DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 67.3 - - 63.3 - - - - - 56.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 110 - - 62 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3613 - - 1844 - - - - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4175 - - 2235 - - - - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5808 - - 4039 - - - - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3187 - - 3820 - - - - - 3524 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 320 - - 225 - - - - - 26 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 19 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 303 - - 295 - - - - - 355 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 9 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 16 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1082 - - 486 - - - - - -106 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4726 - - 3553 - - - - - 2357 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -375 - - -1368 - - - - - -1116 ODpotential blCL - - - 6183 - - 5407 - - - - - 3367 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 100 - - - - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 1070 - - 1090 - - - - - 630 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.3 - - 63.3 - - - - - 56.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.7 - - 54.8 - - - - - 53.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.5 - - 62.9 - - - - - 57.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 52.4 - - 53.6 - - - - - 52.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 110 - - 62 - - - - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3613 - - 1844 - - - - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 50 - - 99 - - - - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 9 - - - - - 9 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] 99428 32 106 23 088 29 090 99428 91869 25 095 22 101 31 085 91869 86081 20 099 20 103 27 082 86081 81278 19 100 18 104 18 070 81278 77127 16 096 13 094 17 071 77127 73440 11 069 11 083 16 062 73440 70092 11 050 11 051 9 033 70092 67017 12 037 9 026 11 028 67017 64158 11 358 14 012 13 009 64158 61380 10 351 17 330 19 352 61380 58477 18 325 19 340 30 332 58477 55453 23 318 25 327 34 321 55453 52549 34 316 31 310 38 313 52549 49921 46 310 37 308 39 312 49921 47554 46 301 44 307 38 309 47554 45400 43 301 41 303 38 309 45400 43424 48 304 39 303 39 314 43424 41603 51 304 40 306 39 311 41603 39913 53 300 43 306 38 307 39913 38343 56 296 44 304 36 307 38343 36881 57 294 44 300 35 310 36881 35488 56 294 41 297 35 312 35488 34096 53 295 35 292 31 310 34096 32686 49 294 28 289 20 296 32686 31269 45 291 26 290 4 246 31269 29828 41 289 31 283 3 289 29828 28334 39 287 33 267 7 302 28334 26778 36 286 29 259 11 312 26778 25156 35 286 24 269 15 324 25156 23470 37 289 22 297 16 341 23470 21723 37 291 24 287 20 339 21723 19906 38 289 27 286 20 336 19906 18016 37 297 24 304 15 337 18016 16093 35 310 21 314 21 331 16093 14244 30 320 21 315 25 325 14244 12560 27 320 24 323 29 324 12560 11062 26 318 23 332 34 323 11062 9726 23 319 24 333 36 324 9726 8533 21 320 25 328 36 327 8533 7469 21 318 25 322 35 331 7469 6521 19*310 24 317 33 339 6521 5680 18*304 23 312 30 348 5680 4933 17 304 22 306 27 353 4933 4260 17 303 22*302 25 356 4260 3662 17 302 21*301 23 356 3662 3161 16 302 21 297 20 356 3161 2774 16 301 20 294 18 356 2774 2507 15 301 19 292 16 355 2507 2344 14 301 17 291 14*355 2344 2251 12 301 13 289 9*355 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