DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 19.6 - - 25.3 - - 22.2 - - 18.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 14 - - 0 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 3710 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4597 - - 9210 - - 4597 - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5006 - - 3402 - - 7004 - - 3667 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 8 - - 168 - - 5 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 0 - - 9 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 333 - - 276 - - 162 - - 133 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 14 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -15 - - 19 - - -9 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1193 - - 2556 - - -1167 - - -998 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5790 - - 6654 - - 5764 - - 5596 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3822 - - 589 - - -3416 - - -3875 ODpotential blCL - - - 8419 - - 8621 - - 8013 - - 8472 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 86 - - 98 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 19.6 - - 25.3 - - 22.2 - - 18.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 10.4 - - 12.1 - - 13.1 - - 10.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 26.1 - - 25.6 - - 24.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 9.5 - - 11.1 - - 11.9 - - 11.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 14 - - 0 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 3710 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 82 - - 46 - - 92 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 95468 39 270 43 285 38 293 50 284 95468 88544 30 280 38 286 38 286 37 281 88544 83128 18 278 30 277 30 282 35 279 83128 78585 20 273 19 279 26 285 32 275 78585 74640 26 270 19 287 21 294 24 270 74640 71107 26 259 26 278 16 302 18 288 71107 67857 19 260 28 266 24 288 26 298 67857 64841 13 285 19 242 29 271 29 288 64841 62032 9 284 11 202 26 271 27 265 62032 59297 16 238 14 189 20 263 23 259 59297 56417 22 215 16 190 24 277 24 278 56417 53401 35 238 32 254 34 284 34 286 53401 50499 36 247 41 252 46 269 39 273 50499 47873 28 247 34 252 43 260 38 265 47873 45512 24 252 31 262 37 259 35 266 45512 43370 32 276 37 269 40 268 39 270 43370 41414 43 269 45 260 46 267 43 264 41414 39625 49 257 46 251 48 261 41 259 39625 37979 46 248 42 247 44 256 38 263 37979 36454 41 252 34 251 37 251 37 266 36454 35037 41 262 32 266 31 252 35 266 35037 33694 47 267 37 276 28 265 31 267 33694 32364 51 268 43 275 30 278 30 272 32364 31023 49 265 43 273 35 279 34 275 31023 29687 46 262 40 272 37 273 37 273 29687 28350 45 264 39 270 38 270 38 268 28350 27001 45 267 41 269 40 274 36 270 27001 25626 41 272 42 271 42 279 35 279 25626 24216 39 280 41 282 41 283 37 284 24216 22766 40 284 43 291 39 287 37 288 22766 21276 40 283 43 291 37 290 31 293 21276 19740 37 279 40 292 36 291 24 296 19740 18153 34 274 35 296 35 289 20 291 18153 16544 30 276 31 299 33 286 19 280 16544 14999 28 284 28 301 30 282 20 268 14999 13591 26 292 27 298 27 277 20 259 13591 12331 23 300 26 294 24 273 20 252 12331 11200 21 306 24 289 22 269 20 245 11200 10182 20 310 22 286 19 266 19 240 10182 9264 19 312 19*283 17 263 19 237 9264 8438 18 312 16*281 14 260 19 233 8438 7698 17 310 14 279 11 256 18 230 7698 7035 17 306 11 278 8 248 18 225 7035 6431 16 301 9 275 6 233 17 218 6431 5890 14 298 7 272 5 211 16 207 5890 5433 12 296 6 268 5 193 15 198 5433 5079 8 296 5 266 6 182 12 194 5079 4832 4 299 5 264 6 173 11 193 4832 4682 0*062 4 262 5*169 7*187 4682 4596 2*115 3 262 2*156 3*133 4596 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