DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/09 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 - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 33.1 - - 43.9 - - 47.2 - - 38.7 - - 33.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -51 - - 34 - - 36 - - -17 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 707 - - 2206 - - 55 - - 54 BL Depth Hcrit 2233 - - 2233 - - 2234 - - 2233 - - 2233 Hcrit BL Top 2249 - - 2902 - - 4401 - - 2250 - - 2249 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 162 - - 2083 - - 1358 - - 129 - - 72 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 119 - - 177 - - 7 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 15 - - 9 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 275 - - 295 - - 292 - - 235 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1804 - - -3571 - - -2291 - - -2239 - - -1490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4053 - - 6473 - - 6692 - - 4490 - - 3739 sfcLCL ODpotential -7663 - - -8322 - - -6302 - - -7518 - - -8328 ODpotential blCL 9912 - - 11224 - - 10703 - - 9768 - - 10577 blCL maxRH 67 - - 78 - - 68 - - 57 - - 84 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.1 - - 43.9 - - 47.2 - - 38.7 - - 33.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.6 - - 23.5 - - 25.8 - - 27.1 - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.8 - - 43.8 - - 46.9 - - 41.7 - - 37.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.5 - - 23.3 - - 25.6 - - 27.0 - - 24.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -51 - - 34 - - 36 - - -17 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 707 - - 2206 - - 55 - - 54 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95624 9 044 13 032 16 059 2 341 19 031 95624 88871 11 069 12 068 8 054 8 019 14 043 88871 83533 11 057 9 051 2 057 10 005 13 036 83533 79021 8 019 8 045 4 009 5 347 7 346 79021 75082 6 360 4 358 7 314 6 342 7 333 75082 71560 8 003 6 310 9 297 9 289 13 311 71560 68337 10 308 8 283 12 317 7 331 10 284 68337 65351 6 313 9 254 12 303 14 316 5 026 65351 62555 9 353 6 145 11 250 16 292 16 298 62555 59821 20 280 8 300 9 231 18 276 19 276 59821 56953 22 257 18 273 19 281 25 282 18 283 56953 53970 15 269 29 276 27 283 29 280 23 293 53970 51135 28 256 33 278 32 280 34 279 32 284 51135 48607 22 268 37 274 39 281 38 283 35 285 48607 46355 38 295 39 277 44 285 39 288 38 285 46355 44318 48 285 45 284 48 286 42 288 43 281 44318 42457 48 289 49 286 52 286 47 282 47 280 42457 40745 56 294 52 288 54 285 49 281 47 279 40745 39167 65 290 54 291 54 285 50 283 46 282 39167 37717 68 292 55 293 53 284 54 285 47 286 37717 36379 67 294 57 292 52 284 55 286 49 288 36379 35106 66 299 59 291 51 285 54 290 51 287 35106 33823 71 301 59 291 52 288 56 288 51 285 33823 32498 76 298 57 294 54 288 55 284 51 283 32498 31131 76 303 54 298 53 287 54 282 51 283 31131 29707 76 310 52 301 49 287 50 280 48 284 29707 28216 73 314 50 304 45 288 48 287 44 287 28216 26658 70 318 49 307 41 291 46 283 37 287 26658 25034 68 319 49 309 38 295 46 279 34 283 25034 23347 66 316 49 310 37 297 43 278 30 270 23347 21598 65 311 50 310 37 297 37 271 27 261 21598 19784 66 311 51 308 40 296 33 268 26 254 19784 17898 60 316 49 307 40 294 30 274 25 249 17898 15978 44 317 43 307 38 293 29 287 22 262 15978 14128 37 310 37 307 36 291 30 293 21 277 14128 12447 34 307 34 307 36 291 27 293 19 288 12447 10954 33 304 33 304 35 293 25 293 16 289 10954 9626 32 299 34 298 33 296 22 293 14 280 9626 8442 32 297 34 294 32 301 20 297 16 267 8442 7386 30 302 32 294 31 307 18 309 17 258 7386 6446 27 310 26 302 28 310 17 316 11 265 6446 5613 29 321 21 313 21 306 14 307 7 280 5613 4875 34 320 20 319 14*300 13 278 7 271 4875 4213 37 313 22 317 11*294 14 259 11 256 4213 3627 37 307 22 308 10 292 14 256 13 249 3627 3135 33 299 20*301 9 292 13 255 12 249 3135 2756 29 293 17*296 9 291 12 252 11 248 2756 2496 22 284 15 294 8 291 11 248 8 243 2496 2339 18 280 13 294 7 291 9*241 4*223 2339 2249 8*275 10 293 6 290 5*235 3*191 2249 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