DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/05 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 0654z - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 51.0 - - 61.8 - - 65.3 - - 62.1 - - 52.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -31 - - 103 - - 189 - - 8 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2398 - - 4920 - - 3140 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4582 - - 6533 - - 8695 - - 4583 - - 4582 Hcrit BL Top 4599 - - 7898 - - 10420 - - 8640 - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1371 - - 2528 - - 2105 - - 2575 - - 4319 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 267 - - 411 - - 129 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 6 - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 9 - - 16 - - 13 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 130 - - 252 - - 276 - - 279 - - 159 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 10 - - 14 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -27 - - 8 - - 13 - - 14 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5305 - - -2791 - - -1130 - - -1612 - - -3444 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9905 - - 10689 - - 11550 - - 10252 - - 8045 sfcLCL ODpotential -12839 - - -7590 - - -4726 - - -5047 - - -8549 ODpotential blCL 17438 - - 15488 - - 15146 - - 13687 - - 13149 blCL maxRH 69 - - 86 - - 49 - - 66 - - 77 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 51.0 - - 61.8 - - 65.3 - - 62.1 - - 52.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.3 - - 31.0 - - 30.5 - - 33.2 - - 33.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.7 - - 61.9 - - 65.1 - - 63.0 - - 59.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.5 - - 30.1 - - 29.9 - - 32.8 - - 33.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -31 - - 103 - - 189 - - 8 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2398 - - 4920 - - 3140 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 43 - - 0 - - 0 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97917 13 017 15 353 14 348 17 006 22 347 97917 90734 13 029 8 008 9 338 17 005 15 016 90734 85104 12 005 7 336 11 329 17 357 12 026 85104 80391 5 346 2 004 9 294 9 330 7 018 80391 76312 10 340 7 317 10 292 11 309 5 345 76312 72700 10 314 3 321 13 259 11 292 9 298 72700 69447 12 303 11 324 7 254 13 269 12 294 69447 66461 21 297 18 291 23 282 24 282 11 285 66461 63669 22 305 14 259 24 266 23 292 15 321 63669 60941 22 310 8 221 10 243 16 307 21 290 60941 58130 25 309 22 314 11 278 24 283 30 265 58130 55252 21 306 22 283 24 256 23 262 31 268 55252 52499 22 293 22 273 17 274 9 281 38 280 52499 50010 32 297 30 290 29 291 27 297 44 286 50010 47773 44 308 42 303 45 287 52 289 54 286 47773 45736 50 305 47 300 54 280 69 281 65 284 45736 43863 44 306 46 299 56 277 75 274 71 281 43863 42126 42 314 51 304 59 281 76 273 72 280 42126 40509 48 312 59 302 66 285 79 276 74 284 40509 39004 54 302 64 295 73 285 83 280 84 286 39004 37611 56 291 67 286 78 282 88 283 89 285 37611 36291 56 285 72 280 82 277 91 282 88 283 36291 34975 54 282 76 279 84 275 90 279 88 283 34975 33629 52 279 76 277 82 276 88 278 88 283 33629 32252 52 279 73 274 78 277 85 279 88 282 32252 30831 53 281 72 271 75 279 83 282 85 281 30831 29358 54 283 70 270 73 282 81 284 82 281 29358 27835 55 285 68 272 70 282 79 286 79 282 27835 26263 56 285 65 274 67 281 76 285 76 283 26263 24645 54 286 61 276 65 280 72 283 73 284 24645 22981 51 285 57 277 62 280 69 282 70 286 22981 21267 49 284 54 279 57 280 66 281 67 288 21267 19498 49 283 52 281 54 278 61 282 63 289 19498 17707 49 282 50 283 50 278 55 283 57 289 17707 15988 47 282 47 283 47 279 48 282 51 289 15988 14425 43 283 44 283 42 279 42 282 44 288 14425 13031 39 283 39 283 36 280 37 282 39 286 13031 11784 35 284 33 283 31 280 32 282 36 285 11784 10665 32 285 28 284 25*280 28 282 32 285 10665 9660 29 286 24 283 21*279 25 282 30 284 9660 8759 26 286 20 282 19 277 22*281 27 283 8759 7954 24 285 16*278 17 276 20*280 23 282 7954 7234 22 283 13*272 16 275 17 280 18 280 7234 6580 19 279 10 263 15 275 15 279 13 278 6580 5995 16 273 9 250 14 275 13 279 8 274 5995 5502 11 261 8 240 13 275 11 279 5 265 5502 5119 6 239 8 236 12 275 10 278 3 248 5119 4854 4 165 7 234 12 275 9 278 2 226 4854 4691 5*147 6 234 10 275 8 277 2*196 4691 4599 4*130 4 232 7 275 5 278 2*159 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