DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/01 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 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 22.5 - - 33.3 - - 35.9 - - 37.7 - - 31.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -12 - - 64 - - 110 - - 25 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 932 - - 1112 - - 629 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4597 - - 6432 - - 6612 - - 6129 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1291 - - 1402 - - 1963 - - 2249 - - 2075 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 171 - - 214 - - 111 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 8 - - 13 - - 14 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 085 - - 172 - - 169 - - 170 - - 054 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 9 - - 14 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -22 - - 9 - - 10 - - 8 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2000 - - -289 - - 1333 - - 1248 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6598 - - 6722 - - 5279 - - 4881 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential -8851 - - -4506 - - -730 - - -928 - - -2553 ODpotential blCL 13448 - - 10938 - - 7342 - - 7057 - - 7151 blCL maxRH 86 - - 93 - - 95 - - 87 - - 93 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 22.5 - - 33.3 - - 35.9 - - 37.7 - - 31.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 9.9 - - 19.8 - - 28.6 - - 32.0 - - 28.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 27.7 - - 33.6 - - 36.1 - - 38.5 - - 35.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 11.5 - - 18.7 - - 27.4 - - 31.2 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -12 - - 64 - - 110 - - 25 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 932 - - 1112 - - 629 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 44 - - 71 - - 80 - - 48 - - 71 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96229 1 174 11 177 16 223 15 267 4 245 96229 89141 3 135 2 128 9 220 7 300 2 307 89141 83644 1 081 4 084 7 229 10 268 7 359 83644 79028 3 358 4 149 4 225 8 257 8 315 79028 75018 4 312 4 190 5 273 10 273 7 298 75018 71445 9 255 6 268 11 281 12 263 12 266 71445 68181 8 246 9 270 16 297 11 284 15 251 68181 65161 12 270 15 263 20 292 13 299 9 263 65161 62333 15 286 17 265 23 273 20 286 12 291 62333 59571 17 281 17 252 24 263 22 279 20 289 59571 56682 18 283 16 264 21 264 20 272 21 278 56682 53681 24 278 21 272 21 271 21 279 18 282 53681 50811 26 275 22 266 28 262 28 276 23 284 50811 48226 26 276 23 267 30 256 32 267 26 277 48226 45917 29 275 25 267 28 257 34 260 28 269 45917 43833 33 269 30 265 28 259 30 256 29 261 43833 41935 33 261 29 257 28 259 26 257 27 254 41935 40195 32 257 28 252 28 254 25 257 25 248 40195 38589 34 254 33 248 30 248 31 253 24 246 38589 37106 37 258 35 248 27 245 34 238 27 240 37106 35739 37 256 36 243 37 237 42 222 33 228 35739 34455 35 256 40 231 52 219 45 221 34 221 34455 33189 37 253 42 233 55 213 49 222 41 223 33189 31911 36 252 43 232 56 214 51 221 44 217 31911 30612 34 253 41 226 55 215 51 219 38 211 30612 29273 33 249 41 223 54 214 49 219 36 214 29273 27885 30 242 42 225 51 215 45 224 32 220 27885 26452 30 238 40 228 46 219 42 229 29 223 26452 24974 34 238 38 230 43 222 40 232 28 228 24974 23452 35 237 36 226 40 225 38 235 27 235 23452 21889 37 236 37 225 38 228 35 237 25 239 21889 20281 37 238 38 227 37 230 31 240 22 238 20281 18623 35 244 36 232 34 232 28 239 21 228 18623 16946 31 247 31 236 31 234 25 233 25 215 16946 15337 25 245 24 235 28 235 24 223 28 209 15337 13873 20 237 20 224 27 231 24 217 27 209 13873 12565 17 225 19 212 26 225 23 215 23 213 12565 11395 15 211 20 205 25 220 21 215 19 217 11395 10343 14 198 21 201 24 216 21 216 15 217 10343 9396 13 187 22 198 23 209 21 214 12 211 9396 8545 13 179 22 193 22 199 20 208 11 199 8545 7783 13 174 21 188 21 187 20 199 11 186 7783 7100 12 170 20 184 20*178 19 187 11 177 7100 6480 11 168 17*180 19*174 19*177 12 172 6480 5924 10 170 12*175 16 170 18*174 11 171 5924 5455 8 169 9 171 13 168 16 170 10 170 5455 5092 7 156 7 171 11 167 14 169 8 166 5092 4840 6 129 6 172 10 167 12 168 5 149 4840 4685 4*110 5 172 8 168 10 169 3*111 4685 4597 3*085 3 174 5 169 5 168 2*054 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