DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/30 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 - - 1003z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 26.6 - - 34.3 - - 40.2 - - 37.4 - - 34.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -7 - - 59 - - 94 - - -1 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 468 - - 978 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 5968 - - 6478 - - 4599 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1574 - - 1124 - - 1169 - - 2346 - - 1795 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 128 - - 191 - - 0 - - 3 W* B/S 0 - - 8 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 040 - - 159 - - 166 - - 105 - - 077 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg -15 - - -4 - - -5 - - -2 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -626 - - -210 - - -415 - - -1499 - - -1318 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5225 - - 6178 - - 6893 - - 6098 - - 5916 sfcLCL ODpotential -6711 - - -5372 - - -4892 - - -6619 - - -6833 ODpotential blCL 11309 - - 11340 - - 11370 - - 11218 - - 11431 blCL maxRH 80 - - 75 - - 78 - - 81 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 26.6 - - 34.3 - - 40.2 - - 37.4 - - 34.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 20.2 - - 23.5 - - 26.1 - - 26.9 - - 25.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 30.9 - - 34.7 - - 40.3 - - 40.1 - - 39.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 20.3 - - 22.7 - - 25.4 - - 26.0 - - 24.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -7 - - 59 - - 94 - - -1 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 468 - - 978 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 18 - - 1 - - 10 - - 25 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96130 34 031 37 016 28 006 36 020 31 024 96130 89343 34 032 25 027 29 021 35 024 27 032 89343 83976 28 027 22 040 26 031 31 031 27 037 83976 79429 20 027 25 033 23 041 24 046 23 039 79429 75443 15 030 17 033 21 038 17 051 19 040 75443 71876 13 033 13 042 15 019 15 041 14 035 71876 68622 11 021 11 038 9 024 13 027 9 034 68622 65613 6 352 9 033 9 036 8 015 9 045 65613 62800 5 339 8 012 8 031 3 016 9 035 62800 60050 6 322 5 354 6 338 2 031 7 019 60050 57169 6 326 1 057 6 263 5 333 2 348 57169 54184 5 291 1 226 8 240 5 282 1 267 54184 51344 9 275 5 209 9 206 8 241 6 255 51344 48799 13 255 8 233 9 216 12 220 13 216 48799 46532 20 225 18 236 15 234 12 227 15 208 46532 44489 18 214 23 220 22 230 19 235 20 215 44489 42628 17 237 20 221 25 222 27 223 30 207 42628 40918 32 245 26 236 26 231 32 220 29 207 40918 39339 42 227 37 229 37 221 37 221 33 213 39339 37878 40 227 35 234 40 213 41 221 33 219 37878 36525 45 246 48 244 43 224 43 223 44 223 36525 35241 57 244 58 238 49 227 46 223 47 219 35241 33959 57 240 59 235 54 227 49 225 48 220 33959 32646 56 241 58 235 55 226 54 226 52 223 32646 31307 51 242 55 235 53 226 57 225 55 224 31307 29927 46 238 50 235 52 227 56 223 56 224 29927 28497 46 235 46 235 50 227 51 221 54 224 28497 27020 50 237 44 234 46 225 46 219 48 223 27020 25500 52 237 43 235 41 219 41 216 40 220 25500 23939 52 237 42 236 37 215 37 211 31 212 23939 22341 49 239 42 235 34 212 33 207 27 200 22341 20696 44 241 41 234 31 214 31 204 26 199 20696 18996 35 236 39 234 31 217 29 202 25 195 18996 17273 26 225 36 236 32 220 27 202 24 187 17273 15617 22 217 34 237 31 222 25 204 23 183 15617 14108 21 215 31 233 28 224 23 209 20 185 14108 12759 20 214 27 227 25 224 20 213 18 189 12759 11549 19 211 24 219 22 222 17 218 16 193 11549 10462 17 206 20 208 20 216 15 218 14 194 10462 9485 15 198 18 197 17 205 13 213 12 190 9485 8609 12 186 15 189 15 191 11 200 11 182 8609 7828 10 173 13 180 13 180 9 181 10 173 7828 7130 8 162 10 170 11 171 9 171 9 168 7130 6500 8 158 8*163 8*164 7 161 8 160 6500 5937 9 148 6*160 5*163 4 158 5 166 5937 5463 9 139 4 160 3 164 2 147 3 184 5463 5096 6 129 3 159 3 167 1 124 1 187 5096 4842 4 094 1 149 2 170 1 101 1 143 4842 4687 4*065 1 149 2 175 0*073 1*078 4687 4597 3*040 1 154 1 180 0*017 2*077 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