DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.4 - - 57.9 - - - - - 58.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 90 - - 93 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3137 - - 3370 - - - - - 1047 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7013 - - 7185 - - - - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8637 - - 8870 - - - - - 6547 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1913 - - 2268 - - - - - 5373 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 286 - - 294 - - - - - 49 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 5 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 10 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 183 - - 213 - - - - - 196 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 10 - - - - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - 9 - - - - - 11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1964 - - 2130 - - - - - 66 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6673 - - 6740 - - - - - 6482 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 249 - - 282 - - - - - -2369 ODpotential blCL - - - 8388 - - 8588 - - - - - 8916 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 101 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 90 - - - - - 270 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.4 - - 57.9 - - - - - 58.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.7 - - 43.9 - - - - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.7 - - 58.2 - - - - - 59.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.7 - - 42.9 - - - - - 44.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 90 - - 93 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3137 - - 3370 - - - - - 1047 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 102 - - - - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 7 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] 99735 35 108 26 121 29 111 99735 92120 25 110 25 116 24 111 92120 86244 29 125 21 118 16 097 86244 81372 24 117 17 122 11 108 81372 77177 17 121 15 125 12 103 77177 73458 14 131 9 118 9 077 73458 70083 10 157 2 175 4 118 70083 66979 9 175 8 210 4 102 66979 64095 6 162 7 201 3 159 64095 61292 4 237 8 222 1 017 61292 58357 10 238 7 227 8 234 58357 55305 13 230 9 249 15 203 55305 52391 14 221 20 229 13 193 52391 49782 16 226 22 228 18 213 49782 47456 15 235 24 232 23 208 47456 45348 29 245 31 227 29 201 45348 43425 40 227 35 219 34 195 43425 41662 45 222 40 211 37 189 41662 40035 54 221 47 211 39 187 40035 38528 62 220 57 216 47 194 38528 37137 69 222 72 217 60 194 37137 35823 72 221 73 215 63 190 35823 34514 67 220 70 212 62 188 34514 33177 62 218 69 209 61 187 33177 31813 54 216 65 205 58 189 31813 30410 44 207 61 200 54 192 30410 28958 44 202 59 196 52 198 28958 27456 45 203 58 198 49 200 27456 25906 40 202 56 209 38 199 25906 24311 36 202 40 215 31 191 24311 22673 34 203 33 205 29 186 22673 20990 32 199 34 200 26 197 20990 19256 30 198 32 209 20 211 19256 17503 28 202 28 218 14 222 17503 15821 27 209 23 222 12 232 15821 14294 28 215 20 229 12 234 14294 12931 30 218 18 232 13 232 12931 11711 30 215 16 231 12 233 11711 10614 28 212 15 230 12 236 10614 9626 26 207 15*227 11 238 9626 8737 23*202 14*226 11 239 8737 7941 21*195 13 222 11 239 7941 7226 20 189 12 217 10 237 7226 6576 18 183 11 210 9*230 6576 5993 17 179 10 204 7*217 5993 5501 16 177 9 201 6 203 5501 5119 15 176 8 199 5 188 5119 4854 13 175 8 198 4 175 4854 4692 11 174 7 199 3 167 4692 4599 7 174 5 198 2 157 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