DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/07 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 24.9 - - 29.8 - - 31.2 - - 29.9 - - 30.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -26 - - -6 - - -6 - - -10 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 4598 - - 4598 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1883 - - 2021 - - 3018 - - 1783 - - 1961 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 12 - - 13 - - 5 - - 9 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 10 - - 12 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 136 - - 181 - - 171 - - 156 - - 148 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 9 - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -23 - - -9 - - 3 - - -5 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1150 - - -1374 - - -720 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5748 - - 5972 - - 5318 - - 4597 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential -5452 - - -4951 - - -3241 - - -1758 - - -2694 ODpotential blCL 10050 - - 9549 - - 7839 - - 6356 - - 7292 blCL maxRH 80 - - 97 - - 100 - - 98 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 24.9 - - 29.8 - - 31.2 - - 29.9 - - 30.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 16.2 - - 19.9 - - 24.1 - - 28.2 - - 26.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 29.3 - - 31.2 - - 32.5 - - 31.9 - - 33.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.8 - - 19.2 - - 23.5 - - 28.1 - - 26.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -26 - - -6 - - -6 - - -10 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 22 - - 88 - - 101 - - 91 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96520 17 054 12 021 15 007 18 007 10 028 96520 89403 20 049 12 041 16 001 26 002 21 041 89403 83853 30 034 22 033 15 011 25 349 29 009 83853 79177 26 001 28 012 17 009 20 342 37 347 79177 75091 24 347 26 356 24 345 35 340 39 340 75091 71441 17 346 29 350 32 335 37 334 40 344 71441 68104 24 341 34 329 34 320 40 331 41 329 68104 65020 35 332 28 313 40 320 44 320 38 324 65020 62150 25 322 32 307 45 297 45 314 42 320 62150 59375 28 319 38 298 42 300 42 316 44 325 59375 56479 51 303 40 307 39 315 46 316 47 330 56479 53477 58 301 56 308 63 303 59 307 59 312 53477 50662 62 304 65 302 69 298 68 302 68 304 50662 48181 68 305 75 299 71 300 64 299 62 307 48181 45975 73 302 79 297 71 300 57 302 60 307 45975 43980 73 302 71 298 70 302 60 304 61 302 43980 42169 70 304 66 303 70 306 64 300 61 298 42169 40507 73 305 68 305 72 308 68 298 58 300 40507 38961 81 302 72 301 72 311 71 301 62 307 38961 37513 88 296 75 296 74 313 78 308 74 309 37513 36157 83 292 74 295 76 309 89 307 85 308 36157 34862 76 294 72 294 77 304 91 303 88 305 34862 33567 77 296 70 291 77 299 85 304 86 304 33567 32247 78 293 67 286 74 296 83 310 83 304 32247 30907 76 291 63 283 66 289 84 314 82 305 30907 29534 73 291 63 281 61 283 80 315 81 304 29534 28117 68 295 63 280 60 280 70 312 80 302 28117 26655 63 298 63 281 58 281 67 306 79 302 26655 25150 59 299 60 283 54 282 64 299 75 301 25150 23602 55 298 55 282 49 282 57 293 70 299 23602 22015 50 295 48 280 44 283 50 291 66 297 22015 20384 44 292 43 278 41 282 44 289 60 293 20384 18706 39 290 39 277 42 282 38 284 54 290 18706 17010 36 290 36 276 42 280 37 280 47 287 17010 15384 34 290 33 273 40 278 39 278 41 285 15384 13907 34 290 30 270 37 274 43 277 38 283 13907 12589 33 290 28 266 34 269 44 275 38 282 12589 11409 32 289 25 263 33 264 43 270 41 282 11409 10350 30 289 23 259 31 259 41 264 45 280 10350 9398 27 289 22 256 29 253 39 257 48 279 9398 8544 23 289 21 252 26 247 35 250 47 276 8544 7781 19 286 20 248 22 238 29 242 43 273 7781 7097 15 278 18 242 18 225 23 231 36 268 7097 6477 12 260 17 234 16 206 19 211 27 262 6477 5922 11 230 16 222 16 188 18 189 17 249 5922 5453 11 208 15 205 17 177 19 175 11 217 5453 5090 11 191 13 190 16 173 18 169 10 174 5090 4838 9 174 11 180 14 171 16 164 11 159 4838 4685 8*163 9*176 11*170 11*160 9*155 4685 4597 5*136 4*168 5*166 3*146 4*148 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