DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/10 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 4.0 - - 7.2 - - 13.2 - - 9.4 - - 3.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 7 - - 2 - - -9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 340 - - 478 - - 52 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit 2230 - - 2231 - - 2231 - - 2231 - - 2230 Hcrit BL Top 2247 - - 2535 - - 2673 - - 2247 - - 2247 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 845 - - 553 - - 198 - - 701 - - 1081 Hgt.Variab. W* 10 - - 55 - - 39 - - 0 - - 6 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 13 - - 8 - - 5 - - 8 BL Wind Direction 138 - - 161 - - 221 - - 313 - - 353 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -416 - - -157 - - -66 - - -326 - - -571 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2663 - - 2692 - - 2739 - - 2574 - - 2818 sfcLCL ODpotential -15899 - - -13541 - - -9208 - - -9654 - - -11864 ODpotential blCL 18146 - - 16076 - - 11881 - - 11901 - - 14111 blCL maxRH 100 - - 98 - - 98 - - 89 - - 95 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 4.0 - - 7.2 - - 13.2 - - 9.4 - - 3.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 0.4 - - 3.4 - - 9.1 - - 6.2 - - -0.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 4.3 - - 7.3 - - 13.2 - - 12.0 - - 4.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 0.3 - - 3.4 - - 9.0 - - 8.5 - - -0.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 7 - - 2 - - -9 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 340 - - 478 - - 52 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 90 - - 91 - - 55 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95898 74 357 64 355 64 351 65 355 62 359 95898 89000 68 356 64 354 56 352 58 351 60 349 89000 83569 60 354 56 352 51 349 49 348 53 345 83569 78965 54 351 47 344 46 343 46 343 48 346 78965 74931 53 343 45 342 45 338 47 335 47 339 74931 71339 52 332 49 343 52 331 50 333 50 334 71339 68068 50 325 54 333 56 323 55 327 56 326 68068 65042 50 321 52 324 51 318 55 323 56 319 65042 62232 51 317 51 320 50 319 59 323 56 321 62232 59505 51 316 52 317 61 315 67 317 65 316 59505 56652 53 316 53 317 66 309 67 308 65 307 56652 53685 57 315 62 311 68 303 65 303 63 305 53685 50842 61 309 69 305 65 302 63 298 61 301 50842 48275 63 304 68 301 63 302 62 299 62 294 48275 45977 63 304 62 299 63 301 62 300 65 292 45977 43903 67 308 60 305 66 301 69 298 67 296 43903 42010 76 307 64 307 70 302 75 296 74 299 42010 40265 87 301 70 304 77 302 81 295 81 299 40265 38648 95 299 78 305 93 299 91 295 92 299 38648 37146 99 298 91 303 111 295 103 296 106 295 37146 35752 97 298 100 299 126 294 117 294 120 292 35752 34428 95 298 100 298 145 294 130 292 134 291 34428 33101 94 298 98 298 158 294 141 291 143 289 33101 31740 90 297 97 299 160 294 151 289 143 288 31740 30347 86 296 96 299 149 294 158 289 138 289 30347 28909 85 297 91 297 130 295 158 290 135 289 28909 27410 83 296 88 296 113 295 145 293 133 290 27410 25848 79 294 86 296 102 294 128 294 130 289 25848 24226 77 289 84 295 98 293 119 292 124 289 24226 22552 74 280 77 293 94 293 109 290 113 290 22552 20835 66 278 69 290 82 290 96 289 98 292 20835 19065 54 286 59 284 71 284 82 285 84 293 19065 17234 47 291 48 268 63 284 75 282 70 295 17234 15386 43 280 43 274 54 287 62 285 58 297 15386 13614 38 273 36 281 44 279 48 286 51 302 13614 11998 33 274 31 292 37 272 43 292 49 303 11998 10556 29 276 33 302 35 293 44 298 50 301 10556 9272 24 270 37 308 39 304 42 301 46 300 9272 8131 20 250 40 307 41 306 44 306 41 302 8131 7112 20 231 40 303 43 306 45 306 39 304 7112 6202 24 224 35 297 42 304 44 306 37 306 6202 5396 30 223 27 280 38 300 42 309 36 315 5396 4684 37 214 26 259 37 299 42 317 32 324 4684 4052 39 198 26 239 34 292 38 326 25 333 4052 3504 35 178 21 216 28 277 32 327 23 356 3504 3055 29 158 20 165 18 253 22 320 19 357 3055 2711 22 144 18*164 9*222 13 322 16 356 2711 2474 19 141 16*162 9*221 11 324 14 354 2474 2330 17*140 14 161 8 221 9 323 12*354 2330 2247 12*138 10 160 7 221 5*313 8*353 2247 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