DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/25 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 20.2 - - 31.6 - - 35.0 - - 33.1 - - 27.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -36 - - 30 - - 37 - - -5 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1329 - - 2010 - - 1322 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4597 - - 6829 - - 7510 - - 6822 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1481 - - 1648 - - 1599 - - 1940 - - 2736 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 152 - - 188 - - 57 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 14 - - 20 - - 16 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 130 - - 277 - - 278 - - 264 - - 143 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 19 - - 24 - - 27 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -23 - - 33 - - 46 - - 39 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1499 - - 329 - - 1008 - - 965 - - -383 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6096 - - 6500 - - 6502 - - 5858 - - 4981 sfcLCL ODpotential -6819 - - -2940 - - -1998 - - -2196 - - -3699 ODpotential blCL 11416 - - 9769 - - 9508 - - 9018 - - 8297 blCL maxRH 86 - - 77 - - 77 - - 91 - - 95 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 20.2 - - 31.6 - - 35.0 - - 33.1 - - 27.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 9.8 - - 19.1 - - 22.4 - - 23.5 - - 22.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 26.4 - - 32.3 - - 35.7 - - 35.2 - - 32.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 12.7 - - 18.0 - - 21.3 - - 22.5 - - 21.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -36 - - 30 - - 37 - - -5 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1329 - - 2010 - - 1322 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 45 - - 9 - - 9 - - 65 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96848 36 101 30 112 33 096 30 106 40 107 96848 89703 28 099 28 104 24 107 25 097 36 104 89703 84091 19 089 21 105 15 114 12 091 26 090 84091 79361 10 065 14 097 7 102 4 131 14 075 79361 75245 8 018 9 091 2 242 6 292 6 025 75245 71575 11 312 5 320 4 295 2 284 5 300 71575 68233 10 282 9 260 9 270 7 298 8 277 68233 65150 21 279 9 292 10 264 10 318 13 312 65150 62293 25 284 15 276 12 303 17 306 24 320 62293 59533 31 280 22 285 19 306 27 307 25 310 59533 56647 44 292 25 298 25 293 24 312 46 307 56647 53633 53 292 24 319 12 292 34 317 58 311 53633 50752 53 295 53 306 40 293 67 305 76 302 50752 48200 54 299 55 299 62 297 73 293 81 291 48200 45966 53 301 57 300 74 297 63 282 60 285 45966 43969 54 300 67 296 75 293 44 291 34 296 43969 42143 60 298 71 293 63 293 41 314 25 325 42143 40444 65 295 66 297 45 302 54 313 37 327 40444 38855 60 298 64 302 46 312 60 303 58 309 38855 37378 63 308 64 296 52 305 58 297 73 301 37378 36015 71 305 56 293 52 304 57 295 78 298 36015 34729 66 301 51 306 55 306 61 295 81 297 34729 33451 50 311 56 317 63 307 67 296 84 296 33451 32148 51 333 65 321 71 305 72 297 86 295 32148 30822 67 339 70 320 74 302 75 298 86 296 30822 29461 69 333 71 317 73 301 76 298 84 295 29461 28052 69 325 71 313 72 299 74 297 81 294 28052 26596 67 319 70 308 70 298 73 297 78 294 26596 25093 66 313 70 305 69 297 72 297 74 295 25093 23547 66 309 68 303 68 297 71 298 71 296 23547 21964 64 307 66 301 67 298 69 298 67 298 21964 20338 60 305 64 299 66 300 66 299 63 300 20338 18664 57 303 62 299 63 302 61 301 59 302 18664 16973 53 302 59 300 59 303 57 303 56 303 16973 15350 48 303 55 301 54 305 54 304 53 304 15350 13874 44 304 52 302 51 306 51 303 52 303 13874 12558 41 304 49 302 50 306 49 301 51 302 12558 11379 40 304 48 300 49 303 48 298 50 299 11379 10321 39 302 46 298 47 299 46 293 50 296 10321 9371 39 299 43 294 45 294 45 288 50 292 9371 8520 38 296 39 291 41 290 42 284 48 288 8520 7761 36 292 35 289 36*287 39 280 45 284 7761 7082 33 289 30*286 31*283 34*276 39 280 7082 6466 28 286 24*283 26 280 29*273 31 276 6466 5914 20 282 18 280 21 277 23 269 22 269 5914 5449 12 279 14 276 18 275 17 263 13 255 5449 5088 5 269 11 272 15 272 12 254 8 215 5088 4837 2 168 9 270 12 271 8 242 8 177 4837 4684 4*136 8 267 10 270 6 230 7*168 4684 4597 4*130 5 267 7 269 3 215 4*143 4597 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