DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - 20.5 - - 27.0 - - 24.2 - - 22.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -16 - - 3 - - -7 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 2264 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4597 - - 7764 - - 4597 - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4074 - - 3313 - - 4022 - - 2898 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 7 - - 104 - - 0 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 8 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 138 - - 218 - - 094 - - 129 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 14 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - 16 - - -5 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1332 - - 1119 - - -113 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5929 - - 6646 - - 4710 - - 4596 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4220 - - -1605 - - -2324 - - -2313 ODpotential blCL - - - 8817 - - 9369 - - 6921 - - 6910 blCL maxRH - - - 63 - - 77 - - 101 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.5 - - 27.0 - - 24.2 - - 22.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 10.9 - - 14.1 - - 19.7 - - 18.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 25.1 - - 28.1 - - 27.0 - - 26.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 9.8 - - 13.0 - - 19.0 - - 20.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -16 - - 3 - - -7 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 2264 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 8 - - 105 - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95636 67 337 63 332 51 329 42 324 95636 88551 68 335 52 325 54 322 45 324 88551 82995 58 318 44 313 56 312 51 311 82995 78385 42 313 42 306 49 301 45 297 78385 74417 37 302 46 296 43 299 40 288 74417 70875 46 287 54 288 44 298 44 297 70875 67637 58 276 57 280 51 281 53 280 67637 64656 56 266 59 272 51 276 48 275 64656 61885 44 274 47 276 49 287 47 285 61885 59172 44 279 49 279 56 285 49 279 59172 56315 50 271 56 269 57 273 51 272 56315 53336 58 266 56 265 59 271 54 274 53336 50483 68 267 61 268 64 270 54 280 50483 47905 76 266 72 265 72 264 67 276 47905 45597 82 263 79 263 74 261 80 262 45597 43525 85 261 84 261 79 262 86 258 43525 41643 89 260 88 260 84 261 89 259 41643 39922 92 259 89 259 86 260 90 258 39922 38337 94 257 89 258 88 258 89 258 38337 36865 93 256 89 259 90 258 90 259 36865 35495 90 257 93 260 95 260 93 259 35495 34199 88 258 98 260 102 261 98 258 34199 32918 86 258 102 259 106 259 103 257 32918 31622 87 259 105 258 107 258 105 255 31622 30309 89 261 106 258 105 257 104 253 30309 28962 90 262 105 258 103 258 101 251 28962 27569 88 262 99 257 101 258 98 252 27569 26131 84 262 90 257 97 259 96 254 26131 24651 79 262 84 257 89 259 93 256 24651 23133 74 262 80 258 79 258 84 257 23133 21585 69 262 74 258 70 256 70 258 21585 20002 64 262 68 258 62 256 57 262 20002 18373 59 263 59 258 54 255 48 264 18373 16727 53 264 49 259 47 252 41 262 16727 15147 47 265 39 260 41 244 34 256 15147 13710 42 268 33 263 36 237 29 248 13710 12426 39 270 30 265 31 237 28 242 12426 11276 36 272 28 265 26 241 29 239 11276 10242 32 274 25 264 22 240 30 237 10242 9310 28 275 22 261 18 235 31 236 9310 8473 24 275 18*257 15 225 30 234 8473 7725 19 273 14*250 13 213 27 230 7725 7054 14 269 11 240 13 199 23 223 7054 6445 10 259 9 225 13 189 19 210 6445 5899 6 232 8 204 14 180 18 190 5899 5439 6 190 8 189 13 174 19 176 5439 5082 7 165 7 182 11 167 18 169 5082 4834 8 154 7 178 8 155 15 162 4834 4683 7*150 6 176 5*130 11*154 4683 4596 4*138 4 175 3*059 3*129 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