DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/11 Chipman_AB 2195ft pt59096@53.418,-112.339,2193ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Edmonton 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 28.0 - - 39.2 - - 47.8 - - 40.8 - - 38.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 24 - - 13 - - -37 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 301 - - 364 - - 55 - - 54 BL Depth Hcrit 2232 - - 2233 - - 2234 - - 2233 - - 2233 Hcrit BL Top 2249 - - 2496 - - 2559 - - 2250 - - 2249 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 97 - - 127 - - 365 - - 184 - - 127 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 80 - - 72 - - 10 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 6 - - 10 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 188 - - 207 - - 159 - - 160 - - 166 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -468 - - -1729 - - -2786 - - -1191 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2717 - - 4225 - - 5346 - - 3441 - - 2249 sfcLCL ODpotential -13322 - - -12841 - - -11230 - - -11088 - - -10806 ODpotential blCL 15571 - - 15337 - - 13789 - - 13338 - - 13055 blCL maxRH 89 - - 78 - - 77 - - 65 - - 79 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.0 - - 39.2 - - 47.8 - - 40.8 - - 38.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.4 - - 29.0 - - 32.5 - - 33.8 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 29.5 - - 38.9 - - 47.7 - - 42.9 - - 40.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 24.2 - - 28.5 - - 32.0 - - 33.7 - - 36.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 24 - - 13 - - -37 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 301 - - 364 - - 55 - - 54 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 57 - - 14 - - 7 - - 0 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96308 25 074 30 068 22 080 19 085 21 059 96308 89420 22 067 20 089 16 067 19 083 19 069 89420 83998 18 069 15 100 10 071 14 075 17 076 83998 79434 14 075 7 107 7 072 10 077 11 076 79434 75463 9 072 4 090 5 042 7 072 5 117 75463 71926 4 065 1 356 4 009 6 071 5 116 71926 68711 4 352 3 085 5 269 3 042 2 057 68711 65739 8 312 4 032 8 272 5 301 3 323 65739 62966 13 315 8 281 14 265 11 278 5 324 62966 60256 19 304 8 300 11 275 7 260 12 280 60256 57438 24 297 20 297 21 295 13 283 16 258 57438 54530 26 288 25 282 24 284 19 288 15 272 54530 51760 27 291 29 294 27 300 18 291 39 261 51760 49290 36 305 40 301 45 294 41 286 39 280 49290 47077 46 301 47 296 54 289 52 290 37 287 47077 45059 55 293 52 289 56 292 57 294 40 293 45059 43208 50 292 55 289 58 292 60 291 54 287 43208 41513 40 299 51 289 55 289 62 286 65 283 41513 39965 51 312 42 294 53 285 59 280 67 283 39965 38545 63 308 46 293 54 278 59 275 66 286 38545 37223 61 308 44 285 53 274 64 271 63 287 37223 35949 57 312 47 283 50 273 66 265 61 282 35949 34657 56 311 51 285 45 273 60 261 57 274 34657 33316 57 310 50 287 41 273 54 261 53 270 33316 31930 60 307 39 288 37 274 49 263 53 273 31930 30483 59 306 34 291 35 274 43 263 53 280 30483 28965 55 305 37 295 33 276 36 264 50 284 28965 27378 47 304 40 292 32 278 30 265 47 285 27378 25721 42 304 37 290 29 279 28 267 41 285 25721 23998 45 305 35 293 28 279 28 271 35 284 23998 22209 47 307 34 295 29 278 31 275 30 282 22209 20351 44 309 33 297 32 277 35 277 28 280 20351 18416 37 312 32 294 37 278 38 278 28 280 18416 16445 33 311 31 288 39 278 39 277 29 278 16445 14546 33 306 31 287 37 278 38 275 28 274 14546 12816 31 294 36 282 32 281 33 282 28 271 12816 11269 30 283 37 272 28 285 25 283 27 265 11269 9889 28 280 27 284 26 288 20 280 19 261 9889 8660 26 280 20 312 23 286 17 272 11 240 8660 7565 20 281 20 318 19 282 15 262 12 212 7565 6590 13 274 17 316 13 274 13 249 15 211 6590 5727 9 251 12 329 8 219 12 227 15 218 5727 4961 11 228 8 322 11 174 14 204 17 215 4961 4273 14 221 8 264 14 186 18 200 22 210 4273 3662 14 209 13 252 13 198 22 207 22 220 3662 3153 13 194 14 248 13 188 24 205 25 224 3153 2763 17 190 11*231 13*164 23 173 25 212 2763 2498 18 193 8*211 12*159 19 166 18 175 2498 2339 14*194 6 206 10 159 16*164 16 172 2339 2249 5*188 5 205 8 158 7*160 7*166 2249 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