DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 62.0 - - 53.1 - - 52.5 - - 46.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 13 - - 38 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3569 - - 2726 - - 4581 - - 1746 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7343 - - 4582 - - 6856 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9069 - - 8226 - - 10081 - - 7246 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2233 - - 1953 - - 2377 - - 2780 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 302 - - 146 - - 237 - - 42 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 18 - - 26 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 187 - - 215 - - 224 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - 23 - - 22 - - 24 - - 24 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 53 - - 45 - - 27 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 713 - - 877 - - 1919 - - 771 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8357 - - 7350 - - 8162 - - 6475 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1365 - - -1325 - - 579 - - -917 ODpotential blCL - - - 10434 - - 9551 - - 9502 - - 8163 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 100 - - 85 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.0 - - 53.1 - - 52.5 - - 46.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.0 - - 36.6 - - 32.5 - - 33.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.2 - - 53.9 - - 53.1 - - 47.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.4 - - 36.2 - - 32.2 - - 33.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 99 - - 13 - - 38 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3569 - - 2726 - - 4581 - - 1746 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 64 - - 101 - - 39 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 98424 8 219 9 209 4 253 3 148 98424 91096 7 189 5 186 5 124 3 048 91096 85428 9 162 2 326 6 091 3 085 85428 80714 3 162 5 291 3 304 5 006 80714 76643 1 175 8 269 6 294 4 304 76643 73028 10 276 10 269 10 250 3 286 73028 69720 13 249 9 270 13 265 12 260 69720 66667 17 257 20 254 16 245 18 285 66667 63827 34 238 28 223 19 232 10 285 63827 61033 32 221 28 218 19 227 7 269 61033 58080 28 234 33 236 35 252 34 251 58080 55017 40 242 41 244 46 248 42 245 55017 52111 48 236 44 237 43 244 41 248 52111 49515 46 224 38 229 42 241 45 252 49515 47207 44 217 38 225 45 236 48 248 47207 45124 45 217 42 223 48 230 47 241 45124 43222 51 225 52 222 52 223 46 234 43222 41467 73 221 67 218 60 216 44 227 41467 39835 83 214 83 208 69 208 43 221 39835 38309 88 213 90 205 78 199 43 216 38309 36880 91 211 94 205 82 193 45 213 36880 35516 90 209 96 204 83 191 48 212 35516 34150 89 208 96 202 85 193 50 212 34150 32759 87 207 95 201 89 196 52 213 32759 31352 85 205 94 200 95 197 54 219 31352 29925 82 203 93 199 98 198 55 224 29925 28466 80 200 92 198 97 199 53 228 28466 26974 78 197 90 199 95 201 52 227 26974 25446 77 198 86 201 88 200 49 228 25446 23883 76 201 80 203 79 198 44 234 23883 22288 75 204 72 203 78 198 35 243 22288 20650 74 207 68 204 83 203 28 253 20650 18960 73 209 68 205 79 213 27 257 18960 17246 71 210 60 203 55 228 29 258 17246 15598 67 209 42 201 37 239 32 258 15598 14096 64 207 35 206 33 235 34 258 14096 12755 62 207 36 217 32 230 37 257 12755 11554 56 209 38 228 33 228 38 254 11554 10475 45 211 39 234 33*227 39 251 10475 9505 34*210 37 236 32*227 38 247 9505 8634 31*204 33*234 31 226 35 243 8634 7855 29 197 27*228 30 225 31*238 7855 7157 27 191 22 221 28 224 26*231 7157 6523 26 184 20 216 26 223 21 221 6523 5956 24 179 18 213 24 222 18 205 5956 5476 22 177 16 208 22 222 16 189 5476 5104 20 175 14 203 20 221 15 180 5104 4846 18 174 12 200 17 220 13 174 4846 4689 15 173 10 197 14 220 11 171 4689 4598 9 173 6 194 9 220 6 167 4598 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