DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.7 - - 47.4 - - 44.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 29 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1367 - - 1194 - - 523 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4582 - - 4582 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6867 - - 6694 - - 6023 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2390 - - 1863 - - 1899 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 193 - - 144 - - 62 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 182 - - 203 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 13 - - 8 - - 21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1599 - - 2096 - - 1425 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5268 - - 4598 - - 4598 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -201 - - 778 - - -266 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7068 - - 5916 - - 6289 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.7 - - 47.4 - - 44.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.2 - - 43.5 - - 41.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.0 - - 47.9 - - 45.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.4 - - 42.8 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 29 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1367 - - 1194 - - 523 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 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] 98229 21 256 31 277 26 272 98229 90920 20 269 19 281 15 264 90920 85273 18 274 11 302 11 285 85273 80576 16 283 12 297 12 298 80576 76521 18 289 13 289 11 286 76521 72921 21 280 20 287 16 288 72921 69643 23 278 25 291 22 292 69643 66619 21 274 27 290 25 289 66619 63805 19 271 26 289 24 284 63805 61069 14 271 24 285 23 281 61069 58201 11 292 20 267 24 281 58201 55216 11 300 14 252 22 281 55216 52360 9 283 8 275 17 282 52360 49793 8 227 11 275 9 291 49793 47497 3 178 3 207 10 302 47497 45407 10 214 5 338 4 352 45407 43490 14 181 3 245 4 044 43490 41716 7 116 2 143 3 112 41716 40066 19 172 1 290 10 079 40066 38532 22 154 9 181 22 058 38532 37110 23 153 15 151 27 042 37110 35756 30 160 19 134 24 040 35756 34407 31 155 25 117 26 051 34407 33043 27 139 28 101 34 060 33043 31662 29 119 28 081 40 058 31662 30250 30 115 31 071 42 051 30250 28795 30 123 33 071 40 043 28795 27298 28 131 33 071 36 033 27298 25757 25 136 31 072 36 026 25757 24170 22 137 26 079 37 027 24170 22541 19 133 20 087 34 031 22541 20866 17 129 18 099 28 037 20866 19138 13 137 18 115 23 049 19138 17388 11 150 14 125 20 051 17388 15705 10 153 10 133 11 024 15705 14175 10 140 6 131 7 342 14175 12811 8 113 3 158 6 312 12811 11592 8 077 5 226 7 279 11592 10499 7 059 9 242 8 266 10499 9518 5 073 12 245 10 265 9518 8640 5 122 12 240 12 265 8640 7857 7 154 11 232 15 264 7857 7156 9*165 11*226 17 262 7156 6521 12*174 10*215 17*261 6521 5953 14 181 9 204 15*259 5953 5474 14 183 8 200 12 258 5474 5103 14 184 7 197 8 255 5103 4845 13 185 6 196 5 251 4845 4688 12 185 5 196 4 247 4688 4598 7 186 4 198 1 237 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