DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 75.1 - - - - - 68.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 315 - - 349 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5759 - - 7795 - - - - - 5030 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9594 - - 11266 - - - - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11259 - - 13295 - - - - - 10530 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2010 - - 1857 - - - - - 3317 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 515 - - 590 - - - - - 75 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 21 - - - - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 222 - - 237 - - - - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 20 - - - - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 20 - - 20 - - - - - 12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 302 - - 1559 - - - - - 879 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10957 - - 11737 - - - - - 9652 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2479 - - -730 - - - - - -1475 ODpotential blCL - - - 13738 - - 14025 - - - - - 12005 blCL maxRH - - - 64 - - 71 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - - - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 75.1 - - - - - 68.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.1 - - 39.2 - - - - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.7 - - 74.3 - - - - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.3 - - 38.3 - - - - - 40.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 315 - - 349 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5759 - - 7795 - - - - - 5030 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 6 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] 100051 23 116 20 114 27 097 100051 92422 17 103 22 115 14 092 92422 86555 14 113 18 105 15 129 86555 81707 16 128 11 123 20 116 81707 77529 14 137 7 123 13 086 77529 73815 10 113 10 141 6 121 73815 70435 5 151 10 166 7 158 70435 67340 4 188 2 174 6 257 67340 64483 15 213 13 235 4 199 64483 61696 12 202 18 233 10 244 61696 58796 18 222 20 220 30 234 58796 55837 24 242 21 239 28 235 55837 53024 45 242 40 240 34 246 53024 50475 53 236 48 234 44 241 50475 48178 56 238 53 236 48 239 48178 46084 64 241 63 241 51 240 46084 44163 74 240 72 241 54 243 44163 42392 77 238 74 242 64 247 42392 40757 73 236 74 243 71 246 40757 39245 64 230 72 239 71 245 39245 37848 59 227 68 235 68 246 37848 36526 56 228 67 234 66 247 36526 35208 57 231 68 236 64 249 35208 33858 58 232 69 238 63 249 33858 32477 57 234 68 238 63 251 32477 31052 56 235 65 238 63 252 31052 29572 53 234 62 238 61 253 29572 28039 51 233 60 238 60 255 28039 26454 51 233 60 239 58 256 26454 24821 50 232 60 238 56 255 24821 23141 48 233 59 238 54 254 23141 21410 46 234 57 237 50 254 21410 19624 43 237 53 237 48 255 19624 17820 40 240 48 236 45 256 17820 16094 36 240 42 237 40 252 16094 14529 33 238 36*238 32 245 14529 13134 29 235 29*237 25 239 13134 11884 26*232 25 236 22 238 11884 10759 23*228 22 236 20*240 10759 9746 21 226 22 236 19*243 9746 8834 19 223 21 237 17 247 8834 8018 18 222 21 237 16 251 8018 7285 17 221 20 238 15 253 7285 6620 17 220 20 239 14 256 6620 6024 16 219 19 239 13 258 6024 5521 15 219 18 240 12 261 5521 5131 14 218 17 240 11 262 5131 4860 13 218 15 240 9 263 4860 4694 11 218 13 241 7 263 4694 4600 8 219 9 241 3 263 4600 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