DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/20 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 = 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 48.2 - - 56.6 - - 59.1 - - 57.9 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -1 - - 141 - - 131 - - 79 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3253 - - 4987 - - 3697 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4582 - - 7322 - - 8559 - - 7256 - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top 4599 - - 8753 - - 10487 - - 9197 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2033 - - 3402 - - 3250 - - 3580 - - 3289 Hgt.Variab. W* 13 - - 328 - - 371 - - 283 - - 4 W* B/S 1 - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 7 - - 11 - - 14 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 127 - - 267 - - 276 - - 283 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 10 - - 11 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -19 - - 11 - - 32 - - 47 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3310 - - 183 - - 1697 - - 739 - - -3532 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7910 - - 8571 - - 8790 - - 8459 - - 8132 sfcLCL ODpotential -7339 - - -2315 - - -244 - - -2576 - - -7360 ODpotential blCL 11938 - - 11068 - - 10731 - - 11773 - - 11960 blCL maxRH 90 - - 91 - - 90 - - 68 - - 84 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 20 - - 150 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 48.2 - - 56.6 - - 59.1 - - 57.9 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.7 - - 34.9 - - 36.3 - - 36.7 - - 32.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.5 - - 56.5 - - 59.1 - - 59.3 - - 56.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.6 - - 33.9 - - 35.5 - - 35.8 - - 32.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -1 - - 141 - - 131 - - 79 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3253 - - 4987 - - 3697 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 59 - - 63 - - 58 - - 0 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96839 8 090 25 107 12 140 12 122 17 083 96839 89546 13 085 13 113 9 081 9 096 12 109 89546 83986 16 119 2 128 9 069 8 104 12 121 83986 79361 11 129 3 210 2 038 2 079 6 108 79361 75350 4 113 4 192 6 236 2 272 2 356 75350 71779 3 324 7 228 7 246 7 288 3 319 71779 68526 5 306 10 238 9 250 7 263 9 274 68526 65526 16 298 8 252 11 253 12 283 5 271 65526 62746 14 291 11 285 12 255 24 271 17 289 62746 60070 10 270 14 264 19 270 20 269 9 278 60070 57258 25 286 17 265 24 273 20 282 12 302 57258 54313 29 283 22 271 24 274 22 284 34 280 54313 51520 27 269 24 276 24 275 29 278 33 264 51520 49030 23 257 24 277 27 275 30 272 23 264 49030 46795 17 260 25 265 32 264 33 271 28 274 46795 44766 17 285 22 254 29 264 37 264 38 274 44766 42920 20 282 20 262 29 265 34 269 47 277 42920 41236 21 270 19 267 32 255 49 273 66 275 41236 39695 19 272 23 263 34 251 68 271 83 274 39695 38264 24 283 26 258 34 245 68 269 89 273 38264 36922 29 285 24 269 29 249 52 262 89 274 36922 35636 31 284 25 281 27 260 43 265 81 276 35636 34349 31 284 27 282 28 266 44 267 58 268 34349 33035 30 284 27 279 29 270 46 263 48 258 33035 31696 29 285 27 278 30 273 46 259 43 259 31696 30314 28 285 26 277 32 275 43 259 41 260 30314 28878 26 286 25 277 34 276 36 258 40 261 28878 27391 25 288 24 279 35 277 35 262 38 263 27391 25855 23 291 23 283 33 277 36 268 35 264 25855 24272 22 292 22 288 31 275 37 273 32 264 24272 22649 22 291 21 290 29 274 35 274 31 263 22649 20978 23 287 22 288 29 272 32 270 31 261 20978 19255 24 282 23 282 29 271 31 265 32 260 19255 17509 23 278 24 277 28 272 30 267 31 262 17509 15831 20 279 23 275 26 277 27 274 28 268 15831 14303 18 285 22 276 23 282 24 281 26 275 14303 12936 16 289 21 279 20 285 22 284 25 282 12936 11712 15 294 19 281 19 285 21 286 24 287 11712 10610 14 297 17 284 17*284 20 285 24 290 10610 9618 12 300 14*284 15*282 18*284 25 290 9618 8727 10 301 12*282 14 280 18*284 25 290 8727 7930 9 299 11 280 13 277 17 283 24 288 7930 7215 7 293 9 276 12 276 16 282 23 287 7215 6567 6 282 7 266 11 274 15 283 20 285 6567 5986 4 263 6 255 10 272 13 283 17 284 5986 5495 3 233 6 242 9 272 12 284 13 283 5495 5115 3 181 5 234 8 271 10 284 9 283 5115 4852 3 137 5 232 8 272 9 285 5 284 4852 4691 3*128 4 230 7 271 7 284 1*274 4691 4599 3*126 3 227 5 271 5 282 3*112 4599 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