DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 - - - 65.6 - - 69.4 - - - - - 64.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 160 - - 156 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2780 - - 4455 - - - - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3731 - - 4963 - - - - - 2235 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4975 - - 6650 - - - - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1237 - - 1854 - - - - - 3085 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 323 - - 379 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 12 - - - - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 291 - - - - - 346 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - -5 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -610 - - -51 - - - - - -2129 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5586 - - 6701 - - - - - 4380 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3930 - - -2540 - - - - - -4809 ODpotential blCL - - - 8905 - - 9190 - - - - - 7060 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 74 - - - - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - - - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.6 - - 69.4 - - - - - 64.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 48.8 - - 47.7 - - - - - 53.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.4 - - 68.4 - - - - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 47.5 - - 46.4 - - - - - 52.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 160 - - 156 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2780 - - 4455 - - - - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 8 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 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] 100263 25 112 20 132 16 087 100263 92615 22 119 15 107 10 112 92615 86731 19 112 14 123 9 108 86731 81845 15 128 11 151 11 102 81845 77634 12 144 14 154 8 084 77634 73911 12 144 16 140 3 101 73911 70526 10 142 10 140 5 163 70526 67404 9 172 9 207 8 189 67404 64510 14 160 13 202 7 164 64510 61700 9 226 22 212 15 279 61700 58779 12 221 20 203 31 221 58779 55753 25 247 21 258 26 235 55753 52858 40 240 38 254 33 250 52858 50252 44 239 45 247 40 251 50252 47921 47 243 49 246 43 250 47921 45810 53 245 53 250 42 252 45810 43882 58 245 59 253 47 263 43882 42121 61 244 65 252 56 264 42121 40510 64 247 66 250 62 265 40510 39037 66 252 68 250 67 262 39037 37673 72 256 73 252 65 261 37673 36362 78 257 78 253 63 265 36362 35033 84 255 81 254 59 268 35033 33658 88 254 79 255 55 274 33658 32240 86 255 75 254 53 279 32240 30765 77 256 72 253 51 278 30765 29218 69 254 69 254 49 275 29218 27600 67 254 67 255 47 271 27600 25910 65 256 66 257 46 269 25910 24151 60 259 63 258 45 271 24151 22326 55 261 58 259 43 274 22326 20434 49 262 51 260 40 278 20434 18473 41 260 44 260 38 284 18473 16482 37 260 39 260 36 288 16482 14569 35 264 35 263 35 279 14569 12835 35 266 31 266 35 273 12835 11294 35 267 31 267 31 274 11294 9921 31 269 30 264 24 279 9921 8694 25 273 27 265 18 280 8694 7600 22 281 20*275 14 286 7600 6625 19 291 13*288 11 294 6625 5761 17*307 12 290 10 302 5761 4995 11*303 12 291 8 308 4995 4306 10 298 12 291 6 318 4306 3694 10 296 11 292 6 329 3694 3181 10 295 11 292 6 333 3181 2785 9 294 11 292 6 337 2785 2513 9 294 10 292 5 340 2513 2347 8 294 9 292 4 342 2347 2251 7 293 8 292 2*346 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