DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 = 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 6.1 - - 6.9 - - 10.3 - - 9.2 - - 9.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -27 - - -9 - - 13 - - -10 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 52 - - 1412 - - 52 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit 2231 - - 2231 - - 2231 - - 2231 - - 2231 Hcrit BL Top 2247 - - 2247 - - 3607 - - 2247 - - 2247 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 814 - - 1501 - - 2020 - - 3665 - - 4211 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 8 - - 109 - - 12 - - 12 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 8 - - 21 - - 12 - - 11 BL Wind Direction 315 - - 324 - - 331 - - 332 - - 344 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 13 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -616 - - -662 - - 471 - - -921 - - -960 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2863 - - 2910 - - 3136 - - 3169 - - 3207 sfcLCL ODpotential -6186 - - -2467 - - -148 - - -1452 - - -1534 ODpotential blCL 8433 - - 4714 - - 3755 - - 3699 - - 3781 blCL maxRH 95 - - 96 - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 6.1 - - 6.9 - - 10.3 - - 9.2 - - 9.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.2 - - 2.8 - - 5.1 - - 3.9 - - 3.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 8.1 - - 7.8 - - 10.3 - - 9.8 - - 9.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 2.4 - - 2.7 - - 4.5 - - 3.7 - - 3.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -27 - - -9 - - 13 - - -10 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 52 - - 1412 - - 52 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 79 - - 86 - - 104 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95245 19 335 33 328 40 323 55 346 36 334 95245 88568 43 359 49 001 37 340 44 344 47 344 88568 83282 38 010 54 002 44 356 40 349 46 341 83282 78774 35 005 42 354 43 355 39 342 36 340 78774 74787 35 359 37 346 43 349 44 337 42 354 74787 71205 37 357 37 350 47 350 43 338 53 358 71205 67938 41 355 42 351 49 350 46 339 56 355 67938 64914 47 354 45 347 50 349 49 342 55 353 64914 62088 52 350 43 348 46 351 49 346 53 353 62088 59333 54 349 43 351 44 344 47 343 54 352 59333 56443 57 350 46 352 43 335 49 341 59 348 56443 53425 65 349 53 351 46 335 56 342 64 343 53425 50536 71 347 61 350 55 342 63 343 68 341 50536 47941 74 345 71 348 67 346 70 344 72 342 47941 45622 76 342 76 345 73 344 75 345 75 343 45622 43525 78 340 78 343 75 342 78 345 77 343 43525 41615 79 339 79 343 77 342 79 345 79 343 41615 39860 80 339 80 342 79 342 82 344 81 342 39860 38239 81 338 82 341 81 342 86 342 82 342 38239 36733 83 338 84 339 83 342 86 340 83 343 36733 35330 85 337 86 338 85 342 87 340 87 344 35330 33994 86 336 89 336 88 342 90 341 93 343 33994 32663 87 337 92 335 91 340 96 340 100 342 32663 31311 92 340 96 335 93 338 102 340 103 340 31311 29942 101 342 97 335 95 337 105 340 103 341 29942 28539 106 341 98 335 96 336 105 340 104 342 28539 27082 106 340 96 336 95 335 105 340 106 342 27082 25567 102 340 94 338 95 334 103 339 106 342 25567 23988 99 343 94 339 93 333 100 338 105 341 23988 22347 97 344 96 339 89 333 96 338 103 341 22347 20646 95 344 94 339 86 334 92 339 98 340 20646 18884 91 344 88 339 83 335 87 339 91 339 18884 17058 86 346 80 338 79 335 82 338 85 341 17058 15202 79 347 72 339 75 334 79 338 79 342 15202 13418 70 346 67 340 72 335 75 338 72 342 13418 11800 60 345 62 340 67 338 70 338 64 342 11800 10367 53 341 55 339 60 340 63 339 57 342 10367 9099 50 337 49 335 52 338 56 340 52 342 9099 7976 47 337 45 334 47 337 48 341 46 344 7976 6985 45 337 41 335 43 339 42 342 37 349 6985 6115 42 337 37 337 37 341 35 343 28 348 6115 5351 38 341 32 339 31 338 29 339 27 348 5351 4672 33 343 28 341 28 333 28 338 27 348 4672 4063 30 341 27 340 28*333 27 337 26 348 4063 3521 30 339 27 338 26*332 26 337 25 347 3521 3068 28 331 26 335 23 331 24 335 23 347 3068 2719 25 326 23 333 22 330 21 334 21 346 2719 2478 18 319 16 328 19 330 18 333 18 345 2478 2331 16*318 14 327 17 330 16 333 16 344 2331 2247 9*315 8*324 13 329 12*332 11*344 2247 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