DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/28 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 30.9 - - 36.5 - - 40.5 - - 39.5 - - 34.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -13 - - 3 - - 23 - - -8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 2821 - - 2794 - - 526 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 4598 - - 8321 - - 8294 - - 6026 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1722 - - 3767 - - 3374 - - 3209 - - 3421 Hgt.Variab. W* 10 - - 21 - - 186 - - 92 - - 20 W* B/S 1 - - 1 - - 8 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 147 - - 173 - - 251 - - 281 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 8 - - 12 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -4 - - -6 - - 20 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3160 - - -2079 - - 1163 - - 2124 - - 522 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7758 - - 6678 - - 7158 - - 6170 - - 5504 sfcLCL ODpotential -7732 - - -5616 - - -1053 - - -723 - - -2055 ODpotential blCL 12330 - - 10214 - - 9374 - - 9017 - - 8081 blCL maxRH 101 - - 99 - - 96 - - 97 - - 101 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 30.9 - - 36.5 - - 40.5 - - 39.5 - - 34.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 13.4 - - 23.4 - - 25.2 - - 28.5 - - 26.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.1 - - 37.5 - - 41.2 - - 41.1 - - 37.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 12.4 - - 22.2 - - 24.1 - - 27.3 - - 25.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -13 - - 3 - - 23 - - -8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 2821 - - 2794 - - 526 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 102 - - 95 - - 85 - - 88 - - 104 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96167 7 286 5 122 5 301 8 319 4 278 96167 89043 5 291 8 058 3 021 4 346 7 052 89043 83533 7 063 14 069 7 065 6 006 13 028 83533 78950 7 030 12 058 9 047 6 025 14 012 78950 74990 5 066 6 053 7 343 10 001 8 001 74990 71451 8 328 4 025 10 337 10 345 11 333 71451 68220 14 299 12 329 14 331 9 311 7 300 68220 65224 14 324 13 313 15 335 16 311 17 325 65224 62416 24 304 17 295 23 281 20 282 25 275 62416 59705 29 294 25 281 30 278 30 285 24 267 59705 56877 39 291 40 279 44 274 40 283 32 287 56877 53910 41 284 43 283 45 276 41 284 41 287 53910 51059 44 287 48 285 51 282 48 281 47 283 51059 48489 52 285 55 282 57 278 56 277 50 279 48489 46187 61 279 57 276 58 272 61 274 54 275 46187 44101 66 274 56 273 58 270 64 272 59 272 44101 42201 70 273 65 275 64 270 71 272 66 272 42201 40465 83 273 82 273 75 271 80 270 74 270 40465 38870 99 269 94 268 89 270 88 267 79 268 38870 37399 108 267 98 266 97 267 91 265 85 268 37399 36042 112 267 96 265 101 266 97 266 91 267 36042 34760 114 266 95 267 107 266 105 265 93 266 34760 33483 116 264 98 268 108 266 108 264 92 267 33483 32180 116 263 99 266 104 267 105 263 93 268 32180 30853 109 266 96 264 99 267 100 263 93 267 30853 29489 96 267 92 266 95 265 95 263 92 267 29489 28078 86 267 87 267 92 263 93 263 91 267 28078 26623 80 267 83 266 89 264 92 265 90 267 26623 25123 76 267 79 264 85 266 92 267 87 267 25123 23581 74 268 77 266 79 267 88 269 81 267 23581 21999 72 270 74 269 73 266 80 268 74 267 21999 20375 68 272 67 270 68 266 71 266 68 265 20375 18704 60 272 59 269 64 265 64 265 62 264 18704 17015 50 272 51 266 57 266 57 268 53 264 17015 15394 40 271 44 265 48 266 50 270 43 264 15394 13920 32 268 38 263 41 265 41 270 35 264 13920 12603 27 266 34 262 35 263 35 267 30 264 12603 11424 24 265 30 263 29 262 29 264 26 266 11424 10363 21 264 25 264 22 259 23 262 23 267 10363 9410 18 264 21 265 17 257 19 261 20 269 9410 8554 15 263 17 268 13*256 16*262 18 271 8554 7790 12 262 13 270 10*255 14*266 15 272 7790 7104 10 260 9 270 7 252 12 270 12 273 7104 6483 9 254 6 268 5 247 11 277 10*273 6483 5926 8 244 4 249 3 245 9 285 7*274 5926 5457 7 231 3 203 2 246 8 292 5 273 5457 5093 6 217 4 179 2 253 7 300 3 273 5093 4840 5 206 4 174 2 256 6 305 1 270 4840 4686 4*193 3*169 2 259 5 310 1 113 4686 4597 3*147 2*162 1 268 3 312 2 110 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