DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 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 5.2 - - 6.5 - - 7.8 - - 7.0 - - 2.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 8 - - 18 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 534 - - 910 - - 329 - - 52 BL Depth Hcrit 2230 - - 2230 - - 2231 - - 2231 - - 2230 Hcrit BL Top 2247 - - 2729 - - 3105 - - 2524 - - 2247 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 827 - - 784 - - 611 - - 1332 - - 1563 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 68 - - 105 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 102 - - 136 - - 018 - - 346 - - 340 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -318 - - -49 - - 266 - - -115 - - -492 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2565 - - 2778 - - 2839 - - 2639 - - 2740 sfcLCL ODpotential -15031 - - -14243 - - -12582 - - -705 - - -14711 ODpotential blCL 17278 - - 16972 - - 15687 - - 3229 - - 16958 blCL maxRH 98 - - 100 - - 97 - - 90 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 5.2 - - 6.5 - - 7.8 - - 7.0 - - 2.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 2.3 - - 2.6 - - 3.6 - - 3.8 - - -0.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 6.0 - - 6.5 - - 7.6 - - 7.3 - - 3.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 2.8 - - 2.3 - - 3.2 - - 3.6 - - -0.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 8 - - 18 - - -2 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 52 - - 534 - - 910 - - 329 - - 52 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 91 - - 100 - - 87 - - 59 - - 62 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] 95143 43 337 48 327 45 338 46 338 44 325 95143 88437 32 336 33 328 35 338 34 328 41 322 88437 83101 29 328 20 325 28 319 29 334 34 326 83101 78578 18 325 15 326 25 313 29 326 34 331 78578 74637 13 341 15 308 24 305 24 322 30 323 74637 71131 18 330 15 309 22 293 19 319 25 313 71131 67930 22 324 19 316 23 292 19 321 23 312 67930 64962 28 316 25 311 25 297 22 315 25 312 64962 62186 29 301 24 303 30 295 27 310 27 313 62186 59479 25 293 25 303 33 293 33 297 31 314 59479 56641 27 296 34 305 33 296 35 298 34 308 56641 53680 34 295 38 303 40 298 40 304 37 305 53680 50848 38 294 42 296 40 292 43 297 39 293 50848 48302 42 295 41 290 39 292 39 297 37 288 48302 46023 50 292 44 294 42 297 41 303 37 294 46023 43956 54 286 55 288 48 295 49 301 44 298 43956 42067 57 286 58 286 54 291 57 295 50 297 42067 40328 63 286 64 286 59 288 60 291 53 293 40328 38719 71 282 69 286 64 288 61 289 57 292 38719 37226 73 280 74 285 69 284 65 289 63 297 37226 35840 75 281 79 281 70 283 70 290 71 297 35840 34525 81 281 81 278 73 284 76 290 78 294 34525 33210 88 279 83 278 79 283 82 289 82 291 33210 31865 91 278 86 278 80 282 84 289 90 295 31865 30490 89 277 87 278 81 283 83 290 110 301 30490 29065 87 278 87 279 85 284 84 291 116 299 29065 27574 85 279 84 281 88 284 86 292 120 297 27574 26017 80 282 81 282 89 285 85 291 111 297 26017 24396 74 284 74 282 88 285 81 290 91 295 24396 22718 68 283 64 283 82 284 78 290 75 294 22718 20984 59 280 56 284 75 286 82 289 65 295 20984 19187 51 278 51 284 67 288 82 287 61 296 19187 17326 43 280 48 285 61 286 76 289 65 295 17326 15439 36 285 41 282 54 284 70 293 66 297 15439 13630 31 289 36 279 46 284 60 292 61 303 13630 11990 28 288 35 280 43 285 53 292 59 304 11990 10533 25 286 29 284 40 288 47 295 49 295 10533 9236 21 280 25 292 37 293 43 300 43 302 9236 8080 16 282 19 289 32 296 40 306 39 318 8080 7050 13 275 14 263 25 289 36 311 30 323 7050 6139 13 241 14 242 22 277 29 305 25 318 6139 5344 13 236 12 240 16 278 19 309 20 325 5344 4651 8 239 9 240 10 295 13 324 14 342 4651 4039 9 208 8 223 8 304 11 333 13 348 4039 3503 12 178 8 198 4*322 11 340 15 352 3503 3056 12 156 6*166 4*018 9 343 15 349 3056 2712 9 136 4*146 4 019 9*346 14 345 2712 2474 7 120 4 134 4 018 8*346 11 342 2474 2330 6*112 3 131 4 018 7 346 9*341 2330 2247 3*102 3 131 4 017 5 344 6*340 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