DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/08 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 - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 35.1 - - 39.9 - - 41.1 - - 36.7 - - 33.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -33 - - 52 - - 74 - - -26 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1712 - - 3698 - - 1543 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 7200 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4599 - - 7212 - - 9198 - - 7043 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4400 - - 2727 - - 3778 - - 4148 - - 4773 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 191 - - 277 - - 47 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 25 - - 28 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 169 - - 248 - - 269 - - 283 - - 022 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 29 - - 28 - - 28 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -11 - - 59 - - 55 - - 54 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -320 - - 819 - - 1851 - - 357 - - -1710 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4920 - - 6394 - - 7347 - - 6686 - - 6308 sfcLCL ODpotential -3007 - - -1268 - - -18 - - -1705 - - -4165 ODpotential blCL 7606 - - 8480 - - 9216 - - 8748 - - 8763 blCL maxRH 77 - - 87 - - 86 - - 83 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 10 - - 60 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 35.1 - - 39.9 - - 41.1 - - 36.7 - - 33.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.6 - - 27.9 - - 25.0 - - 23.6 - - 22.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.5 - - 40.5 - - 41.7 - - 38.9 - - 36.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.2 - - 27.4 - - 24.3 - - 22.9 - - 21.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -33 - - 52 - - 74 - - -26 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1712 - - 3698 - - 1543 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 10 - - 48 - - 44 - - 33 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 95530 16 347 8 005 3 295 14 303 21 326 95530 88759 5 308 7 327 6 032 8 306 6 008 88759 83425 2 209 9 343 14 344 6 342 9 319 83425 78934 7 298 6 307 14 313 11 328 6 325 78934 75023 5 297 3 310 8 261 11 297 7 334 75023 71527 10 295 6 344 10 305 8 289 9 339 71527 68303 2 268 14 286 13 303 14 275 13 303 68303 65310 6 244 15 254 1 234 13 294 18 295 65310 62521 20 264 18 227 12 240 11 346 14 289 62521 59775 18 271 19 228 22 238 20 310 16 287 59775 56871 12 237 13 156 11 207 10 254 21 262 56871 53891 45 257 8 213 12 253 12 250 27 264 53891 51122 64 241 52 253 49 244 39 269 23 278 51122 48665 60 229 61 246 66 241 40 262 28 271 48665 46463 52 230 59 247 65 252 23 296 24 267 46463 44453 52 244 67 256 70 265 24 304 18 278 44453 42592 65 254 82 259 83 267 43 289 35 285 42592 40867 81 254 94 256 94 264 72 278 61 281 40867 39274 91 250 101 253 102 260 93 270 79 275 39274 37798 94 248 102 252 107 259 101 266 88 271 37798 36424 93 249 103 254 109 259 103 265 92 270 36424 35119 95 254 108 257 110 259 104 266 94 271 35119 33819 103 259 113 259 110 259 102 266 95 271 33819 32495 115 262 114 259 109 259 98 266 91 271 32495 31146 124 260 113 259 106 260 93 267 86 273 31146 29762 126 257 111 258 102 262 90 269 85 276 29762 28332 123 255 108 258 99 263 89 270 84 278 28332 26855 119 254 104 257 96 263 89 271 81 281 26855 25328 110 254 101 256 95 264 90 274 80 285 25328 23755 101 255 99 256 96 263 91 276 79 287 23755 22141 96 255 98 255 94 262 88 277 80 287 22141 20483 93 254 95 255 88 263 80 277 81 285 20483 18780 89 252 86 254 73 265 68 277 76 285 18780 17066 82 249 73 254 56 270 56 278 66 284 17066 15429 74 248 60 257 48 276 47 278 53 283 15429 13944 66 250 51 265 50 276 44 278 44 280 13944 12621 58 255 47 270 52 272 44 276 39 279 12621 11437 54 261 46 270 48 270 45 274 38 278 11437 10374 52 264 45 268 43 269 46 273 37 279 10374 9418 51 264 44 265 39*269 44 272 36 280 9418 8561 49 263 43 261 37*269 42 272 34 281 8561 7795 46 261 40*257 34 269 38 273 32 282 7795 7108 42 259 37*254 32 269 32*273 28 284 7108 6486 38 257 32 251 29 269 26*275 23 286 6486 5928 32 254 28 248 26 268 18 278 17 293 5928 5458 25 248 23 245 23 268 11 286 12 305 5458 5093 18 235 20 244 21 267 4 309 8 327 5093 4840 12 215 17 242 18 267 3 030 6 350 4840 4686 9*199 14 241 15 267 3 058 4*010 4686 4597 4*169 8 241 9 267 3 062 2*033 4597 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