DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 52.8 - - 49.6 - - 41.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 95 - - 112 - - -5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 470 - - 1805 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 6129 - - 4582 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5970 - - 7305 - - 4599 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1264 - - 2519 - - 5906 - - 2992 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 149 - - 246 - - 9 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 175 - - 187 - - 201 - - 096 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - -13 - - 7 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4674 - - -4470 - - -5548 - - -3968 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10644 - - 11776 - - 10147 - - 8567 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10922 - - -9447 - - -10019 - - -10901 ODpotential blCL - - - 16892 - - 16752 - - 14618 - - 15500 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 90 - - 85 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.9 - - 52.8 - - 49.6 - - 41.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.5 - - 17.2 - - 21.4 - - 20.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.9 - - 52.9 - - 52.4 - - 48.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.3 - - 16.7 - - 20.9 - - 20.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 95 - - 112 - - -5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 470 - - 1805 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 56 - - 58 - - 40 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97469 15 245 20 269 24 301 17 286 97469 90265 14 286 20 270 14 291 18 284 90265 84675 13 283 18 284 13 289 13 272 84675 80012 13 269 17 296 12 299 12 277 80012 75987 13 266 17 289 9 327 8 281 75987 72423 10 274 14 273 12 295 8 286 72423 69178 12 292 11 280 15 257 16 277 69178 66175 13 297 9 271 12 248 19 265 66175 63372 18 284 14 283 15 271 20 260 63372 60641 24 269 27 272 25 276 19 261 60641 57774 27 263 29 262 30 269 20 268 57774 54783 28 264 28 251 37 255 30 268 54783 51923 35 265 34 256 41 249 40 260 51923 49357 48 255 50 259 48 253 44 253 49357 47070 57 250 63 252 55 252 49 253 47070 45004 65 251 64 250 59 249 55 253 45004 43118 69 252 67 251 65 252 60 250 43118 41386 74 248 74 247 73 252 62 247 41386 39788 73 243 78 244 79 248 64 249 39788 38305 69 245 78 244 83 243 76 249 38305 36934 73 248 83 247 80 240 87 241 36934 35641 74 247 85 246 83 244 87 240 35641 34359 72 245 81 243 86 247 83 246 34359 33052 72 245 77 240 80 245 79 247 33052 31713 72 246 76 239 72 238 75 244 31713 30327 71 246 74 239 70 235 73 240 30327 28884 69 246 70 240 69 236 73 240 28884 27388 65 246 65 239 65 235 71 247 27388 25844 58 247 59 236 60 237 58 256 25844 24257 51 246 55 236 56 246 48 259 24257 22627 47 245 51 237 49 253 40 257 22627 20948 45 248 46 237 40 252 35 252 20948 19211 43 249 41 240 33 252 32 253 19211 17449 40 247 37 244 30 257 30 261 17449 15755 34 243 35 245 28 263 27 270 15755 14216 27 239 32 244 26 265 23 277 14216 12847 21 234 28 242 24 263 19 280 12847 11624 17 228 24 241 22 261 15 283 11624 10529 14 224 20 243 19 259 11 287 10529 9546 12 223 16 244 16 257 10 290 9546 8664 11 222 12 243 12 256 8 292 8664 7878 10 218 9*237 10 251 7 294 7878 7173 9 211 6*219 8 244 6 295 7173 6534 8*200 5 193 7 233 5 296 6534 5962 7*185 6 179 6 221 5 300 5962 5479 5 172 6 177 6 210 4 305 5479 5106 4 170 5 177 6 201 3 311 5106 4847 3 172 5 180 5 197 1 330 4847 4689 3 172 4 181 3*194 2*100 4689 4598 2 177 3 183 2*195 3*096 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