DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/03 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 49.3 - - 55.5 - - 58.5 - - 61.0 - - 58.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 18 - - 62 - - 73 - - 43 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 262 - - 1501 - - 1661 - - 2178 - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit 2234 - - 2234 - - 2234 - - 2235 - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top 2457 - - 3696 - - 3856 - - 4373 - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1282 - - 1420 - - 1977 - - 2393 - - 3928 Hgt.Variab. W* 70 - - 194 - - 212 - - 203 - - 18 W* B/S 2 - - 9 - - 23 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 4 - - 2 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 022 - - 090 - - 114 - - 124 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - -3 - - -8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 207 - - 1091 - - 1037 - - 1055 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2250 - - 2605 - - 2819 - - 3319 - - 2251 sfcLCL ODpotential 65 - - 315 - - 320 - - 8 - - -1025 ODpotential blCL 2392 - - 3381 - - 3536 - - 4365 - - 3276 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 91 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 50 - - 70 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m 49.3 - - 55.5 - - 58.5 - - 61.0 - - 58.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 48.8 - - 51.8 - - 53.8 - - 54.1 - - 56.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 49.1 - - 54.8 - - 57.8 - - 60.7 - - 59.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 48.5 - - 50.8 - - 52.7 - - 52.8 - - 55.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 18 - - 62 - - 73 - - 43 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 262 - - 1501 - - 1661 - - 2178 - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 102 - - 101 - - 100 - - 63 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 99102 32 100 33 110 27 092 26 075 34 095 99102 91567 25 110 28 097 28 091 26 102 30 087 91567 85812 23 120 19 076 22 091 23 098 17 097 85812 81051 22 116 19 085 18 089 18 094 19 092 81051 76928 19 108 16 084 14 093 13 077 18 094 76928 73270 12 101 10 089 12 063 9 087 11 071 73270 69958 7 114 9 104 9 029 6 044 10 045 69958 66902 5 118 5 090 6 021 6 009 7 012 66902 64057 3 038 2 064 4 006 5 315 5 315 64057 61292 7 341 2 294 3 319 6 297 7 275 61292 58402 9 324 4 285 8 270 10 295 6 296 58402 55395 9 301 8 281 13 271 12 286 6 301 55395 52517 11 281 10 266 13 268 13 275 10 283 52517 49927 13 285 9 258 11 258 13 264 13 276 49927 47613 16 287 10 260 12 255 15 261 14 278 47613 45525 14 289 11 282 14 262 18 259 15 284 45525 43633 16 305 11 305 12 285 15 262 18 277 43633 41911 19 308 19 323 17 308 16 279 18 271 41911 40333 21 324 24 333 19 324 17 290 19 280 40333 38878 28 336 27 339 26 330 21 314 16 299 38878 37522 30 341 30 345 28 332 25 322 16 322 37522 36218 28 347 32 349 27 338 21 322 14 321 36218 34892 25 353 31 356 26 345 18 316 13 313 34892 33518 25 357 27 001 23 355 16 315 12 310 33518 32101 25 000 25 359 20 356 14 323 10 314 32101 30626 21 005 25 359 19 360 12 351 8 332 30626 29080 19 010 22 003 20 003 13 014 7 008 29080 27465 19 005 21 004 19 003 13 019 7 026 27465 25780 17 007 20 003 19 006 13 023 7 019 25780 24030 18 022 18 005 17 001 13 009 8 017 24030 22217 18 022 16 009 16 004 14 002 8 034 22217 20338 13 027 12 010 10 014 11 005 6 057 20338 18389 13 050 10 010 8 044 4 020 4 105 18389 16406 13 068 7 033 7 084 0 334 1 115 16406 14496 12 070 8 052 11 106 6 166 5 198 14496 12760 9 062 8 056 11 107 10 142 8 178 12760 11218 8 083 6 138 9 138 10 143 10 165 11218 9847 9 103 15 127 13 154 10 159 12 161 9847 8625 11 109 17 126 15 156 14 166 15 156 8625 7535 11 113 15 134 16 165 16 168 16 156 7535 6567 6 098 12 141 13 176 14 170 14 159 6567 5715 5 058 10 140 8 179 11 165 12 157 5715 4958 7 041 7 116 5 163 10*161 12 152 4958 4279 8 041 7*112 3*141 8*147 11 143 4279 3674 9 038 6*108 2*126 6 125 11 133 3674 3168 9 030 4 090 2 117 6 119 11 128 3168 2778 8 027 4 085 2 110 6 116 11 124 2778 2509 7*024 4 081 2 104 5 115 9 121 2509 2345 6*023 3 079 1 107 5 114 7*120 2345 2251 5 022 3 079 1 100 5 112 5*118 2251 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