DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.5 - - 75.6 - - 76.5 - - 69.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 307 - - 143 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4315 - - 6582 - - 6758 - - 729 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8422 - - 10241 - - 9954 - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9815 - - 12082 - - 12258 - - 6229 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1627 - - 1679 - - 2296 - - 4236 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 451 - - 537 - - 424 - - 54 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 144 - - 20 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 1 - - 4 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 346 - - 033 - - 192 - - 123 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 11 - - -12 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -230 - - 1101 - - 731 - - -1122 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10045 - - 10981 - - 11528 - - 7351 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3898 - - -1203 - - -1677 - - -3865 ODpotential blCL - - - 13713 - - 13285 - - 13935 - - 10094 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 77 - - 82 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.5 - - 75.6 - - 76.5 - - 69.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.3 - - 43.2 - - 41.8 - - 52.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.6 - - 74.5 - - 76.2 - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.3 - - 42.1 - - 40.7 - - 52.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 307 - - 143 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4315 - - 6582 - - 6758 - - 729 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 6 - - 29 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 9 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] 100022 34 112 28 109 22 109 31 086 100022 92450 22 116 22 113 18 108 24 104 92450 86617 23 108 20 122 18 106 21 103 86617 81795 22 091 24 110 21 125 16 103 81795 77634 20 091 21 105 20 109 17 107 77634 73948 12 109 16 089 18 099 15 091 73948 70623 14 104 9 082 15 089 13 093 70623 67572 12 085 9 120 8 072 10 087 67572 64741 8 123 5 103 4 046 4 075 64741 61997 8 144 2 118 3 038 3 110 61997 59136 1 298 8 258 8 302 6 313 59136 56176 13 301 14 277 15 286 15 275 56176 53354 23 274 23 272 24 279 22 275 53354 50811 27 261 33 270 34 279 32 282 50811 48537 30 280 38 273 45 275 41 276 48537 46490 42 288 41 283 54 274 58 279 46490 44630 73 286 65 287 60 277 81 280 44630 42923 85 274 100 277 98 276 106 274 42923 41341 91 272 109 270 115 273 109 269 41341 39856 101 274 108 273 110 273 106 268 39856 38459 107 277 111 275 104 271 97 267 38459 37116 109 279 110 272 105 269 90 267 37116 35763 107 279 109 274 103 270 88 266 35763 34374 88 277 99 279 97 271 85 265 34374 32949 60 279 85 279 93 269 80 266 32949 31477 43 285 65 277 88 271 73 269 31477 29948 29 280 43 274 74 278 66 271 29948 28367 22 282 35 276 55 276 58 277 28367 26741 24 289 31 274 40 271 45 279 26741 25079 25 292 28 272 34 273 34 276 25079 23380 25 293 27 274 32 276 29 276 23380 21632 24 294 25 279 30 277 27 279 21632 19827 21 295 21 280 26 277 25 280 19827 18000 17 295 17 276 21 275 23 279 18000 16249 13 295 13 271 16 270 19 275 16249 14658 11 300 9 272 10 258 16 262 14658 13239 10 312 4*285 6*235 15 248 13239 11968 9 328 1*038 4*209 14 243 11968 10824 8*343 1 048 4 200 12 238 10824 9794 7*353 1 050 4 196 10 226 9794 8870 6 353 1 049 4 191 9 212 8870 8043 6 350 1 042 4 187 8 190 8043 7303 5 349 1 037 4 185 8 162 7303 6632 5 346 0 016 4 184 14*136 6632 6031 5 342 0 304 4 185 17*129 6031 5525 5 337 1 277 4 187 17 125 5525 5133 4 333 1 268 4 191 16 122 5133 4861 4 330 1 264 3 191 14 119 4861 4695 4 329 1 266 3 192 11 118 4695 4600 3 324 1 262 3 195 6 116 4600 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