DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 16.4 - - 30.7 - - - - - 23.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 18 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 304 - - 1881 - - - - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2231 - - 2232 - - - - - 2232 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2499 - - 4076 - - - - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 281 - - 2292 - - - - - 113 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 79 - - 141 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 17 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 219 - - 197 - - - - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 193 - - 697 - - - - - -151 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2306 - - 3380 - - - - - 2399 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4459 - - -288 - - - - - -2834 ODpotential blCL - - - 6958 - - 4364 - - - - - 5082 blCL maxRH - - - 95 - - 98 - - - - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 16.4 - - 30.7 - - - - - 23.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 14.5 - - 23.9 - - - - - 21.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 16.2 - - 30.5 - - - - - 26.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 14.2 - - 22.7 - - - - - 23.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 18 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 304 - - 1881 - - - - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 80 - - 94 - - - - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96214 1 279 7 207 8 240 96214 89073 11 124 3 213 3 057 89073 83543 5 101 3 310 4 036 83543 78920 7 298 7 269 8 019 78920 74901 7 297 11 272 9 002 74901 71305 16 289 13 290 11 328 71305 68019 15 276 12 297 13 306 68019 64975 16 286 18 305 12 308 64975 62131 18 289 21 293 15 306 62131 59357 18 290 20 289 18 297 59357 56448 21 276 23 285 21 292 56448 53420 23 282 28 282 26 285 53420 50538 25 291 30 286 29 284 50538 47954 32 280 36 286 30 290 47954 45653 32 280 41 284 36 287 45653 43581 33 282 43 280 40 285 43581 41696 35 286 43 282 43 285 41696 39963 41 289 47 283 48 285 39963 38360 48 289 50 285 52 284 38360 36871 56 287 55 286 54 285 36871 35489 63 286 59 286 56 287 35489 34178 68 285 61 285 59 288 34178 32873 70 283 63 285 62 287 32873 31540 71 282 64 285 65 285 31540 30179 73 282 65 284 65 285 30179 28773 76 281 63 282 67 287 28773 27310 76 282 62 281 70 287 27310 25783 72 283 59 281 71 286 25783 24192 67 285 54 281 67 285 24192 22541 61 288 51 280 58 285 22541 20842 53 288 46 283 44 283 20842 19092 45 288 40 285 37 281 19092 17279 40 292 35 287 35 278 17279 15439 32 290 30 284 29 275 15439 13673 25 286 25 276 22 267 13673 12067 21 283 19 260 18 258 12067 10638 18 276 18 251 16 252 10638 9362 16 255 21 246 13 248 9362 8224 18 247 21 246 12 241 8224 7208 19 247 21 239 12 239 7208 6304 18 248 24 228 13 232 6304 5503 15 250 24 217 15 224 5503 4793 13 247 23 208 15 217 4793 4154 13 239 22*207 14 214 4154 3586 13 235 20*201 13 208 3586 3110 12 234 18 198 13 204 3110 2743 10*226 17 196 12 199 2743 2489 8*220 16 195 11 191 2489 2336 7 219 15 195 8 184 2336 2248 6 219 13 195 5*175 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