DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - 36.4 - - 38.5 - - 35.9 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -13 - - -7 - - -23 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4598 - - 4599 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2291 - - 3227 - - 2640 - - 2252 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 13 - - 15 - - 9 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 9 - - 11 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 157 - - 185 - - 165 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 3 - - -5 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -199 - - -405 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4797 - - 5005 - - 4597 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2842 - - -2848 - - -1884 - - -2935 ODpotential blCL - - - 7440 - - 7447 - - 6482 - - 7533 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 98 - - 99 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.4 - - 38.5 - - 35.9 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.6 - - 32.8 - - 33.2 - - 30.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.1 - - 40.3 - - 38.3 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.0 - - 32.0 - - 32.9 - - 30.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -13 - - -7 - - -23 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 83 - - 94 - - 94 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 93347 107 308 105 315 98 318 84 326 93347 87055 95 312 91 315 89 319 79 325 87055 82041 83 316 78 319 79 322 73 326 82041 77762 71 319 71 318 73 322 69 325 77762 74008 62 322 65 318 68 324 67 325 74008 70646 54 326 60 319 68 318 66 331 70646 67549 54 325 55 319 62 313 65 324 67549 64678 53 318 53 314 57 317 57 313 64678 62014 50 318 45 313 52 318 47 314 62014 59413 53 317 42 325 48 319 46 311 59413 56670 58 308 52 311 50 310 46 304 56670 53807 58 295 49 306 54 302 49 302 53807 51068 56 292 48 297 49 289 50 309 51068 48596 48 292 39 295 45 292 49 312 48596 46368 46 302 38 307 40 287 48 304 46368 44345 53 303 48 301 42 281 53 291 44345 42500 64 294 58 293 52 284 63 283 42500 40807 78 290 73 287 73 283 72 280 40807 39239 93 287 90 279 90 276 78 279 39239 37780 102 286 104 271 105 267 83 278 37780 36420 104 286 105 271 117 264 85 275 36420 35129 97 287 101 277 120 264 85 272 35129 33842 76 290 100 281 107 265 83 271 33842 32532 70 287 90 282 87 265 81 271 32532 31199 67 285 72 282 83 261 78 271 31199 29829 67 284 61 280 80 258 74 271 29829 28409 68 283 60 275 75 256 72 272 28409 26940 65 284 58 270 69 259 71 273 26940 25423 56 285 54 267 62 263 70 274 25423 23861 47 283 49 263 55 265 66 274 23861 22260 41 281 45 260 51 268 59 275 22260 20617 36 278 40 259 52 271 52 278 20617 18924 32 274 36 261 56 276 46 282 18924 17210 30 268 33 265 55 280 44 284 17210 15563 29 266 33 270 48 284 45 285 15563 14063 27 268 35 272 44 283 46 285 14063 12721 27 271 38 272 43 279 47 285 12721 11518 29 274 40 269 42 272 47 284 11518 10438 31 276 40 266 42 264 45 281 10438 9467 32 275 38 262 40 257 43 276 9467 8598 32 273 33 259 36 249 40 270 8598 7821 30 268 28 255 30 242 37 263 7821 7128 25 262 24 250 24 231 31 257 7128 6500 19 251 19 242 20 216 23 247 6500 5938 13 227 16 229 18 196 15 227 5938 5464 11 192 14 212 19 180 11 187 5464 5096 12 169 12 195 18 171 13 158 5096 4842 11 160 10 183 15 167 13 149 4842 4686 9*157 8*177 12*165 11*145 4686 4597 4*150 4*176 5*159 5*138 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