DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/24 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 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1556z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 29.1 - - 37.0 - - 38.4 - - 36.2 - - 34.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -15 - - 36 - - 18 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 359 - - 1243 - - 554 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 5859 - - 6743 - - 6054 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1543 - - 2647 - - 2872 - - 2906 - - 3513 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 101 - - 123 - - 27 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 8 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 127 - - 201 - - 224 - - 201 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - 2 - - -13 - - 2 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2071 - - -1545 - - -458 - - 200 - - -1057 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6669 - - 7405 - - 7201 - - 5855 - - 5655 sfcLCL ODpotential -6645 - - -4943 - - -2641 - - -1931 - - -3597 ODpotential blCL 11243 - - 10802 - - 9384 - - 7985 - - 8195 blCL maxRH 94 - - 93 - - 97 - - 96 - - 97 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.1 - - 37.0 - - 38.4 - - 36.2 - - 34.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 16.5 - - 20.9 - - 23.2 - - 26.9 - - 25.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 34.4 - - 37.6 - - 39.2 - - 37.7 - - 36.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.3 - - 19.8 - - 22.3 - - 26.1 - - 25.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -15 - - 36 - - 18 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 359 - - 1243 - - 554 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 76 - - 72 - - 90 - - 86 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 97248 3 050 11 201 6 297 15 329 2 020 97248 90167 1 135 2 139 3 262 4 326 5 341 90167 84656 5 234 3 107 7 309 3 221 6 304 84656 80018 10 265 5 012 6 272 5 259 5 235 80018 75971 10 232 7 300 6 290 7 248 6 271 75971 72368 7 225 13 245 13 250 14 228 13 274 72368 69092 8 276 10 219 11 247 9 221 16 244 69092 66061 18 258 13 245 15 260 10 245 15 225 66061 63234 22 245 21 239 21 251 14 260 12 243 63234 60474 20 241 20 229 24 244 20 260 15 266 60474 57568 23 245 20 237 25 244 25 264 21 258 57568 54538 23 258 23 253 28 244 28 265 25 257 54538 51658 36 260 31 259 27 252 27 264 25 258 51658 49088 35 253 30 260 29 265 31 267 27 272 49088 46793 31 266 31 271 35 267 32 267 28 271 46793 44718 35 270 39 271 36 265 32 277 31 271 44718 42829 39 276 39 268 31 277 35 283 33 270 42829 41100 39 283 44 284 49 287 45 284 35 281 41100 39507 52 289 54 284 63 277 58 270 53 282 39507 38036 59 284 53 282 65 269 59 273 58 265 38036 36677 54 281 55 289 60 270 65 275 54 269 36677 35389 50 292 59 292 58 282 61 281 65 278 35389 34109 61 300 61 296 69 294 69 289 70 280 34109 32800 67 297 68 301 76 293 72 281 72 279 32800 31464 67 294 70 301 74 285 70 265 69 276 31464 30086 67 296 66 299 73 279 71 263 65 271 30086 28654 69 299 64 293 70 276 69 264 63 266 28654 27169 70 301 63 291 66 275 67 267 61 265 27169 25632 68 300 63 292 63 275 67 276 58 265 25632 24045 64 297 63 293 61 275 66 285 56 265 24045 22413 59 294 60 291 59 276 59 285 51 266 22413 20730 53 293 58 284 57 276 53 281 44 268 20730 18994 48 293 56 279 53 276 51 277 39 274 18994 17236 44 293 51 277 47 276 47 275 37 276 17236 15554 38 290 45 278 40 276 38 272 33 272 15554 14031 34 286 38 277 35 277 28 271 25 266 14031 12680 31 282 32 275 31 278 23 270 18 258 12680 11476 27 279 26 273 28 276 22 267 15 249 11476 10400 22 278 21 271 25 274 21 263 14 241 10400 9435 17 277 17 270 21 272 19 257 14 233 9435 8572 13 276 12 270 16 270 16 251 12 223 8572 7802 10 274 9 270 12 266 13 244 11 210 7802 7113 7 269 6 269 8*261 11 236 10 200 7113 6488 6 256 4 265 5*251 9*226 9 193 6488 5929 5 230 3*245 3 229 7*217 7 184 5929 5458 4 201 3*216 3 213 5 206 7 170 5458 5093 5 182 3 201 2 204 4 195 7 151 5093 4840 5 159 3 197 2 203 3 185 6 127 4840 4686 5*148 2 193 2 196 2 176 4*111 4686 4597 3*127 2 191 1 191 1 158 3*092 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