3 276 5 297 4697 4600 3 208 2 274 2 288 4600 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