DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 54.1 - - 56.0 - - 53.3 - - 46.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 62 - - 168 - - 76 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4605 - - 5076 - - 4347 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7773 - - 8780 - - 7701 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10105 - - 10576 - - 9847 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2943 - - 4406 - - 4187 - - 5037 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 291 - - 407 - - 297 - - 21 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 20 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 231 - - 238 - - 025 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 16 - - 17 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 28 - - 62 - - 73 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1925 - - 2074 - - 2017 - - -674 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8180 - - 8503 - - 7830 - - 5273 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -52 - - -351 - - -159 - - -2982 ODpotential blCL - - - 10157 - - 10927 - - 10006 - - 7581 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 93 - - 96 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 100 - - 210 - - 270 - - 180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 54.1 - - 56.0 - - 53.3 - - 46.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.0 - - 34.4 - - 34.7 - - 38.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.6 - - 55.9 - - 54.0 - - 48.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.9 - - 33.3 - - 33.7 - - 38.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 62 - - 168 - - 76 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4605 - - 5076 - - 4347 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 72 - - 85 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 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] 99039 19 100 16 114 14 110 19 090 99039 91473 19 106 16 112 16 097 16 109 91473 85680 13 131 11 116 16 092 16 110 85680 80879 16 135 11 156 9 075 16 106 80879 76737 14 130 11 149 2 216 13 110 76737 73070 7 121 12 134 4 187 5 147 73070 69746 0 171 9 141 8 173 5 201 69746 66679 1 164 5 150 6 145 6 183 66679 63816 8 209 3 238 4 210 7 230 63816 61023 18 208 7 226 6 180 9 165 61023 58085 15 193 16 253 22 247 17 249 58085 55044 12 241 15 235 20 236 22 242 55044 52167 14 239 9 223 12 239 16 230 52167 49565 31 242 29 244 30 245 24 242 49565 47218 38 234 42 233 40 240 37 243 47218 45096 42 237 44 234 47 239 48 239 45096 43163 52 244 50 241 52 238 53 238 43163 41391 64 243 60 241 55 242 56 243 41391 39750 70 241 68 240 65 247 63 248 39750 38226 77 246 77 243 79 249 74 250 38226 36812 92 251 91 245 93 248 88 250 36812 35476 108 253 105 246 103 247 102 250 35476 34149 118 252 120 245 113 247 113 250 34149 32798 121 250 127 243 118 246 119 249 32798 31423 118 250 124 241 115 246 120 248 31423 30009 113 250 116 241 110 246 120 248 30009 28547 105 249 103 241 103 248 116 247 28547 27043 95 245 94 237 94 249 105 246 27043 25506 88 240 93 236 84 249 90 246 25506 23937 84 239 86 239 75 248 79 246 23937 22333 74 241 75 242 66 248 72 245 22333 20682 60 243 61 243 58 251 67 246 20682 18980 48 241 48 240 49 253 57 248 18980 17260 41 237 40 237 38 247 41 247 17260 15612 37 233 33 233 28 238 32 243 15612 14113 33 230 30 233 25 230 29 240 14113 12776 30 229 28 233 24 226 28 237 12776 11577 27 230 25*232 24 226 27 235 11577 10498 24*231 24*231 23*226 25 234 10498 9527 21*231 23 230 22*229 22 235 9527 8653 18 229 22 230 21 231 18 239 8653 7871 16 226 22 231 20 234 14 245 7871 7169 15 224 21 231 19 238 10 253 7169 6532 14 223 20 232 17 242 7 268 6532 5962 13 221 20 232 15 245 4 296 5962 5480 12 220 18 232 13 249 3 343 5480 5106 11 220 16 232 12 251 4 020 5106 4847 10 219 15 232 11 253 5 025 4847 4689 9 219 12 232 9 255 5*026 4689 4598 6 219 8 233 6 256 3*030 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