DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/16 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 = 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 66.7 - - 72.5 - - 78.1 - - 78.8 - - 75.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 58 - - 113 - - 138 - - 35 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 354 - - 1726 - - 2734 - - 4710 - - 57 BL Depth Hcrit 2235 - - 2837 - - 3647 - - 4061 - - 2236 Hcrit BL Top 2549 - - 3921 - - 4929 - - 6905 - - 2252 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 359 - - 1056 - - 4497 - - 3597 - - 5535 Hgt.Variab. W* 117 - - 251 - - 310 - - 257 - - 10 W* B/S 6 - - 14 - - 15 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 7 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 167 - - 214 - - 281 - - 266 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -287 - - 405 - - 47 - - 1281 - - -1795 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2837 - - 3516 - - 4882 - - 5624 - - 4047 sfcLCL ODpotential -4298 - - -1572 - - -1237 - - -883 - - -3846 ODpotential blCL 6847 - - 5493 - - 6166 - - 7788 - - 6098 blCL maxRH 86 - - 92 - - 80 - - 77 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 1020 - - 2090 - - 2540 - - 1900 - - 2350 CAPE Temp@2m 66.7 - - 72.5 - - 78.1 - - 78.8 - - 75.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 61.7 - - 64.4 - - 64.0 - - 61.6 - - 64.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.1 - - 71.5 - - 76.9 - - 78.5 - - 77.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 61.1 - - 63.3 - - 62.8 - - 60.3 - - 63.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 58 - - 113 - - 138 - - 35 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 354 - - 1726 - - 2734 - - 4710 - - 57 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 46 - - 68 - - 22 - - 6 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 12 - - 13 - - 13 - - 11 - - 14 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] 100352 26 104 30 101 28 111 21 104 20 087 100352 92727 29 102 23 101 27 102 23 100 18 096 92727 86843 27 099 21 103 18 105 24 100 18 102 86843 81957 23 094 19 094 15 118 15 093 21 096 81957 77737 18 098 13 108 14 108 12 080 13 096 77737 74016 12 090 12 121 14 091 11 092 10 096 74016 70657 10 058 13 117 8 116 7 102 12 093 70657 67558 2 090 11 090 7 119 5 120 6 088 67558 64680 3 095 3 168 5 202 1 088 4 161 64680 61898 5 239 5 211 9 231 7 285 5 248 61898 58993 8 249 11 242 13 244 11 256 11 235 58993 55982 8 273 18 240 17 251 15 269 14 266 55982 53117 19 253 22 252 24 265 25 272 23 265 53117 50539 26 243 28 255 28 265 26 268 23 274 50539 48222 30 260 29 261 30 264 34 270 32 270 48222 46124 40 256 36 259 37 259 42 258 40 268 46124 44213 43 252 41 255 39 257 45 259 47 264 44213 42472 48 256 46 258 43 261 47 263 46 254 42472 40875 57 260 52 260 49 262 50 267 47 273 40875 39397 65 259 56 259 50 260 58 271 61 280 39397 38018 68 257 57 259 48 260 67 269 65 273 38018 36689 69 255 59 260 46 261 55 260 65 270 36689 35343 66 256 60 259 47 262 45 271 61 269 35343 33953 63 264 63 256 49 263 51 276 55 268 33953 32520 66 266 60 256 51 263 62 266 48 270 32520 31031 68 262 56 255 51 264 58 267 46 269 31031 29473 68 269 55 270 50 263 52 272 44 269 29473 27849 63 278 45 266 50 262 48 269 37 268 27849 26155 57 276 49 257 46 272 47 283 30 268 26155 24391 55 273 50 264 46 277 39 282 33 263 24391 22566 50 272 46 276 44 281 31 283 38 267 22566 20678 45 273 42 283 40 282 33 282 36 284 20678 18716 38 280 36 282 36 283 37 283 35 284 18716 16717 33 287 33 278 33 277 34 284 33 285 16717 14792 33 293 28 278 31 274 30 284 30 284 14792 13037 28 291 22 279 24 274 26 282 29 286 13037 11474 22 287 18 279 16 280 22 279 27 291 11474 10080 23 279 15 275 12 284 19 274 25 295 10080 8835 20 253 10 262 10 282 15 269 20 294 8835 7722 13 224 9 247 9 275 12*266 15 288 7722 6730 4 223 12 232 8 271 9*262 12 285 6730 5849 1 222 10 211 7 269 8 263 10 283 5849 5066 2 189 8 213 6*270 8 264 8 278 5066 4359 3 206 5*209 5*274 7 266 7 273 4359 3732 4 224 4*211 4 278 7 267 6 266 3732 3205 2 222 4 214 4 280 6 268 5 261 3205 2800 3*164 3 214 3 285 6 269 5 255 2800 2520 4*166 3 217 3 288 6 270 4 248 2520 2350 4 167 3 217 3 286 6 269 3 237 2350 2252 3 167 2 219 3 289 5 270 2*223 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