DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/08 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 - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.4 - - 35.0 - - 32.3 - - 30.1 - - 26.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -24 - - 24 - - 141 - - 74 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1131 - - 4235 - - 4131 - - 1344 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 8052 - - 7530 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 6631 - - 9735 - - 9631 - - 6844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3038 - - 4840 - - 2365 - - 2504 - - 2484 Hgt.Variab. W* 13 - - 135 - - 361 - - 290 - - 149 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 4 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 17 - - 26 - - 22 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 208 - - 308 - - 298 - - 300 - - 016 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 17 - - 28 - - 24 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg 12 - - 18 - - 37 - - 20 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -42 - - 1334 - - 2677 - - 2067 - - 1336 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4641 - - 5297 - - 7058 - - 7564 - - 5509 sfcLCL ODpotential -2515 - - -555 - - 794 - - 294 - - -520 ODpotential blCL 7113 - - 7186 - - 8941 - - 9337 - - 7364 blCL maxRH 92 - - 101 - - 92 - - 91 - - 101 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 80 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.4 - - 35.0 - - 32.3 - - 30.1 - - 26.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.8 - - 27.7 - - 17.2 - - 13.0 - - 18.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.8 - - 35.8 - - 32.5 - - 30.6 - - 27.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.2 - - 26.8 - - 16.0 - - 12.0 - - 17.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -24 - - 24 - - 141 - - 74 - - 31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1131 - - 4235 - - 4131 - - 1344 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 69 - - 103 - - 67 - - 64 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96361 22 074 26 056 24 081 17 058 23 069 96361 89207 25 048 22 045 16 056 18 048 17 053 89207 83671 25 027 20 045 10 044 19 025 14 044 83671 79030 13 020 14 034 1 037 18 354 16 048 79030 74993 4 034 10 349 10 008 13 359 12 035 74993 71406 12 349 9 358 9 304 10 005 4 053 71406 68148 12 346 4 310 5 261 8 303 7 340 68148 65133 7 009 8 212 11 271 12 261 19 306 65133 62308 14 341 16 272 22 249 12 271 26 272 62308 59581 24 300 30 285 12 239 39 300 43 289 59581 56746 21 279 26 282 25 263 46 290 34 276 56746 53757 30 273 34 270 48 253 45 271 35 269 53757 50860 31 283 47 286 53 265 50 270 56 284 50860 48251 44 290 68 291 59 285 56 280 61 290 48251 45926 74 287 83 288 74 291 68 286 70 287 45926 43828 80 283 90 285 85 289 79 285 76 281 43828 41915 79 283 88 283 86 286 82 284 77 278 41915 40155 81 284 85 285 84 286 82 286 76 278 40155 38527 87 286 88 289 86 289 83 287 76 283 38527 37018 100 289 95 291 93 290 88 288 80 287 37018 35618 117 289 106 290 102 288 94 287 87 289 35618 34293 126 286 114 286 110 284 101 285 94 287 34293 32979 127 283 116 282 112 280 104 283 97 284 32979 31647 126 283 115 281 114 279 108 282 99 280 31647 30304 127 285 116 281 117 280 114 282 103 279 30304 28936 126 285 119 281 122 281 122 282 110 278 28936 27531 124 285 121 281 125 281 128 281 116 277 27531 26089 121 284 121 281 125 280 129 279 119 277 26089 24607 117 283 121 280 122 279 126 277 116 277 24607 23086 113 282 119 280 120 279 120 277 109 279 23086 21530 110 281 117 279 117 279 112 278 99 280 21530 19936 107 280 115 279 113 281 102 280 88 281 19936 18300 103 280 108 279 105 283 90 280 73 280 18300 16654 98 279 98 279 94 284 77 280 58 276 16654 15083 91 278 86 279 79 283 65 280 46 273 15083 13657 84 279 73 279 66 280 55 279 37 272 13657 12384 76 281 61 280 55 279 47 279 32 269 12384 11241 69 283 52 281 46 280 40 282 28 267 11241 10212 63 284 46 283 41*283 35*286 22 266 10212 9286 59 283 42 284 36*287 32*290 16 269 9286 8454 55 281 37 287 32 292 28 295 10 277 8454 7710 50 278 32 290 28 297 25 299 6 299 7710 7043 43 275 28*294 26 300 22 302 5*336 7043 6438 39 272 24*299 24 302 21 305 6*004 6438 5895 32 266 20 306 23 303 20 306 7 014 5895 5437 24 259 17 311 21 304 18 307 7 018 5437 5081 16 245 16 313 20 305 17 308 7 020 5081 4834 10 224 14 315 18 305 15 308 6 020 4834 4683 7*203 12 316 15 305 13 309 5 021 4683 4597 4*184 7 315 9 305 8 309 3 022 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