DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/30 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.0 - - 73.2 - - - - - 67.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 108 - - 108 - - - - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2111 - - 3530 - - - - - 57 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3077 - - 4100 - - - - - 2235 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4306 - - 5725 - - - - - 2252 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1816 - - 2253 - - - - - 1349 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 263 - - 315 - - - - - 22 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 117 - - 112 - - - - - 077 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 4 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1848 - - -1240 - - - - - -1988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6155 - - 6966 - - - - - 4240 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5586 - - -4689 - - - - - -5603 ODpotential blCL - - - 9892 - - 10414 - - - - - 7855 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 76 - - - - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 0 - - - - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.0 - - 73.2 - - - - - 67.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 50.8 - - 50.4 - - - - - 56.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.2 - - 72.4 - - - - - 68.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 49.5 - - 49.1 - - - - - 55.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 108 - - 108 - - - - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2111 - - 3530 - - - - - 57 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 56 - - 4 - - - - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 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] 100384 16 119 20 118 13 083 100384 92753 19 122 12 121 13 112 92753 86861 23 113 16 132 10 104 86861 81970 17 112 12 146 9 118 81970 77747 12 115 10 131 10 149 77747 74018 8 149 6 124 9 120 74018 70640 9 171 7 175 4 014 70640 67524 8 178 5 177 8 237 67524 64643 6 185 8 221 5 197 64643 61843 8 249 13 257 8 281 61843 58909 14 238 19 245 21 242 58909 55867 20 255 23 260 18 262 55867 52958 28 248 34 257 32 273 52958 50350 31 255 40 254 36 268 50350 48027 34 256 37 256 35 264 48027 45935 35 264 35 265 36 268 45935 44040 42 266 44 268 45 275 44040 42322 46 265 49 265 54 277 42322 40753 48 268 51 265 60 273 40753 39305 52 271 49 268 59 272 39305 37949 55 273 51 270 58 272 37949 36639 56 272 51 270 57 274 36639 35306 53 268 49 270 55 277 35306 33923 48 266 48 270 53 278 33923 32494 46 271 46 270 50 277 32494 31004 45 272 43 270 49 276 31004 29443 41 268 39 270 48 274 29443 27813 39 264 38 268 46 270 27813 26113 43 263 41 267 42 270 26113 24347 43 263 42 267 37 275 24347 22513 40 259 40 264 36 270 22513 20611 37 257 35 261 30 268 20611 18641 32 260 31 261 26 271 18641 16643 27 261 26 262 23 276 16643 14723 24 252 21 256 21 280 14723 12976 23 238 20 243 18 277 12976 11418 21 227 21 230 16 266 11418 10026 16 215 22 207 18 245 10026 8781 17 203 17 185 21 217 8781 7668 18 183 15 170 19 203 7668 6678 15 158 13 156 16 189 6678 5801 14 139 11*123 15 160 5801 5023 14*128 11*117 18 140 5023 4325 13*123 11 114 18 125 4325 3705 13 120 11 112 20 107 3705 3188 11 116 11 111 20 094 3188 2789 11 114 10 110 19 087 2789 2514 10 112 10 109 15 082 2514 2347 9 112 9 109 13*080 2347 2252 8 111 8 109 7*077 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