DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 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 - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 26.2 - - 28.0 - - 31.5 - - 33.3 - - 33.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 1 - - 7 - - -30 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 54 - - 901 - - 54 - - 54 BL Depth Hcrit 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2233 - - 2233 Hcrit BL Top 2248 - - 2249 - - 3096 - - 2249 - - 2249 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1008 - - 1600 - - 1299 - - 1955 - - 425 Hgt.Variab. W* 17 - - 26 - - 88 - - 19 - - 16 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 11 - - 15 - - 22 - - 15 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 150 - - 155 - - 152 - - 151 - - 148 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -750 - - -1361 - - -256 - - -761 - - -628 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2998 - - 3610 - - 3353 - - 3010 - - 2878 sfcLCL ODpotential -6439 - - -9569 - - -8190 - - -8102 - - -7374 ODpotential blCL 8687 - - 11818 - - 11286 - - 10351 - - 9623 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 99 - - 91 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 26.2 - - 28.0 - - 31.5 - - 33.3 - - 33.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 21.6 - - 20.5 - - 25.1 - - 28.3 - - 28.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 26.7 - - 28.1 - - 31.6 - - 35.4 - - 36.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 21.1 - - 19.7 - - 24.3 - - 27.7 - - 28.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 1 - - 7 - - -30 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 54 - - 901 - - 54 - - 54 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 101 - - 95 - - 63 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 95934 17 256 21 238 21 252 22 265 21 275 95934 88810 17 281 18 254 25 265 21 300 21 298 88810 83295 18 317 15 268 27 289 30 312 36 305 83295 78676 23 309 25 286 34 293 37 304 42 299 78676 74663 29 311 32 295 37 291 40 301 38 303 74663 71102 37 300 36 297 43 293 40 311 39 311 71102 67871 39 291 41 300 40 299 42 313 42 315 67871 64899 39 292 44 299 38 309 43 312 43 317 64899 62137 40 298 43 299 40 308 45 309 39 317 62137 59448 41 304 41 302 39 309 45 307 37 320 59448 56623 43 305 42 307 40 310 45 308 40 317 56623 53678 43 311 45 309 42 307 44 307 42 315 53678 50867 49 315 47 310 44 308 43 312 45 315 50867 48342 52 306 49 309 47 306 48 315 47 313 48342 46089 50 305 49 309 47 306 51 310 50 307 46089 44052 48 314 47 307 47 305 52 303 50 303 44052 42188 51 321 45 308 43 305 48 304 51 298 42188 40476 60 310 46 312 44 309 54 302 46 291 40476 38903 64 300 52 310 55 302 51 298 42 290 38903 37457 66 301 57 305 57 297 52 293 45 288 37457 36122 75 302 59 303 53 302 49 291 48 286 36122 34851 81 300 57 311 53 307 49 291 49 285 34851 33573 71 304 64 315 53 307 50 290 50 283 33573 32257 64 311 64 314 60 300 55 288 50 278 32257 30903 61 314 54 310 60 297 56 287 48 271 30903 29496 57 314 51 307 51 297 49 283 46 269 29496 28023 56 311 48 302 44 294 42 275 44 272 28023 26484 55 308 42 301 38 293 41 275 41 275 26484 24879 52 307 39 300 40 290 38 273 38 275 24879 23208 46 308 39 299 41 293 39 278 36 272 23208 21476 39 314 37 300 38 298 34 282 33 270 21476 19680 36 317 36 301 31 294 30 280 31 271 19680 17813 33 315 34 302 27 290 29 279 31 274 17813 15911 30 312 29 303 25 286 28 279 33 275 15911 14078 26 309 24 302 23 275 26 276 35 272 14078 12409 22 307 18 296 22 259 23 268 36 267 12409 10921 16 304 10 292 20 242 20 256 31 263 10921 9594 10 235 10 205 19 225 20 251 24 262 9594 8408 15 213 22 202 24 213 23 238 19 262 8408 7348 15 196 25 202 32 213 32 224 21 248 7348 6405 17 178 27 192 39 206 43 204 34 222 6405 5576 22 172 31 187 38 192 42 187 45 204 5576 4845 27 165 35 177 37 180 39 179 42 190 4845 4190 31 161 36 169 34 164 38 172 40 178 4190 3609 31 161 34 164 31 157 36 167 40 170 3609 3124 29 159 28 158 29*155 32 161 39 165 3124 2751 24 155 26 157 26*153 28 158 35 160 2751 2494 19 152 23 156 23 152 23 154 26 152 2494 2338 17 152 20*156 20 151 20 153 23*151 2338 2249 11*150 15*155 15 150 15*151 15*148 2249 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