DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 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 37.3 - - 39.5 - - 42.4 - - 42.7 - - 38.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -33 - - -50 - - -60 - - -34 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4599 - - 4599 - - 4599 - - 4599 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 640 - - 806 - - 1475 - - 2072 - - 1954 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 13 - - 19 - - 11 - - 2 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 6 - - 5 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 136 - - 134 - - 140 - - 112 - - 070 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -34 - - -32 - - -18 - - -23 - - -29 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4905 - - -4536 - - -3484 - - -5453 - - -4146 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9504 - - 9135 - - 8083 - - 10052 - - 8745 sfcLCL ODpotential -14976 - - -13415 - - -10849 - - -12382 - - -10802 ODpotential blCL 19575 - - 18014 - - 15448 - - 16981 - - 15401 blCL maxRH 27 - - 26 - - 41 - - 75 - - 64 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 37.3 - - 39.5 - - 42.4 - - 42.7 - - 38.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 13.0 - - 16.6 - - 23.7 - - 15.5 - - 16.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 47.0 - - 46.2 - - 47.2 - - 49.1 - - 46.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 14.5 - - 15.5 - - 22.5 - - 14.4 - - 16.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -33 - - -50 - - -60 - - -34 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96919 39 065 45 041 49 063 53 061 63 052 96919 89951 29 057 33 051 40 055 49 051 42 056 89951 84476 25 059 23 049 30 041 40 044 30 070 84476 79871 21 057 14 075 15 021 30 039 25 052 79871 75858 13 027 15 058 9 006 22 019 22 030 75858 72262 12 008 15 043 6 039 15 333 23 008 72262 68983 13 351 19 032 8 027 10 269 12 336 68983 65949 11 343 10 005 8 334 6 262 13 310 65949 63151 16 331 12 321 17 319 11 332 22 292 63151 60485 25 311 18 327 16 345 13 345 24 291 60485 57713 22 328 29 299 29 290 24 319 7 354 57713 54827 26 310 35 275 32 288 39 315 41 307 54827 52074 43 294 38 287 35 279 42 299 51 290 52074 49597 45 295 45 309 33 286 37 284 57 290 49597 47358 42 306 54 312 30 304 44 282 63 288 47358 45310 48 301 62 309 45 301 59 286 68 287 45310 43421 61 300 67 301 63 293 73 285 74 286 43421 41669 67 298 69 293 73 287 79 283 84 285 41669 40046 66 295 69 286 78 282 89 282 96 282 40046 38539 65 293 69 284 81 279 100 281 106 282 38539 37141 66 292 69 287 81 278 106 279 115 282 37141 35814 67 293 69 288 80 278 105 278 120 282 35814 34491 68 293 69 287 80 280 102 278 121 281 34491 33143 70 291 71 285 81 282 98 280 118 279 33143 31772 74 289 73 284 81 283 95 282 112 279 31772 30367 75 288 72 284 79 283 94 283 100 280 30367 28919 72 289 70 284 77 283 93 284 84 281 28919 27429 67 290 68 284 75 282 89 284 74 283 27429 25892 65 292 64 285 71 280 84 283 71 286 25892 24309 62 293 57 285 63 278 78 280 68 289 24309 22680 56 294 49 284 54 277 73 278 64 293 22680 20998 50 291 44 283 49 277 68 278 59 294 20998 19257 44 289 42 283 48 279 65 281 54 293 19257 17490 38 289 42 285 49 282 62 285 50 291 17490 15792 35 292 41 287 51 285 58 289 45 291 15792 14250 34 296 41 289 52 287 54 291 40 293 14250 12876 35 299 41 291 53 288 49 293 36 297 12876 11648 36 299 40 292 53 289 44 294 34 300 11648 10546 37 298 40 292 52 289 40 294 32 304 10546 9557 37 296 39 291 49 289 36 294 32 305 9557 8671 35 294 36 289 44 288 32 293 32 305 8671 7880 32 293 33 287 38 287 28 293 32 304 7880 7173 26 290 28 283 29 285 23 292 31 303 7173 6532 19 286 22 277 21 279 18 294 28 302 6532 5960 12 277 15 262 12 263 12 300 23 304 5960 5478 6 246 9 229 7 226 7 312 18 311 5478 5104 5 183 8 184 8 181 3 336 13 324 5104 4846 6 153 9 157 9 162 2 033 9 340 4846 4688 6*148 8*152 9*157 3*067 6*354 4688 4598 5*136 6*134 5*140 3*112 3*070 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