DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/06 Chipman_AB 2195ft pt59096@53.418,-112.339,2193ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Edmonton 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 29.2 - - 29.6 - - 30.3 - - 27.0 - - 22.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 7 - - 13 - - 2 - - -7 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 412 - - 143 - - 54 - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 Hcrit BL Top 2249 - - 2607 - - 2338 - - 2249 - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 369 - - 265 - - 267 - - 166 - - 52 Hgt.Variab. W* 30 - - 74 - - 31 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 14 - - 8 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 194 - - 207 - - 218 - - 185 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - 359 - - -327 - - -48 - - -276 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2249 - - 2249 - - 2666 - - 2297 - - 2524 sfcLCL ODpotential -26 - - 70 - - -11246 - - -11350 - - -12507 ODpotential blCL 2275 - - 2537 - - 13584 - - 13599 - - 14755 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 85 - - 80 - - 76 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.2 - - 29.6 - - 30.3 - - 27.0 - - 22.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.8 - - 28.6 - - 26.6 - - 24.9 - - 19.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 29.1 - - 29.5 - - 30.2 - - 29.8 - - 26.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.2 - - 28.3 - - 26.1 - - 26.3 - - 22.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 7 - - 13 - - 2 - - -7 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 412 - - 143 - - 54 - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 101 - - 98 - - 39 - - 20 - - 6 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95789 46 002 51 345 42 336 36 349 36 320 95789 89052 41 357 40 343 37 339 35 353 32 324 89052 83686 37 351 33 344 35 336 34 347 25 329 83686 79132 33 339 29 344 33 331 33 335 28 337 79132 75157 31 328 26 341 30 326 32 329 29 332 75157 71624 30 325 28 326 31 321 30 327 26 332 71624 68409 40 331 30 337 28 322 33 318 30 332 68409 65428 45 322 41 318 36 330 33 316 35 331 65428 62649 41 322 41 309 41 316 35 317 41 322 62649 59949 43 312 41 307 39 306 39 309 42 311 59949 57137 38 306 43 319 45 318 45 308 47 305 57137 54225 57 308 64 298 62 307 58 310 54 305 54225 51438 72 302 72 291 70 291 63 295 57 300 51438 48924 82 298 75 295 72 291 61 298 55 297 48924 46664 83 298 75 295 70 295 61 298 57 293 46664 44613 81 298 71 294 64 293 62 291 59 289 44613 42736 74 300 63 293 57 288 62 282 61 283 42736 41014 75 301 64 297 60 290 60 280 62 280 41014 39436 87 293 80 291 73 289 71 281 65 281 39436 37987 94 289 89 285 81 282 81 277 73 279 37987 36648 94 290 86 285 77 281 80 277 77 273 36648 35369 92 292 80 287 73 282 74 277 74 267 35369 34074 89 293 76 288 70 282 72 276 73 268 34074 32733 88 295 72 289 68 280 71 274 75 274 32733 31351 86 296 67 290 67 278 68 273 73 275 31351 29913 82 295 66 291 66 276 63 273 68 275 29913 28408 77 294 66 291 64 277 60 274 63 275 28408 26836 71 295 64 294 62 281 57 277 58 275 26836 25200 65 296 59 296 58 284 52 283 52 274 25200 23501 61 295 54 292 51 286 45 285 48 272 23501 21740 58 296 49 284 45 283 41 283 46 273 21740 19912 53 299 45 279 42 283 41 281 44 276 19912 18012 49 303 39 278 40 283 42 279 42 283 18012 16080 46 303 35 278 44 275 43 277 40 292 16080 14221 45 301 33 280 42 267 41 275 38 297 14221 12529 41 303 32 283 26 273 32 282 34 301 12529 11025 34 310 28 289 25 273 23 283 26 299 11025 9686 26 318 19 291 23 280 19 282 23 293 9686 8488 18 319 13 285 18 278 19 276 23 294 8488 7420 12 293 14 246 18 277 20 281 25 297 7420 6470 10 264 16 234 18 278 25 296 26 301 6470 5630 11 268 15 239 18 282 23 289 26 305 5630 4885 12 256 14 245 19 283 20 285 28 310 4885 4216 8 246 15 244 19 277 19 295 30 315 4216 3623 4 259 18 231 17 281 18 304 29 317 3623 3128 4 206 21 216 13 283 15 300 26 318 3128 2750 13 196 19*210 10 239 10 274 23 312 2750 2491 11 193 16*207 9*221 10 227 14 291 2491 2336 11*193 14 207 9*219 8*198 8 246 2336 2248 8*194 12 207 7 217 5*185 5*232 2248 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