DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/10 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 57.4 - - 61.2 - - 65.8 - - 64.9 - - 61.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 8 - - 89 - - 80 - - 10 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 316 - - 1488 - - 2959 - - 1284 - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit 2234 - - 2235 - - 3505 - - 2235 - - 2235 Hcrit BL Top 2511 - - 3683 - - 5154 - - 3479 - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 551 - - 1227 - - 1879 - - 2601 - - 3627 Hgt.Variab. W* 60 - - 218 - - 271 - - 109 - - 8 W* B/S 1 - - 16 - - 18 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 212 - - 182 - - 068 - - 326 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - -10 - - -5 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 234 - - 759 - - 1184 - - 354 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2278 - - 2925 - - 3970 - - 3125 - - 2251 sfcLCL ODpotential -2772 - - -1279 - - 33 - - -632 - - -827 ODpotential blCL 5283 - - 4962 - - 5121 - - 4111 - - 3078 blCL maxRH 100 - - 95 - - 92 - - 96 - - 98 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 140 - - 520 - - 1140 - - 1300 CAPE Temp@2m 57.4 - - 61.2 - - 65.8 - - 64.9 - - 61.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 54.9 - - 55.9 - - 55.9 - - 58.6 - - 60.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 57.4 - - 60.4 - - 65.1 - - 64.7 - - 62.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 54.6 - - 54.9 - - 54.6 - - 57.9 - - 59.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 8 - - 89 - - 80 - - 10 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 316 - - 1488 - - 2959 - - 1284 - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 81 - - 68 - - 85 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 10 - - 9 - - 9 - - 11 - - 12 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] 99945 13 095 12 105 13 138 5 084 5 093 99945 92378 11 113 13 128 10 133 5 085 8 105 92378 86516 9 105 12 139 5 115 7 102 8 108 86516 81642 8 114 8 122 5 082 4 119 6 086 81642 77444 7 137 5 117 5 098 2 151 5 077 77444 73732 5 118 5 146 3 131 2 041 3 065 73732 70365 4 053 6 099 5 130 2 267 4 329 70365 67261 3 006 5 065 3 093 4 306 4 322 67261 64371 3 329 3 037 3 259 9 307 7 352 64371 61557 8 304 7 323 4 325 8 292 10 290 61557 58623 10 286 12 291 12 299 11 297 12 282 58623 55581 13 301 13 296 12 284 17 287 15 288 55581 52677 19 285 19 288 17 286 21 285 20 286 52677 50071 21 288 21 276 21 286 28 289 25 286 50071 47747 22 289 23 275 31 283 33 283 28 283 47747 45647 25 285 27 280 34 277 34 281 30 285 45647 43722 25 286 31 278 35 274 35 279 36 280 43722 41946 29 285 29 274 33 270 34 274 37 273 41946 40308 33 276 27 276 33 274 36 274 36 271 40308 38798 33 268 31 276 37 274 40 275 38 272 38798 37403 40 261 36 271 39 272 45 274 42 270 37403 36082 44 254 38 264 43 271 47 272 41 267 36082 34761 35 257 38 259 42 270 44 268 39 268 34761 33403 29 264 37 255 41 271 39 266 40 267 33403 32006 27 268 32 252 41 273 34 266 40 256 32006 30551 28 260 26 245 35 269 29 264 41 249 30551 29027 30 240 28 234 27 256 29 263 42 252 29027 27430 30 234 27 234 25 254 27 262 36 248 27430 25762 31 238 20 260 26 255 24 253 35 254 25762 24025 27 238 19 266 24 257 27 256 37 260 24025 22223 22 243 14 260 23 259 28 260 34 274 22223 20351 17 254 10 274 20 264 27 264 25 279 20351 18406 14 274 14 302 18 259 24 272 14 278 18406 16426 13 294 17 311 14 252 22 277 15 286 16426 14518 11 297 14 315 14 254 21 280 15 292 14518 12787 11 292 12 331 13 267 17 276 11 291 12787 11249 10 305 12 342 9 284 10 268 10 314 11249 9882 10 329 11 345 9 306 4 287 9 317 9882 8661 8 345 8 351 9 323 4 352 7 298 8661 7572 5 003 4 359 7 339 4 006 3 302 7572 6602 2 015 2 005 5 360 2 325 1 347 6602 5743 2 225 1 291 3*022 2 282 0 256 5743 4980 6 228 2 226 3*046 2 293 1 025 4980 4294 10 226 3*208 3 059 2 311 2 028 4294 3685 13 223 3*191 3 069 2*324 3 009 3685 3175 14 221 3 185 3 075 3*325 3 011 3175 2782 14*219 3 179 3 078 3 327 3 009 2782 2511 11*214 3 177 3 078 3 327 3 003 2511 2346 9 212 2 176 3 080 2 327 3 358 2346 2251 6 210 2 175 2 081 2 325 2*336 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