DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/14 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - - - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 65.8 - - 71.2 - - 75.1 - - - - - 71.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 46 - - 160 - - 148 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 379 - - 2810 - - 3899 - - - - - 57 BL Depth Hcrit 2235 - - 3752 - - 4527 - - - - - 2235 Hcrit BL Top 2574 - - 5005 - - 6094 - - - - - 2252 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 686 - - 1382 - - 1912 - - - - - 4163 Hgt.Variab. W* 112 - - 324 - - 357 - - - - - 22 W* B/S 3 - - 10 - - 9 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction 120 - - 106 - - 133 - - - - - 106 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - -4 - - -3 - - - - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2516 - - -1287 - - -1106 - - - - - -1768 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5090 - - 6292 - - 7200 - - - - - 4020 sfcLCL ODpotential -5870 - - -4558 - - -3566 - - - - - -3740 ODpotential blCL 8444 - - 9563 - - 9660 - - - - - 5992 blCL maxRH 93 - - 73 - - 71 - - - - - 84 maxRH CAPE 160 - - 0 - - 40 - - - - - 910 CAPE Temp@2m 65.8 - - 71.2 - - 75.1 - - - - - 71.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 51.5 - - 51.6 - - 51.5 - - - - - 61.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 65.5 - - 69.9 - - 74.1 - - - - - 72.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 50.5 - - 50.2 - - 50.2 - - - - - 60.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 46 - - 160 - - 148 - - - - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 379 - - 2810 - - 3899 - - - - - 57 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 72 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - 12 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] 100343 26 109 28 099 26 129 28 093 100343 92714 25 103 25 107 22 118 20 093 92714 86834 26 098 21 116 19 108 14 104 86834 81957 16 108 18 116 17 099 13 103 81957 77749 16 116 12 111 11 105 11 102 77749 74031 19 115 11 124 7 108 9 114 74031 70679 16 097 11 140 4 124 9 096 70679 67591 5 094 13 140 4 210 3 068 67591 64726 2 251 2 152 5 179 4 209 64726 61959 4 287 10 212 14 263 6 100 61959 59072 8 210 11 213 16 231 12 282 59072 56090 12 256 14 262 18 228 25 257 56090 53263 34 268 33 267 28 259 28 254 53263 50722 54 260 52 263 48 268 35 259 50722 48453 60 252 62 256 64 262 50 260 48453 46402 65 252 67 253 70 256 66 257 46402 44524 74 253 71 255 73 255 76 253 44524 42793 81 256 75 258 77 257 78 251 42793 41190 90 260 82 262 83 257 76 252 41190 39694 102 263 89 262 88 258 76 253 39694 38289 117 262 97 261 93 257 77 254 38289 36933 124 260 104 259 98 255 79 255 36933 35563 122 258 109 256 101 252 78 254 35563 34146 110 258 111 254 104 250 77 253 34146 32688 93 261 105 258 103 252 74 253 32688 31176 78 263 82 260 95 258 68 254 31176 29602 67 261 66 260 76 264 60 255 29602 27962 60 258 59 259 58 265 50 257 27962 26253 55 259 54 260 51 266 42 258 26253 24480 54 259 51 263 45 269 38 257 24480 22644 54 261 50 266 41 269 34 257 22644 20739 51 264 45 271 41 274 31 263 20739 18758 43 268 39 274 37 280 29 270 18758 16745 33 272 33 275 29 281 26 276 16745 14810 26 275 25 279 24 277 23 283 14810 13048 22 270 16 275 18 271 19 275 13048 11478 16 251 9 281 13 254 17 259 11478 10075 9 240 8 255 9 243 15 253 10075 8823 6 242 6 200 9 238 13 229 8823 7704 8 203 4 163 9 193 12 198 7704 6710 9 182 4 157 8*154 13 173 6710 5830 10 162 5*131 8*141 14 159 5830 5048 11 146 6*112 8 138 14 148 5048 4345 12 135 6 109 8 134 15 140 4345 3721 13 126 6 106 8 132 16 133 3721 3198 13 123 6 105 7 129 16 128 3198 2795 11*123 6 103 7 128 15 122 2795 2517 7*120 6 103 7 128 12 115 2517 2349 6 121 5 101 6 127 10*112 2349 2252 5 119 5 101 6 126 5*106 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