DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/08 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 30.3 - - 36.5 - - 38.1 - - 35.2 - - 29.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -29 - - 25 - - 65 - - -8 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1737 - - 3783 - - 1739 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4581 - - 7164 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 7237 - - 9283 - - 7239 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3196 - - 3621 - - 3175 - - 2959 - - 3213 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 156 - - 270 - - 53 - - 5 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 6 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 11 - - 8 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 132 - - 304 - - 294 - - 334 - - 097 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 18 - - 6 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - 37 - - 9 - - -2 - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -814 - - 550 - - 2127 - - 535 - - -2431 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5412 - - 6688 - - 7157 - - 6705 - - 7029 sfcLCL ODpotential -3792 - - -1827 - - 158 - - -3207 - - -6152 ODpotential blCL 8390 - - 9064 - - 9125 - - 10446 - - 10750 blCL maxRH 73 - - 73 - - 76 - - 83 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 40 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 30.3 - - 36.5 - - 38.1 - - 35.2 - - 29.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.9 - - 23.4 - - 22.9 - - 22.0 - - 15.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.2 - - 37.2 - - 38.6 - - 37.2 - - 35.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.8 - - 22.2 - - 21.8 - - 21.0 - - 15.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -29 - - 25 - - 65 - - -8 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1737 - - 3783 - - 1739 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 6 - - 31 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 97292 35 030 26 042 25 045 34 031 40 045 97292 90269 25 050 20 051 15 043 18 037 21 032 90269 84663 20 048 16 052 13 046 11 010 19 021 84663 79923 19 015 16 022 8 036 12 006 12 360 79923 75809 11 344 10 004 5 321 18 001 2 293 75809 72169 12 002 5 044 9 302 13 313 8 328 72169 68852 13 316 6 323 1 294 7 256 13 313 68852 65770 7 289 10 251 16 271 17 282 18 290 65770 62919 10 274 13 226 21 249 16 272 16 270 62919 60178 5 208 8 241 14 232 20 270 20 276 60178 57325 13 279 22 279 15 253 23 261 20 282 57325 54354 18 250 27 268 29 283 28 276 25 282 54354 51505 22 266 37 266 44 272 32 281 25 286 51505 48924 43 274 42 269 47 270 45 283 34 294 48924 46594 48 265 45 266 51 261 49 275 46 289 46594 44468 44 260 45 262 50 259 52 270 59 279 44468 42522 41 263 47 262 53 265 60 262 68 271 42522 40735 40 267 49 261 57 263 61 253 66 264 40735 39081 41 270 47 261 51 260 52 245 62 255 39081 37549 44 275 46 267 43 265 43 252 56 252 37549 36132 51 281 50 278 47 279 47 274 51 263 36132 34797 64 284 65 286 66 283 64 280 52 270 34797 33476 81 279 85 285 88 279 75 273 58 268 33476 32138 96 275 98 283 107 272 100 265 66 267 32138 30789 102 273 114 278 123 266 113 263 71 268 30789 29413 103 274 123 274 115 261 98 263 70 268 29413 28001 98 274 120 270 108 258 92 258 57 268 28001 26554 86 274 120 270 106 258 88 260 46 260 26554 25068 71 273 117 271 104 260 70 260 49 255 25068 23540 56 271 95 276 96 267 56 256 53 253 23540 21971 46 269 61 277 66 274 43 252 45 253 21971 20358 40 270 45 275 41 274 30 252 26 261 20358 18699 36 275 39 275 31 272 21 266 22 285 18699 17021 31 281 33 277 25 279 13 300 23 300 17021 15407 25 289 26 281 22 288 13 347 21 305 15407 13934 22 295 20 290 19 293 17 358 19 311 13934 12615 22 298 19 302 16 296 20 354 18 319 12615 11433 23 298 18 313 13 298 20 349 17 326 11433 10370 25 297 19 319 12 296 19 343 17 330 10370 9414 26 294 20 319 11*295 17 337 16 333 9414 8556 28 292 21 315 10*295 16 332 14 334 8556 7790 27 289 21*310 9 295 15*330 13 334 7790 7104 25 285 19*307 8 295 14*330 12 333 7104 6481 21 282 16 305 8 294 13 331 11 333 6481 5925 15 278 12 303 7 293 12 333 9 336 5925 5455 8 269 8 302 7 293 11 336 8 340 5455 5091 3 235 6 299 6 293 10 338 6 345 5091 4839 3 145 4 295 6 293 8 339 4 352 4839 4685 4*132 3 289 5 293 6 340 2*012 4685 4597 3*132 2 278 4 292 3 339 3*097 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