DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 Invermere_BC 5500ft pt54264@-115.892,50.505,5212ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.9 degF SPONSORED BY: Canadian Rockies 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 - - - 34.9 - - 36.4 - - 34.5 - - 28.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 89 - - 41 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3334 - - 5163 - - 3153 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7305 - - 8472 - - 4581 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8834 - - 10663 - - 8653 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2290 - - 3279 - - 3387 - - 2841 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 316 - - 339 - - 223 - - 18 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 21 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 259 - - 263 - - 259 - - 007 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 21 - - 13 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 54 - - 29 - - 22 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1522 - - 3213 - - 2417 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7312 - - 7451 - - 6236 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1395 - - 654 - - 451 - - -984 ODpotential blCL - - - 10229 - - 10009 - - 8202 - - 5582 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 89 - - 94 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 70 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.9 - - 36.4 - - 34.5 - - 28.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.9 - - 19.8 - - 23.2 - - 26.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.2 - - 36.9 - - 35.0 - - 29.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.8 - - 18.6 - - 22.1 - - 26.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 89 - - 41 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3334 - - 5163 - - 3153 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 55 - - 75 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96236 6 063 6 161 7 282 5 286 96236 89099 6 029 8 060 2 103 2 345 89099 83589 3 039 4 032 3 013 9 359 83589 79000 3 016 5 338 6 322 8 355 79000 75018 7 341 7 307 10 306 10 330 75018 71475 9 301 11 293 15 306 14 300 71475 68241 13 270 13 298 17 298 10 303 68241 65231 12 268 17 282 13 292 12 305 65231 62394 11 283 9 265 19 276 22 278 62394 59618 3 093 16 243 21 245 36 266 59618 56726 12 235 15 240 27 272 38 273 56726 53720 12 191 7 266 41 283 41 281 53720 50840 3 065 35 271 48 277 47 277 50840 48256 37 272 60 269 52 267 49 276 48256 45955 68 266 65 267 55 268 53 276 45955 43879 74 265 66 272 62 274 61 270 43879 41988 75 267 71 271 70 271 65 264 41988 40252 78 267 77 267 74 263 66 262 40252 38648 86 265 83 265 75 261 67 264 38648 37159 96 264 93 264 80 263 70 267 37159 35776 110 264 107 262 87 263 76 269 35776 34463 119 263 118 260 94 263 86 268 34463 33160 121 262 122 259 106 262 96 266 33160 31840 121 260 122 259 117 261 108 264 31840 30506 121 260 119 258 122 259 118 262 30506 29141 122 261 115 258 125 259 121 261 29141 27731 121 263 114 258 124 259 120 261 27731 26278 116 264 113 259 118 257 117 260 26278 24781 110 264 110 259 111 256 112 259 24781 23244 104 262 106 258 106 256 105 258 23244 21676 97 261 99 258 100 258 94 258 21676 20079 89 262 92 259 90 259 75 258 20079 18449 77 263 80 261 75 258 58 255 18449 16804 64 263 66 262 57 254 50 251 16804 15222 55 263 52 264 43 246 48 247 15222 13778 48 262 39 263 37 244 45 243 13778 12485 43 261 34 261 31 243 42 240 12485 11325 38 260 31*260 27 242 37 237 11325 10280 33 259 29*260 23 243 31 234 10280 9341 29*259 26 261 19*244 25 232 9341 8496 25*259 24 262 16*247 18 228 8496 7742 23 259 21 263 13 251 12 223 7742 7067 21 259 20 264 11 256 7 217 7067 6454 18 259 19 265 9 263 3 215 6454 5906 16 258 18 266 8 267 1 343 5906 5443 15 258 17 267 7 270 3 004 5443 5084 13 257 16 267 7 272 4 007 5084 4836 11 257 14 267 6 274 4 005 4836 4684 10 257 12 267 5 274 4*007 4684 4597 7 258 8 268 4 276 3*009 4597 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