DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/16 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.5 - - 61.5 - - 68.0 - - 69.2 - - 59.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 152 - - 222 - - 56 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1120 - - 2836 - - 2718 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4582 - - 5824 - - 7212 - - 6077 - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top 4600 - - 6620 - - 8336 - - 8218 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1365 - - 1656 - - 2073 - - 2814 - - 3038 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 236 - - 362 - - 228 - - 3 W* B/S 1 - - 10 - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 4 - - 7 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 102 - - 175 - - 178 - - 169 - - 098 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - 11 - - 15 - - 9 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -911 - - -224 - - -281 - - -1082 - - -2387 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5512 - - 6844 - - 8617 - - 9301 - - 6988 sfcLCL ODpotential -5703 - - -4075 - - -3659 - - -5173 - - -7995 ODpotential blCL 10303 - - 10695 - - 11995 - - 13391 - - 12595 blCL maxRH 71 - - 67 - - 59 - - 63 - - 63 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 52.5 - - 61.5 - - 68.0 - - 69.2 - - 59.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 44.5 - - 47.5 - - 46.2 - - 44.5 - - 45.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 55.7 - - 61.3 - - 67.4 - - 69.7 - - 65.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 43.5 - - 46.5 - - 45.5 - - 44.0 - - 44.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 152 - - 222 - - 56 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1120 - - 2836 - - 2718 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 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] 98277 4 082 5 116 2 284 4 225 7 223 98277 90985 11 060 5 105 1 323 4 345 8 065 90985 85356 11 064 6 109 4 150 5 335 14 041 85356 80700 11 093 6 100 8 122 5 260 10 040 80700 76685 7 094 7 111 12 112 6 205 7 029 76685 73112 1 055 8 115 10 105 6 136 2 038 73112 69863 1 238 5 125 4 108 2 074 7 088 69863 66872 3 193 3 154 1 080 0 190 6 083 66872 64094 0 077 2 156 3 326 1 354 3 066 64094 61392 3 307 2 213 5 266 3 328 4 031 61392 58571 5 298 4 272 8 269 8 299 5 344 58571 55655 7 290 5 317 6 274 10 318 12 345 55655 52885 12 315 14 329 10 308 17 310 19 313 52885 50403 15 305 12 352 4 324 6 309 10 320 50403 48180 13 327 27 347 26 001 23 003 20 360 48180 46175 26 339 33 343 35 354 30 350 27 358 46175 44353 32 331 31 351 33 353 30 355 28 001 44353 42675 19 318 26 355 32 006 28 004 23 007 42675 41115 10 090 19 012 33 016 24 021 16 017 41115 39656 40 041 33 034 31 035 26 030 19 040 39656 38284 56 022 44 036 38 046 26 035 24 051 38284 36968 51 022 50 034 42 047 27 041 27 055 36968 35648 44 024 44 031 38 046 28 038 26 055 35648 34295 27 035 34 058 29 050 26 034 24 052 34295 32907 21 054 40 083 29 061 21 033 23 045 32907 31472 28 064 37 073 28 061 16 041 22 038 31472 29979 32 053 36 053 27 054 16 036 22 036 29979 28430 34 039 35 051 26 045 20 025 20 038 28430 26826 32 037 30 052 23 041 20 031 16 052 26826 25170 28 040 28 055 22 057 15 038 10 060 25170 23466 24 049 21 060 20 082 10 063 6 048 23466 21706 18 064 14 063 10 086 8 087 3 031 21706 19887 13 070 9 057 5 060 6 062 3 029 19887 18042 8 072 6 052 5 053 6 073 3 072 18042 16270 6 060 5 064 5 079 7 114 4 137 16270 14657 6 042 3 079 4 111 7 147 5 177 14657 13221 4 023 2 121 4 159 7 175 5 196 13221 11940 2 009 3 178 5 189 7 200 6 208 11940 10792 1 003 4 187 6 199 7 220 5 203 10792 9763 1 173 5 189 7 199 6 237 4 197 9763 8841 2 174 6 190 8*195 5*227 5 195 8841 8018 3 170 6 186 7*186 5*192 6 182 8018 7282 3 162 7*179 7 179 6 169 9 174 7282 6615 3 162 6*174 7 176 7 165 11 173 6615 6019 3 166 5 172 7 174 7 164 11 174 6019 5516 2 171 4 173 7 176 7 165 11 174 5516 5127 1 157 4 177 6 178 6 167 10 170 5127 4858 2 113 4 181 6 182 6 168 9 161 4858 4693 2*106 3 187 5 182 5 170 6*146 4693 4599 3*102 2 193 4 185 4 172 3*098 4599 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