DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/22 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 22.7 - - 33.5 - - - - - 23.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 6 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 53 - - 594 - - - - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2232 - - 2233 - - - - - 2232 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2248 - - 2789 - - - - - 2248 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 471 - - 2159 - - - - - 210 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 49 - - 69 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 15 - - - - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 171 - - 233 - - - - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 5 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 0 - - 197 - - - - - -311 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2248 - - 2593 - - - - - 2560 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -120 - - -589 - - - - - -2855 ODpotential blCL - - - 2368 - - 3378 - - - - - 5103 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 92 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 80 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 22.7 - - 33.5 - - - - - 23.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.5 - - 30.2 - - - - - 20.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 22.3 - - 33.5 - - - - - 26.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.4 - - 29.6 - - - - - 22.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 6 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 53 - - 594 - - - - - 53 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 66 - - - - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 96067 15 236 21 278 18 283 96067 88990 11 265 15 267 15 318 88990 83427 8 260 11 276 15 247 83427 78778 11 254 14 267 18 237 78778 74785 14 262 14 216 25 265 74785 71221 14 256 20 250 33 280 71221 67952 20 255 35 258 36 274 67952 64922 25 275 47 264 43 261 64922 62082 48 280 58 273 51 272 62082 59321 59 273 58 273 65 279 59321 56432 59 274 57 271 69 279 56432 53412 64 280 63 275 75 281 53412 50530 72 279 72 279 79 279 50530 47960 73 276 77 282 77 280 47960 45676 71 276 79 284 75 284 45676 43611 71 279 80 283 78 287 43611 41723 73 283 81 284 84 286 41723 39990 76 286 82 286 88 285 39990 38386 79 288 86 286 90 286 38386 36897 83 291 91 286 95 289 36897 35515 88 292 95 288 105 291 35515 34203 93 292 101 290 114 290 34203 32897 96 293 106 290 119 287 32897 31560 99 294 108 291 119 286 31560 30192 102 294 110 292 118 288 30192 28777 101 293 112 292 120 290 28777 27303 92 292 111 292 119 290 27303 25768 78 290 105 292 114 290 25768 24174 66 288 96 292 103 290 24174 22524 54 285 84 290 86 289 22524 20822 36 272 70 287 72 286 20822 19067 28 260 59 285 64 281 19067 17257 30 265 48 284 60 281 17257 15427 32 272 36 278 57 284 15427 13667 29 281 36 267 54 284 13667 12063 23 283 33 262 50 282 12063 10631 19 279 32 263 44 284 10631 9355 17 268 32 267 40 292 9355 8217 18 259 30 271 34 299 8217 7203 20 254 29 273 32 302 7203 6300 21 254 29 275 32 307 6300 5499 19 245 29 274 33 312 5499 4788 15 219 28 269 34 315 4788 4149 14 188 25 258 33 318 4149 3581 15 185 21 244 31 320 3581 3106 15 180 19*238 28 319 3106 2741 13 175 18*234 25 317 2741 2489 10 173 16 233 20 312 2489 2336 8 172 15 232 16 308 2336 2248 7*171 12 232 8*298 2248 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