DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 16.0 - - 28.0 - - 32.4 - - 31.0 - - 22.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -23 - - 32 - - 49 - - -2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 815 - - 2567 - - 1891 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4579 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4597 - - 6315 - - 8067 - - 7391 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1496 - - 2286 - - 2421 - - 2834 - - 3039 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 128 - - 220 - - 57 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 5 - - 11 - - 11 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 096 - - 318 - - 305 - - 294 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 11 - - 13 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -30 - - -7 - - 11 - - 21 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2229 - - -311 - - 1322 - - 887 - - -1983 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6826 - - 6626 - - 6745 - - 6504 - - 6581 sfcLCL ODpotential -7681 - - -3165 - - -1015 - - -2526 - - -6077 ODpotential blCL 12278 - - 9480 - - 9082 - - 9917 - - 10675 blCL maxRH 70 - - 72 - - 73 - - 59 - - 52 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 16.0 - - 28.0 - - 32.4 - - 31.0 - - 22.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.7 - - 15.1 - - 18.8 - - 18.5 - - 10.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 23.5 - - 28.6 - - 32.9 - - 32.8 - - 29.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 6.7 - - 14.0 - - 17.7 - - 17.4 - - 11.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -23 - - 32 - - 49 - - -2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 815 - - 2567 - - 1891 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96772 12 068 13 051 5 082 14 010 19 072 96772 89553 20 049 7 078 8 033 11 030 17 060 89553 83936 14 037 4 085 8 020 9 021 14 042 83936 79240 15 019 4 064 5 003 7 019 13 023 79240 75150 11 359 6 359 5 320 8 345 8 005 75150 71504 10 311 5 002 7 254 6 325 6 323 71504 68176 25 287 9 318 4 278 2 318 9 275 68176 65101 27 302 27 279 33 295 12 326 8 318 65101 62236 37 309 30 285 43 293 43 303 13 310 62236 59471 43 302 35 298 47 295 48 302 27 291 59471 56611 47 296 42 302 50 292 50 298 38 301 56611 53643 50 295 47 303 51 286 54 294 49 300 53643 50806 54 295 51 304 48 286 56 289 55 294 50806 48254 56 293 58 302 48 294 55 287 58 290 48254 45970 58 291 63 298 58 299 54 290 59 288 45970 43898 61 291 72 295 67 298 59 294 60 289 43898 42003 66 293 83 293 77 295 67 292 64 290 42003 40259 77 292 89 289 84 289 75 287 69 289 40259 38648 90 291 93 287 90 285 82 283 74 288 38648 37156 100 288 98 284 97 283 88 280 78 286 37156 35770 112 285 106 282 103 282 91 278 80 284 35770 34457 121 284 110 281 108 281 94 277 80 282 34457 33152 126 283 111 280 109 280 96 278 75 281 33152 31828 126 282 109 280 108 278 93 279 64 279 31828 30490 120 281 105 281 102 279 85 280 53 282 30490 29127 109 282 94 284 89 280 73 281 40 286 29127 27727 89 285 70 288 64 280 61 283 21 300 27727 26288 54 289 38 291 30 278 47 286 17 321 26288 24805 30 300 26 292 22 297 32 291 14 323 24805 23279 30 321 19 304 20 306 21 297 9 336 23279 21714 29 322 17 310 19 307 17 296 10 342 21714 20102 31 317 18 311 19 307 19 281 16 310 20102 18446 32 314 21 311 20 303 24 272 22 286 18446 16779 32 313 23 305 23 297 28 273 25 285 16779 15186 32 313 24 300 26 294 29 280 25 291 15186 13740 32 314 26 302 28 295 27 288 24 297 13740 12451 33 315 27 308 27 299 26 293 24 301 12451 11295 34 317 28 312 25 304 25 296 24 302 11295 10257 33 319 28 316 23 307 24 297 24 303 10257 9323 32 321 27 318 21 308 23 296 24 302 9323 8484 30 321 26 317 19*307 22 294 24 300 8484 7734 28 320 24 314 17*306 20*292 22 298 7734 7061 26 318 21 310 14 305 18*292 19 298 7061 6451 22 316 17*308 12 305 15 292 15 298 6451 5904 18 316 12*310 11 305 12 294 10 300 5904 5443 12 322 7 315 10 306 10 294 7 305 5443 5084 8 337 4 323 9 306 8 298 4 309 5084 4835 5 010 3 340 8 306 6 299 1 323 4835 4684 4*053 2 350 6 305 5 301 2*108 4684 4597 4*096 1 005 5 305 2 311 3*119 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