DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/09 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 26.0 - - 31.0 - - 34.5 - - 33.0 - - 27.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 45 - - 72 - - -7 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 963 - - 2429 - - 2683 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 6251 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 6463 - - 7929 - - 8183 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2903 - - 2183 - - 2906 - - 3465 - - 3115 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 150 - - 239 - - 57 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 5 - - 8 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 6 - - 5 - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 106 - - 321 - - 286 - - 278 - - 124 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 9 - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -24 - - -15 - - 3 - - 16 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1863 - - 28 - - 971 - - 1642 - - -1659 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6462 - - 6435 - - 6959 - - 6542 - - 6257 sfcLCL ODpotential -5282 - - -2616 - - -1004 - - -493 - - -4547 ODpotential blCL 9880 - - 9079 - - 8933 - - 8676 - - 9145 blCL maxRH 79 - - 72 - - 78 - - 77 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 26.0 - - 31.0 - - 34.5 - - 33.0 - - 27.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 14.3 - - 19.1 - - 20.3 - - 20.7 - - 16.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 32.1 - - 31.5 - - 34.8 - - 34.6 - - 31.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.4 - - 18.1 - - 19.2 - - 19.7 - - 16.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 45 - - 72 - - -7 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 963 - - 2429 - - 2683 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 16 - - 0 - - 11 - - 8 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97357 31 052 20 053 24 064 36 043 26 062 97357 90260 21 046 14 058 19 058 22 047 22 048 90260 84634 16 039 13 040 11 053 17 062 13 050 84634 79892 11 023 7 001 13 059 13 058 8 067 79892 75774 6 041 6 024 5 038 8 065 9 057 75774 72101 10 331 6 332 3 006 1 327 7 011 72101 68757 5 329 4 338 7 254 3 287 5 344 68757 65671 11 299 10 300 6 232 11 275 9 313 65671 62809 15 277 18 266 8 309 9 278 11 316 62809 60036 15 284 16 265 19 295 11 306 15 322 60036 57129 10 303 4 309 16 239 19 267 22 277 57129 54111 24 301 14 305 17 262 20 261 34 257 54111 51236 36 280 33 273 22 295 6 271 28 250 51236 48640 37 272 41 264 33 282 16 305 15 242 48640 46299 36 267 43 261 40 266 29 278 13 271 46299 44162 36 257 42 261 39 256 33 267 26 281 44162 42204 31 262 39 260 35 255 36 263 32 276 42204 40407 31 274 34 261 31 264 34 261 34 272 40407 38749 33 279 31 268 31 275 30 270 29 276 38749 37213 36 276 32 269 33 277 33 280 30 289 37213 35792 37 272 32 269 34 275 36 280 35 290 35792 34457 38 271 32 270 32 274 34 277 35 286 34457 33144 37 271 28 271 29 275 28 275 34 286 33144 31820 36 271 25 277 26 277 23 279 30 282 31820 30486 36 271 27 285 25 280 22 287 25 279 30486 29126 33 275 30 286 24 282 23 287 21 284 29126 27731 27 277 28 283 24 286 23 283 21 287 27731 26303 25 277 27 282 24 288 24 279 24 282 26303 24844 26 280 28 283 23 290 24 272 27 269 24844 23351 28 280 27 283 20 292 23 270 28 259 23351 21817 27 281 25 285 20 290 22 271 24 259 21817 20234 19 288 22 285 21 285 21 272 20 263 20234 18596 13 299 19 284 20 282 20 271 17 270 18596 16932 13 301 16 284 18 283 18 270 16 278 16932 15329 14 301 14 288 18 284 17 271 17 285 15329 13867 15 305 12 296 18 284 17 274 17 289 13867 12559 15 310 11 305 18 283 18 278 17 292 12559 11385 15 315 10 313 17 284 18 279 18 294 11385 10329 15 320 10 319 15 286 17 279 19 296 10329 9379 14 324 11 322 14 288 16 278 20 296 9379 8527 13 327 11 323 11*290 15*277 21 295 8527 7765 12 328 12 322 10*289 14*277 22 294 7765 7084 11 328 11*322 8 288 13 277 22 292 7084 6466 10 328 10*321 6 286 11 278 21 291 6466 5913 9 328 8 320 5 285 10 279 17 289 5913 5447 7 331 6 322 4 284 8 280 13 288 5447 5087 5 334 4 325 3 283 7 281 8 286 5087 4837 3 347 3 324 3 283 6 280 3 279 4837 4684 1*359 2 325 2 283 5 281 2*139 4684 4597 3*106 1 317 2 280 3 281 3*124 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