DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/10 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 - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 61.6 - - 69.6 - - 74.0 - - 73.6 - - 63.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 137 - - 191 - - 66 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3004 - - 8236 - - 7160 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4582 - - 7141 - - 11282 - - 9612 - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top 4600 - - 8504 - - 13736 - - 12660 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2338 - - 4153 - - 2786 - - 3493 - - 6455 Hgt.Variab. W* 12 - - 319 - - 496 - - 338 - - 9 W* B/S 1 - - 16 - - 9 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 4 - - 10 - - 13 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 066 - - 255 - - 267 - - 270 - - 003 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 4 - - 10 - - 7 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - 9 - - 17 - - 18 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3735 - - -2578 - - 2296 - - 1001 - - -1995 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8336 - - 11083 - - 11441 - - 11660 - - 6596 sfcLCL ODpotential -7466 - - -5506 - - 408 - - -1353 - - -4676 ODpotential blCL 12066 - - 14010 - - 13328 - - 14013 - - 9276 blCL maxRH 80 - - 77 - - 76 - - 70 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 50 - - 0 - - 230 - - 180 - - 800 CAPE Temp@2m 61.6 - - 69.6 - - 74.0 - - 73.6 - - 63.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.1 - - 36.9 - - 39.5 - - 38.3 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 63.6 - - 69.5 - - 73.7 - - 74.1 - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 40.1 - - 35.8 - - 38.6 - - 37.3 - - 49.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 137 - - 191 - - 66 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3004 - - 8236 - - 7160 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 20 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 - - 67 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 9 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] 99785 15 119 16 120 13 118 13 120 8 127 99785 92258 15 111 14 111 9 144 7 109 14 109 92258 86415 14 099 10 111 12 127 4 134 12 087 86415 81556 10 101 8 106 9 115 7 114 8 085 81556 77380 9 104 6 137 5 074 8 097 5 117 77380 73687 10 094 8 113 4 166 6 028 6 098 73687 70338 6 061 8 088 7 148 3 289 5 360 70338 67257 6 015 5 085 5 135 5 242 6 316 67257 64399 5 287 3 290 2 304 5 256 3 261 64399 61629 5 282 7 274 6 329 7 307 4 327 61629 58723 13 282 10 266 7 281 6 300 1 274 58723 55691 15 289 16 285 12 290 19 278 23 275 55691 52816 21 294 23 280 24 283 33 274 31 273 52816 50258 28 282 29 279 33 276 32 276 30 283 50258 47968 35 279 34 276 35 278 36 281 35 284 47968 45884 38 277 36 277 39 276 39 280 41 280 45884 43971 38 277 41 274 43 272 45 279 46 279 43971 42208 41 276 43 270 45 272 53 277 53 277 42208 40584 44 275 43 274 50 271 57 275 56 274 40584 39087 45 278 51 276 53 272 61 273 63 277 39087 37703 46 279 55 277 60 275 66 271 69 274 37703 36390 47 279 56 276 63 274 68 270 69 272 36390 35076 48 279 54 274 62 273 69 270 67 273 35076 33729 47 277 51 272 58 270 67 270 65 274 33729 32352 47 275 48 271 55 268 66 271 60 276 32352 30935 45 275 46 269 53 267 63 270 55 275 30935 29468 43 275 46 268 51 267 58 270 54 272 29468 27950 40 276 45 268 49 267 52 271 54 272 27950 26379 35 277 42 269 47 268 47 272 51 274 26379 24757 30 276 37 268 44 268 43 273 47 275 24757 23090 25 272 33 265 39 266 39 273 44 273 23090 21374 24 273 32 264 34 265 34 273 39 270 21374 19605 24 274 29 260 29 263 28 271 32 266 19605 17815 23 272 25 256 26 258 21 265 28 263 17815 16096 20 268 21 253 23 255 17 259 25 264 16096 14530 17 267 20 254 19*257 15 254 23 265 14530 13131 15 268 18 256 15*261 13*253 20 266 13131 11878 12 268 15 257 12 264 13*257 17 270 11878 10750 9 267 12 258 11 266 13 262 15 278 10750 9734 6 267 9 260 11 267 13 266 13 288 9734 8822 5 266 7*264 10 268 14 270 12 301 8822 8007 4 269 6*268 10 268 14 272 12 316 8007 7276 3 289 5 267 9 269 14 274 12 326 7276 6612 4 310 4 262 9 269 14 275 13 332 6612 6018 5 323 3 252 8 269 14 276 12 337 6018 5516 5 329 3 241 8 268 14 277 11 340 5516 5128 4 334 3 235 7 269 13 277 8 344 5128 4859 2 001 3 232 7 268 12 277 6 350 4859 4694 2*020 3 230 6 268 10 278 3*003 4694 4599 2*083 2 231 5 267 7 278 1*059 4599 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