DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/21 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 71.8 - - 74.1 - - 74.6 - - 66.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 100 - - 7 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2514 - - 3318 - - 2504 - - 57 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3413 - - 3875 - - 2235 - - 2235 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4709 - - 5513 - - 4699 - - 2252 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3420 - - 1978 - - 3263 - - 212 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 287 - - 297 - - 147 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 9 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 159 - - 159 - - 146 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1250 - - -1517 - - -1810 - - -1819 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5959 - - 7031 - - 6510 - - 4071 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3072 - - -4311 - - -4496 - - -5638 ODpotential blCL - - - 7781 - - 9824 - - 9195 - - 7890 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 96 - - 73 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.8 - - 74.1 - - 74.6 - - 66.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.6 - - 51.2 - - 53.9 - - 56.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.0 - - 73.3 - - 74.6 - - 68.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 52.3 - - 49.9 - - 52.8 - - 55.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 100 - - 7 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2514 - - 3318 - - 2504 - - 57 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 53 - - 84 - - 0 - - 12 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 8 - - 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] 99712 9 112 10 131 3 149 7 009 99712 92200 12 161 3 189 4 114 5 094 92200 86366 11 158 6 222 1 064 2 161 86366 81504 4 102 7 225 3 293 5 300 81504 77317 3 022 1 312 5 291 9 320 77317 73635 3 350 4 317 6 277 7 348 73635 70305 5 293 4 293 5 301 5 321 70305 67236 4 305 6 275 8 302 11 295 67236 64383 8 334 10 308 10 298 12 301 64383 61619 15 312 15 309 16 301 18 312 61619 58742 17 307 19 302 21 297 22 314 58742 55764 21 310 23 305 23 303 26 303 55764 52935 28 299 28 303 29 305 30 292 52935 50403 29 294 33 298 34 299 34 291 50403 48148 33 303 35 298 38 300 36 292 48148 46117 39 304 39 301 44 300 39 298 46117 44273 44 304 45 302 52 296 50 301 44273 42584 53 298 52 300 61 294 62 298 42584 41021 55 295 57 296 66 294 68 295 41021 39561 56 300 58 295 67 297 72 294 39561 38186 54 301 56 297 64 299 69 295 38186 36859 51 303 50 299 63 300 63 298 36859 35513 49 302 42 304 57 302 60 301 35513 34119 49 302 41 308 46 303 54 300 34119 32682 48 302 41 304 39 306 49 300 32682 31187 48 307 39 302 37 309 45 302 31187 29621 45 310 38 303 36 307 37 305 29621 27985 42 309 38 300 34 304 35 304 27985 26277 40 306 37 294 34 302 34 301 26277 24503 35 305 36 297 33 303 33 304 24503 22665 32 307 31 304 29 303 29 304 22665 20757 28 313 27 307 27 304 26 300 20757 18772 26 317 26 307 26 303 24 296 18772 16751 25 309 25 305 25 301 23 296 16751 14804 27 299 23 299 24 298 23 296 14804 13035 25 286 19 279 20 289 21 294 13035 11463 20 291 17 262 17 276 18 284 11463 10061 13 299 17 256 15 262 17 270 10061 8810 2 265 10 247 17 242 20 243 8810 7695 4 210 6 216 17 209 23 222 7695 6700 5 156 8 189 17 196 19 214 6700 5820 7 149 10*166 15 187 18 190 5820 5040 9*160 10*162 14*169 19 174 5040 4338 9*160 10 160 12*156 19 165 4338 3714 9 159 10 159 11 148 18 155 3714 3193 9 159 9 157 11 144 18 144 3193 2791 8 158 9 157 10 143 18 132 2791 2515 8 158 8 156 10 140 16 123 2515 2348 7 158 8 156 9 139 13*119 2348 2252 6 158 7 156 7 138 5*113 2252 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