DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/04 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 - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.8 - - 39.4 - - 45.4 - - 38.9 - - 35.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -1 - - 27 - - 21 - - -17 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 159 - - 648 - - 54 - - 54 BL Depth Hcrit 2233 - - 2233 - - 2233 - - 2233 - - 2233 Hcrit BL Top 2249 - - 2354 - - 2843 - - 2249 - - 2249 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 73 - - 396 - - 826 - - 652 - - 132 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 68 - - 102 - - 8 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 1 - - 3 - - 7 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 214 - - 151 - - 138 - - 132 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -280 - - -798 - - -1372 - - -75 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2529 - - 3152 - - 4215 - - 2324 - - 2249 sfcLCL ODpotential -8747 - - -6530 - - -5881 - - -5338 - - -7998 ODpotential blCL 10996 - - 8884 - - 8724 - - 7587 - - 10247 blCL maxRH 96 - - 81 - - 79 - - 84 - - 86 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 32.8 - - 39.4 - - 45.4 - - 38.9 - - 35.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.9 - - 33.7 - - 35.0 - - 36.6 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.3 - - 39.1 - - 45.1 - - 40.8 - - 37.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.7 - - 33.3 - - 34.3 - - 36.5 - - 34.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -1 - - 27 - - 21 - - -17 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 54 - - 159 - - 648 - - 54 - - 54 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 85 - - 23 - - 15 - - 36 - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95697 38 005 39 009 24 020 35 358 37 002 95697 89021 25 004 30 006 27 011 28 359 29 002 89021 83765 22 012 24 008 27 005 22 001 26 007 83765 79297 20 003 15 014 21 357 19 000 22 005 79297 75370 11 360 11 014 14 340 18 351 16 007 75370 71852 9 010 6 353 9 324 14 341 12 006 71852 68644 8 006 5 303 8 329 9 339 9 001 68644 65672 10 348 3 254 10 315 8 355 8 359 65672 62892 13 329 2 140 10 293 12 327 13 325 62892 60187 18 317 1 164 8 271 10 291 15 303 60187 57359 18 301 5 302 8 283 12 314 10 311 57359 54415 12 288 11 284 15 285 19 306 12 310 54415 51607 12 315 8 261 15 260 18 298 12 306 51607 49094 18 304 12 306 11 270 17 290 18 305 49094 46859 19 294 17 319 10 291 16 276 17 291 46859 44845 15 296 16 325 9 321 13 288 14 286 44845 43004 16 308 18 319 14 329 11 305 13 285 43004 41302 17 307 18 310 17 322 13 309 16 285 41302 39718 13 305 13 309 19 307 15 296 16 283 39718 38239 8 286 12 307 16 296 15 304 13 276 38239 36858 10 277 12 293 16 292 21 315 5 345 36858 35540 17 267 14 287 18 284 19 305 12 003 35540 34217 21 264 17 274 18 281 13 302 13 333 34217 32857 25 269 19 267 17 278 10 304 10 302 32857 31461 28 267 21 266 16 271 12 305 10 286 31461 30014 29 260 22 267 16 257 15 293 10 275 30014 28503 28 257 22 268 17 248 16 274 13 266 28503 26930 25 258 18 263 17 243 21 259 16 260 26930 25293 21 269 16 263 18 240 22 248 19 254 25293 23593 19 280 16 260 16 245 19 246 21 247 23593 21832 16 273 17 255 15 251 16 246 19 240 21832 20002 22 263 14 254 14 245 15 249 17 234 20002 18090 14 261 7 261 11 229 14 248 16 231 18090 16139 11 253 6 260 7 186 12 238 15 231 16139 14257 13 220 7 216 7 189 14 228 16 234 14257 12544 6 232 10 180 8 200 15 220 15 237 12544 11022 3 219 13 170 13 187 13 199 12 231 11022 9670 3 278 12 174 19 174 15 192 11 213 9670 8467 4 195 11 179 18 170 20 176 11 194 8467 7397 5 143 12 172 17 162 22 165 14 177 7397 6448 5 134 11 147 17 147 21 163 20 178 6448 5612 4 135 12 130 18 144 21 161 23 180 5612 4871 7 123 13 135 18 150 19 163 23 179 4871 4209 9 120 11 140 17 155 17 164 23 176 4209 3623 11 124 10 148 14 156 15 160 23 170 3623 3133 11 141 8 166 11*148 13 155 22 170 3133 2755 10 157 7 170 8*140 13 151 21 167 2755 2496 8 170 6*162 8 138 11 146 17 162 2496 2339 3*189 3*152 7 138 9 140 14*160 2339 2249 1*214 3 150 6 137 5*132 5*152 2249 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