DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/09 Invermere_BC 5500ft pt54264@-115.892,50.505,5212ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.9 degF SPONSORED BY: Canadian Rockies 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 - - 1002z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.5 - - 39.2 - - 42.1 - - 37.3 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -7 - - 24 - - 53 - - -4 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 218 - - 1574 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 5718 - - 7074 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2021 - - 1539 - - 1957 - - 3267 - - 1893 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 75 - - 187 - - 5 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 8 - - 11 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 112 - - 164 - - 186 - - 157 - - 126 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -14 - - -2 - - 7 - - -6 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2083 - - -1984 - - -998 - - -1430 - - -663 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6681 - - 7702 - - 8073 - - 6029 - - 5261 sfcLCL ODpotential -9060 - - -7271 - - -4959 - - -4978 - - -4433 ODpotential blCL 13658 - - 12989 - - 12033 - - 9576 - - 9031 blCL maxRH 80 - - 80 - - 88 - - 87 - - 97 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 32.5 - - 39.2 - - 42.1 - - 37.3 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.7 - - 21.7 - - 23.0 - - 27.1 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.9 - - 39.8 - - 42.6 - - 40.9 - - 38.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 18.9 - - 20.8 - - 22.2 - - 26.5 - - 27.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -7 - - 24 - - 53 - - -4 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 218 - - 1574 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 20 - - 20 - - 52 - - 46 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95737 8 320 9 352 5 021 11 289 16 334 95737 88944 6 023 2 011 7 350 8 333 9 033 88944 83593 8 026 7 011 6 323 9 311 9 009 83593 79081 10 358 5 343 10 337 4 298 8 326 79081 75141 4 327 4 339 7 308 5 302 11 291 75141 71628 4 277 7 261 13 281 8 319 10 307 71628 68417 12 271 12 260 18 289 15 312 10 344 68417 65429 23 243 10 281 14 266 23 276 22 297 65429 62644 28 241 8 017 4 089 10 275 23 269 62644 59941 25 247 20 286 12 309 18 332 17 300 59941 57099 18 205 30 255 35 263 32 290 26 302 57099 54135 21 285 23 257 35 263 36 274 34 285 54135 51316 42 286 26 286 35 274 38 274 41 276 51316 48799 52 277 33 290 36 276 40 271 46 266 48799 46564 56 272 40 285 40 275 41 271 46 262 46564 44552 56 271 46 279 43 270 42 269 39 262 44552 42717 57 271 51 274 46 270 44 270 34 268 42717 41030 61 272 55 272 50 269 51 269 34 272 41030 39465 66 269 58 271 57 272 54 268 38 269 39465 38011 68 266 59 271 65 269 57 269 45 264 38011 36658 67 264 59 270 67 267 59 265 48 265 36658 35370 63 261 56 269 64 268 58 260 54 263 35370 34084 57 260 54 267 63 273 55 254 60 252 34084 32778 51 260 47 262 65 274 55 250 62 244 32778 31452 50 261 43 261 64 275 54 249 66 242 31452 30082 48 264 41 263 60 278 50 250 65 244 30082 28657 45 262 39 265 55 277 46 252 58 248 28657 27180 37 254 37 267 48 273 44 254 46 254 27180 25649 23 253 36 263 42 268 43 256 38 257 25649 24069 16 261 33 249 38 266 41 256 39 256 24069 22443 16 253 27 230 35 267 36 255 38 256 22443 20766 18 239 19 219 32 267 33 255 35 257 20766 19035 21 236 17 223 28 260 33 256 32 256 19035 17283 22 244 17 227 24 243 33 257 28 254 17283 15605 22 253 17 221 20 221 31 257 25 250 15605 14083 21 258 16 206 18 200 28 253 24 246 14083 12730 19 261 16 193 19 190 25 249 23 244 12730 11522 15 261 16 186 20 191 22 245 22 243 11522 10440 11 256 16 186 20 198 19 242 22 242 10440 9468 7 244 16 189 19 207 18 239 22 243 9468 8598 5 218 15 194 18 213 16 236 22 243 8598 7821 5 195 15 197 17 213 15 230 21 242 7821 7127 7 178 15 197 15*206 14 222 19 239 7127 6498 10 172 15 195 14*198 13 212 17 232 6498 5936 12 170 13*190 13 189 12 199 14 218 5936 5462 13 171 11*180 12 182 12 186 12 199 5462 5095 11 170 9 166 11 181 12 177 12 181 5095 4841 9 165 7 154 10 179 10 168 11 167 4841 4686 5*158 6 149 8 179 6*158 8*156 4686 4597 2*112 3 139 5 179 2*103 3*126 4597 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