DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/11 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 8.5 - - 22.4 - - 28.3 - - 25.9 - - 16.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -16 - - -15 - - 5 - - -1 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 53 - - 1243 - - 53 - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit 2231 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2232 - - 2231 Hcrit BL Top 2248 - - 2248 - - 3438 - - 2248 - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 54 - - 728 - - 2516 - - 4986 - - 59 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 15 - - 88 - - 6 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 10 - - 15 - - 3 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 261 - - 303 - - 309 - - 347 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1079 - - -1064 - - -750 - - -729 - - -495 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 3327 - - 3312 - - 4188 - - 2978 - - 2744 sfcLCL ODpotential -7798 - - -4173 - - -2803 - - -2309 - - -4381 ODpotential blCL 10046 - - 6421 - - 6241 - - 4557 - - 6629 blCL maxRH 78 - - 81 - - 79 - - 70 - - 80 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 8.5 - - 22.4 - - 28.3 - - 25.9 - - 16.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.3 - - 16.0 - - 17.9 - - 21.0 - - 12.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 13.3 - - 23.8 - - 28.3 - - 28.1 - - 20.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 5.3 - - 15.3 - - 16.8 - - 19.8 - - 15.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -16 - - -15 - - 5 - - -1 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 53 - - 53 - - 1243 - - 53 - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 12 - - 22 - - 14 - - 0 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96533 5 070 15 056 11 070 9 019 6 075 96533 89422 11 078 7 055 6 070 5 034 4 058 89422 83877 9 066 3 114 5 352 5 037 3 076 83877 79198 4 116 3 142 4 345 5 349 1 130 79198 75095 5 310 2 247 6 282 11 299 10 322 75095 71449 7 289 12 295 15 288 19 300 17 316 71449 68142 15 293 16 281 20 287 20 292 14 325 68142 65074 20 290 21 282 24 295 23 296 24 293 65074 62207 25 304 24 296 30 300 36 295 19 294 62207 59397 33 292 32 296 36 293 40 293 30 294 59397 56437 37 295 34 295 37 290 40 283 39 281 56437 53358 38 298 34 297 33 291 37 279 41 288 53358 50422 37 298 35 299 35 292 39 287 48 286 50422 47798 37 298 36 293 41 283 44 292 49 281 47798 45463 41 297 39 286 46 281 49 290 47 280 45463 43355 45 291 42 286 46 282 53 289 45 288 43355 41429 49 288 46 291 48 290 56 293 53 293 41429 39656 50 289 52 294 56 296 59 294 58 290 39656 38021 50 292 57 291 60 294 61 295 62 288 38021 36509 51 293 57 290 62 291 69 295 66 291 36509 35110 53 291 56 291 65 292 79 292 69 294 35110 33781 52 289 56 293 71 292 83 290 73 296 33781 32451 52 291 58 294 75 290 84 290 86 294 32451 31098 54 293 62 293 76 289 87 292 101 288 31098 29730 56 293 63 293 77 290 94 292 105 285 29730 28327 57 287 61 293 76 291 102 289 110 283 28327 26883 48 281 59 292 76 291 110 287 106 279 26883 25395 42 281 55 288 73 291 118 286 102 276 25395 23847 39 274 47 286 66 291 118 285 107 277 23847 22235 34 263 40 281 57 289 114 286 102 276 22235 20569 28 264 31 274 50 288 106 296 87 275 20569 18846 29 265 31 263 40 283 73 297 69 280 18846 17061 30 263 32 265 30 280 44 295 56 301 17061 15253 30 260 28 280 27 279 29 295 28 294 15253 13522 24 258 24 286 26 282 22 291 23 272 13522 11948 20 259 21 281 20 282 21 283 22 263 11948 10543 19 264 18 274 19 278 19 277 17 252 10543 9289 18 271 20 275 23 283 17 281 13 249 9289 8166 17 275 23 280 24 290 17 289 11 225 8166 7162 18 279 25 289 23 300 17 292 12 210 7162 6268 19 280 24 299 24 309 16 292 11 201 6268 5476 17 276 23 309 25 311 15 297 8 180 5476 4771 16 277 24 321 24 312 13 307 8 157 4771 4137 16 283 26 330 22 312 13 317 9 142 4137 3573 18 287 27 331 21*311 12 326 9 126 3573 3101 20 289 27 326 17*309 11 331 10 124 3101 2738 22 286 23 315 16 309 9 335 13 131 2738 2487 20 276 18 308 15 309 8 338 14 136 2487 2335 14*272 16 307 14 309 6 341 12*138 2335 2248 6*261 10*303 12 308 3*347 6*138 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