DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/20 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 - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 50.4 - - 58.6 - - 65.2 - - 62.4 - - 56.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 43 - - 183 - - 264 - - 105 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 238 - - 4685 - - 6430 - - 1249 - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit 2233 - - 5158 - - 6690 - - 2234 - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top 2433 - - 6880 - - 8625 - - 3444 - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1440 - - 1685 - - 3281 - - 4864 - - 389 Hgt.Variab. W* 90 - - 391 - - 490 - - 209 - - 13 W* B/S 2 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 16 - - 20 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 185 - - 271 - - 288 - - 358 - - 067 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 12 - - 16 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 3 - - 20 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3557 - - 686 - - 558 - - -3400 - - -2951 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5991 - - 6195 - - 8067 - - 6844 - - 5203 sfcLCL ODpotential -7055 - - -125 - - -241 - - -4643 - - -5948 ODpotential blCL 9488 - - 7005 - - 8866 - - 8087 - - 8199 blCL maxRH 88 - - 100 - - 87 - - 95 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 20 - - 80 - - 70 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m 50.4 - - 58.6 - - 65.2 - - 62.4 - - 56.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 32.1 - - 39.1 - - 37.3 - - 40.0 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 50.0 - - 57.3 - - 63.5 - - 61.4 - - 58.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 31.8 - - 38.8 - - 37.1 - - 39.9 - - 41.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 43 - - 183 - - 264 - - 105 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 238 - - 4685 - - 6430 - - 1249 - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 51 - - 100 - - 48 - - 81 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96964 12 097 16 109 17 113 12 123 13 093 96964 89655 16 087 18 122 12 090 13 091 19 096 89655 84050 13 097 11 096 9 089 10 107 13 089 84050 79384 6 114 3 088 3 060 8 108 5 128 79384 75344 7 146 4 001 3 317 3 063 2 185 75344 71759 4 035 5 250 10 282 5 305 3 296 71759 68502 9 308 5 275 10 259 10 283 9 305 68502 65495 11 290 9 290 10 273 11 278 11 281 65495 62691 15 303 14 285 13 288 13 286 12 271 62691 59951 19 298 18 289 15 273 17 271 17 273 59951 57097 23 289 21 287 19 261 21 273 24 278 57097 54157 26 285 24 281 25 273 28 284 26 292 54157 51350 30 288 30 283 36 283 33 286 32 288 51350 48816 33 299 33 285 40 284 38 287 37 282 48816 46550 39 300 35 293 39 281 42 281 43 282 46550 44506 38 289 34 288 39 282 43 275 46 280 44506 42654 29 289 31 280 38 275 43 273 45 281 42654 40958 35 301 32 290 37 267 44 270 50 277 40958 39391 40 305 37 296 37 269 45 267 55 270 39391 37944 44 305 39 298 38 277 46 266 57 267 37944 36604 47 306 39 302 41 278 44 269 57 269 36604 35322 48 307 37 305 42 278 44 271 59 273 35322 34027 47 308 35 309 38 280 42 273 60 274 34027 32688 45 308 36 309 37 281 41 276 60 273 32688 31307 43 309 36 306 36 281 40 278 60 273 31307 29869 41 310 35 305 35 281 39 279 59 273 29869 28365 39 311 34 307 33 284 39 279 58 275 28365 26798 39 312 34 311 30 288 40 277 56 278 26798 25167 38 314 33 313 28 286 42 272 52 280 25167 23478 34 312 31 305 29 280 41 270 49 282 23478 21731 36 299 35 293 34 282 40 274 47 284 21731 19920 41 297 38 293 32 296 39 283 45 286 19920 18040 42 301 38 297 35 304 40 290 43 285 18040 16128 39 303 40 296 42 299 38 295 42 284 16128 14290 37 301 43 292 44 292 40 284 38 277 14290 12617 36 300 40 290 38 288 41 278 34 280 12617 11121 35 302 34 292 33 284 37 275 30 285 11121 9784 32 306 32 296 31*282 29 272 27 290 9784 8588 27 301 29 293 27*280 25 270 24 293 8588 7517 24 292 24*283 23 281 22 271 20 293 7517 6560 19 289 21*278 21 283 18 275 17 289 6560 5712 18 269 19 275 20 286 15 282 14 283 5712 4956 19 252 18 274 19 290 12 293 12 276 4956 4276 17 221 17 272 18 293 10 311 9 269 4276 3672 17 192 14 268 17 297 9*329 6 271 3672 3165 17 188 13 263 17 299 9*351 2 277 3165 2775 16 187 12 261 16 301 9 358 2 067 2775 2507 14*187 11 260 15 301 9 000 7 077 2507 2344 10*185 11 260 15 302 9 001 7*073 2344 2251 8 185 10 259 13 303 8 002 4*067 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