DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 52.2 - - 55.8 - - 53.4 - - 49.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 135 - - 292 - - 70 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3711 - - 4963 - - 3582 - - 55 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4306 - - 5600 - - 3654 - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5906 - - 7158 - - 5777 - - 2250 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3457 - - 2568 - - 2806 - - 4057 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 334 - - 466 - - 260 - - 18 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 17 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 328 - - 345 - - 346 - - 350 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 4 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1076 - - 952 - - 674 - - -639 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4830 - - 6207 - - 5103 - - 2889 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -21 - - 633 - - 125 - - -2152 ODpotential blCL - - - 5927 - - 6525 - - 5652 - - 4402 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 140 - - 90 - - 100 - - 130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 52.2 - - 55.8 - - 53.4 - - 49.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.8 - - 36.4 - - 39.0 - - 45.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.4 - - 54.1 - - 53.0 - - 50.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.7 - - 35.8 - - 38.7 - - 44.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 135 - - 292 - - 70 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3711 - - 4963 - - 3582 - - 55 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 64 - - 102 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98544 15 117 16 109 14 119 10 126 98544 91035 12 111 16 123 8 118 14 095 91035 85253 12 117 13 131 7 124 15 087 85253 80464 13 133 8 169 3 116 11 091 80464 76344 8 129 5 151 3 186 2 073 76344 72688 5 138 3 161 3 180 4 277 72688 69355 3 166 4 207 2 311 5 280 69355 66267 3 228 2 294 7 334 1 225 66267 63385 2 279 3 305 11 321 5 015 63385 60589 3 316 5 293 12 316 9 006 60589 57671 8 346 5 324 11 322 11 346 57671 54636 14 333 9 342 12 332 16 337 54636 51737 16 332 15 338 17 341 21 334 51737 49133 15 333 17 331 19 341 21 338 49133 46806 16 345 17 340 17 345 24 346 46806 44704 20 348 20 347 22 350 27 350 44704 42790 22 345 24 345 25 349 27 357 42790 41033 22 342 27 346 24 357 30 003 41033 39406 22 342 25 351 27 006 33 359 39406 37893 19 340 25 001 32 007 34 001 37893 36485 11 355 25 000 31 005 34 007 36485 35148 12 012 22 358 28 012 36 012 35148 33815 9 012 16 028 27 022 37 013 33815 32460 10 096 17 053 27 036 34 018 32460 31087 23 091 22 072 30 054 29 030 31087 29677 28 097 29 081 32 058 29 045 29677 28211 32 108 31 082 30 060 29 048 28211 26679 31 106 32 080 29 062 28 049 26679 25078 26 101 33 078 29 066 26 049 25078 23409 22 093 32 084 29 072 24 058 23409 21673 20 098 20 086 26 080 19 067 21673 19865 18 104 18 069 19 085 16 064 19865 17980 11 104 19 051 15 090 17 062 17980 16056 11 075 15 054 20 091 18 076 16056 14202 13 050 18 060 23 074 17 086 14202 12515 12 353 17 040 17 060 15 079 12515 11016 15 341 13 356 13 022 13 058 11016 9681 18 331 14 334 13 012 13 035 9681 8493 22 324 16 332 15 009 17 031 8493 7432 23 324 18*337 16 006 22 036 7432 6488 23*324 18*339 16*003 25 028 6488 5652 22*325 18 342 17*350 23 022 5652 4909 22 326 18 343 17 348 22 017 4909 4241 21 327 18 345 17 346 21 011 4241 3647 21 328 17 346 16 345 20 004 3647 3150 20 329 17 347 16 344 19 000 3150 2767 20 330 17 348 16 344 17 357 2767 2503 19 330 16 348 15 343 13 355 2503 2342 18 330 15 349 14 343 11 353 2342 2250 14 330 13 349 12 343 6*350 2250 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