DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 17.9 - - 21.9 - - 17.2 - - 14.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 0 - - 20 - - -10 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 988 - - 2970 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4579 - - 4580 - - 4579 - - 4579 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6488 - - 8470 - - 4597 - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2926 - - 3027 - - 4883 - - 2058 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 61 - - 173 - - 0 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 21 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 295 - - 286 - - 116 - - 128 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 25 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 30 - - 57 - - -12 - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -454 - - 1353 - - -1191 - - -756 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6942 - - 7117 - - 5788 - - 5353 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3199 - - -1186 - - -3684 - - -4021 ODpotential blCL - - - 9687 - - 9656 - - 8281 - - 8618 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 69 - - 80 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 17.9 - - 21.9 - - 17.2 - - 14.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 3.5 - - 6.6 - - 8.0 - - 6.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 19.3 - - 22.7 - - 21.4 - - 19.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 2.5 - - 5.5 - - 7.1 - - 7.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 0 - - 20 - - -10 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 988 - - 2970 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 21 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96171 12 007 18 010 13 333 14 020 96171 89152 20 347 15 332 15 304 17 338 89152 83655 17 337 5 299 14 307 26 325 83655 79043 13 327 11 260 11 293 24 307 79043 75019 14 346 3 293 25 287 21 307 75019 71409 15 298 13 270 23 282 24 317 71409 68096 18 262 13 244 24 290 30 313 68096 65034 12 207 15 265 22 279 30 289 65034 62197 15 268 29 244 20 270 26 293 62197 59426 29 238 30 254 11 341 34 279 59426 56489 33 233 44 280 44 296 43 283 56489 53412 51 275 49 279 48 287 51 288 53412 50486 54 286 48 283 48 287 56 285 50486 47878 52 283 47 289 51 287 56 280 47878 45552 51 281 48 294 52 284 53 280 45552 43439 55 283 54 291 50 284 54 283 43439 41503 62 283 61 283 49 287 55 285 41503 39721 69 281 66 277 52 289 59 289 39721 38072 74 280 70 275 57 288 65 290 38072 36542 76 279 74 278 64 285 69 288 36542 35121 80 279 79 280 70 281 71 286 35121 33775 85 278 83 279 73 278 71 284 33775 32438 91 276 84 277 74 278 69 284 32438 31087 94 275 85 276 74 280 68 285 31087 29728 94 274 86 275 74 282 67 286 29728 28353 93 273 87 275 74 283 68 286 28353 26950 92 273 85 275 74 283 67 288 26950 25522 89 274 80 276 71 282 67 290 25522 24071 84 274 73 278 65 284 66 291 24071 22601 77 276 67 280 59 286 62 293 22601 21112 69 280 62 283 57 289 56 294 21112 19591 63 285 58 287 58 290 51 291 19591 18025 58 291 55 290 57 291 47 279 18025 16437 54 297 53 293 54 292 42 270 16437 14907 52 303 51 296 49 294 39 270 14907 13512 50 307 49 298 45 295 37 274 13512 12262 50 309 46 298 40 293 36 278 12262 11141 49 309 43 296 36 291 34 280 11141 10131 48 307 39 294 32 288 31 281 10131 9221 47 303 35*292 30 284 29 281 9221 8401 44 300 31*289 28 280 27 279 8401 7668 40 296 27 287 27 277 25 276 7668 7010 36*294 24 285 24 274 22 272 7010 6412 30*293 21 284 21 272 19 267 6412 5876 25 293 19 284 18 270 15 259 5876 5424 19 295 16 283 13 267 10 247 5424 5073 14 298 14 284 8 264 7 226 5073 4830 11 301 12 284 3 245 6 168 4830 4681 9 303 9 283 2*155 7*145 4681 4596 5 304 6 283 3*116 5*128 4596 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