DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.5 - - 70.1 - - - - - 61.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 141 - - 185 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2369 - - 3531 - - - - - 56 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3348 - - 4319 - - - - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4564 - - 5726 - - - - - 2251 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1539 - - 1472 - - - - - 144 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 288 - - 360 - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 19 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 287 - - 283 - - - - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - 2 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1645 - - -1092 - - - - - -2229 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6209 - - 6819 - - - - - 4480 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5236 - - -3654 - - - - - -6494 ODpotential blCL - - - 9800 - - 9380 - - - - - 8745 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 74 - - - - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.5 - - 70.1 - - - - - 61.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.0 - - 47.8 - - - - - 49.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.6 - - 69.0 - - - - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.5 - - 47.3 - - - - - 49.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 141 - - 185 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2369 - - 3531 - - - - - 56 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 66 - - 0 - - - - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 8 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] 98774 20 262 21 296 13 261 98774 91340 13 272 14 283 19 309 91340 85607 14 286 7 282 21 313 85607 80860 18 279 12 283 18 324 80860 76769 15 277 18 275 20 308 76769 73143 13 285 17 262 18 296 73143 69845 14 266 14 273 11 290 69845 66797 19 278 20 291 13 300 66797 63958 21 268 21 277 15 304 63958 61191 12 272 18 273 15 295 61191 58290 16 296 16 287 21 295 58290 55286 19 302 22 300 22 283 55286 52434 24 298 29 301 23 285 52434 49895 28 298 39 292 33 285 49895 47644 28 292 31 289 31 274 47644 45602 29 331 42 327 33 277 45602 43734 62 335 58 318 44 284 43734 42030 73 333 58 309 57 286 42030 40462 73 337 56 308 73 286 40462 39005 72 336 55 312 80 284 39005 37639 72 332 56 313 74 281 37639 36322 72 330 56 311 65 278 36322 34990 70 330 55 313 62 276 34990 33609 65 332 53 319 59 275 33609 32186 58 336 51 321 56 272 32186 30706 51 338 48 321 53 268 30706 29160 46 344 45 320 50 264 29160 27547 46 345 42 317 47 262 27547 25866 44 343 39 311 46 265 25866 24119 43 341 38 310 46 270 24119 22312 45 343 37 314 46 275 22312 20437 37 335 34 319 47 277 20437 18489 33 320 33 319 46 279 18489 16506 32 311 34 318 44 281 16506 14596 31 304 35 317 43 284 14596 12860 29 296 36 304 42 288 12860 11317 29 295 33 300 41 289 11317 9944 29 296 28 302 38 285 9944 8717 28 296 26 307 37 279 8717 7621 29 293 26 309 35 274 7621 6644 30 287 27 302 32 272 6644 5776 27 287 23*293 29 270 5776 5006 25*290 21*285 26 267 5006 4312 24*289 20 284 23 258 4312 3697 23 288 20 283 22 243 3697 3182 21 287 19 283 21 233 3182 2785 20 287 19 283 19 228 2785 2512 19 286 18 283 17 222 2512 2346 17 286 16 283 14*217 2346 2251 14 286 13 282 6*206 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