DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/31 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 - - 1335z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.5 - - 38.3 - - 43.7 - - 38.7 - - 34.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 39 - - 79 - - -2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1717 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 4598 - - 7217 - - 4599 - - 4599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1283 - - 2294 - - 2562 - - 4312 - - 2528 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 36 - - 217 - - 2 - - 5 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 108 - - 170 - - 204 - - 181 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -2 - - 5 - - -7 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2073 - - -2554 - - -816 - - -2048 - - -1811 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6671 - - 7152 - - 8034 - - 6648 - - 6410 sfcLCL ODpotential -7434 - - -6532 - - -3753 - - -5624 - - -6051 ODpotential blCL 12032 - - 11130 - - 10970 - - 10223 - - 10650 blCL maxRH 87 - - 71 - - 88 - - 75 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 32.5 - - 38.3 - - 43.7 - - 38.7 - - 34.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.8 - - 23.2 - - 24.6 - - 25.8 - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 38.2 - - 38.9 - - 44.1 - - 42.8 - - 40.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.7 - - 22.4 - - 23.9 - - 25.2 - - 22.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 39 - - 79 - - -2 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1717 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 47 - - 0 - - 51 - - 2 - - 0 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] 96253 37 022 29 016 27 022 29 010 29 017 96253 89487 33 025 22 029 27 020 23 014 24 033 89487 84138 20 040 21 047 25 014 16 014 20 049 84138 79623 21 052 19 045 13 027 19 012 16 045 79623 75668 19 045 17 041 15 063 14 031 11 028 75668 72113 16 045 16 038 16 075 11 061 8 023 72113 68851 9 043 12 056 14 069 11 085 6 006 68851 65821 3 093 9 066 9 043 11 075 3 086 65821 62998 4 125 5 063 7 022 9 063 8 115 62998 60260 5 100 4 129 2 072 6 030 10 082 60260 57398 5 085 7 107 6 126 1 151 4 018 57398 54418 5 109 6 143 4 162 3 238 2 290 54418 51569 6 181 10 152 11 177 7 215 2 237 51569 49004 13 199 12 205 15 218 10 250 2 314 49004 46706 14 184 18 186 20 199 18 221 10 265 46706 44626 18 190 17 183 18 192 21 198 17 256 44626 42726 25 204 23 208 20 207 21 196 20 223 42726 40983 32 209 32 208 29 209 22 205 20 209 40983 39373 38 206 36 206 35 210 26 210 23 214 39373 37878 45 204 46 209 41 215 32 213 27 217 37878 36489 52 205 57 205 56 210 42 218 31 219 36489 35177 63 209 62 203 59 202 54 214 40 217 35177 33884 69 211 63 205 56 204 58 209 53 209 33884 32576 68 212 60 206 54 206 56 208 52 206 32576 31247 63 212 57 208 53 208 55 211 50 213 31247 29881 59 211 55 210 52 209 52 214 49 218 29881 28465 53 212 52 211 50 209 49 218 46 220 28465 27000 49 214 47 212 45 211 46 220 42 219 27000 25486 45 217 43 214 41 215 44 219 39 216 25486 23927 41 218 40 215 37 217 38 220 34 213 23927 22325 36 216 37 216 34 219 32 220 26 208 22325 20677 31 214 34 216 31 221 28 224 20 200 20677 18974 26 213 30 215 28 223 25 229 18 195 18974 17248 22 209 24 213 24 223 22 228 17 195 17248 15589 20 204 20 211 20 220 19 226 17 197 15589 14079 18 205 18 211 18 217 17 222 17 201 14079 12733 15 209 17 213 17 217 14 220 15 209 12733 11529 13 210 15 218 15 221 13 223 12 220 11529 10449 12 210 13 227 14 225 12 231 10 233 10449 9480 11 211 11 236 12 230 11 241 9 246 9480 8609 10 212 10 242 10 234 9 246 7 257 8609 7832 9 212 8 242 8*231 7 244 5 261 7832 7136 7 208 7 236 6*219 5 226 3 247 7136 6505 6 203 5 223 5 205 5 208 3 224 6505 5942 5 199 4 201 4 199 5 202 4 206 5942 5466 3 198 3 186 4 199 4 198 4 188 5466 5097 2 186 2 180 3 200 4 189 4 164 5097 4842 2 152 2 172 3 202 3 181 4 144 4842 4687 3*117 2*166 3 203 2*176 4*128 4687 4598 3*108 1*145 2 201 1*161 4*113 4598 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