DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 = 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 - - - 37.1 - - 40.2 - - 36.1 - - 32.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -11 - - -8 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4599 - - 4599 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1488 - - 4057 - - 3151 - - 1998 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 14 - - 17 - - 9 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 9 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 150 - - 164 - - 168 - - 124 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - 1 - - -6 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -745 - - -1396 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5344 - - 5996 - - 4597 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5033 - - -3938 - - -2118 - - -2293 ODpotential blCL - - - 9632 - - 8537 - - 6716 - - 6891 blCL maxRH - - - 95 - - 94 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.1 - - 40.2 - - 36.1 - - 32.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.8 - - 30.0 - - 32.5 - - 29.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.6 - - 41.8 - - 38.4 - - 35.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.7 - - 28.9 - - 32.0 - - 30.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -11 - - -8 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 79 - - 78 - - 99 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 93794 76 306 75 314 68 316 75 312 93794 87416 60 305 67 310 64 321 63 308 87416 82404 52 304 64 304 61 320 50 316 82404 78130 48 307 57 300 53 315 45 318 78130 74351 43 306 48 295 45 310 46 316 74351 70945 34 299 37 289 38 302 40 305 70945 67812 31 301 33 296 36 303 43 299 67812 64892 33 298 30 295 36 291 42 288 64892 62160 39 294 27 289 38 283 43 285 62160 59503 39 286 35 276 45 276 42 272 59503 56714 42 291 35 270 42 269 33 269 56714 53782 48 294 33 287 36 269 30 281 53782 50951 52 283 40 279 41 279 37 285 50951 48392 53 267 52 266 60 264 48 275 48392 46102 52 263 55 254 59 245 53 264 46102 44040 54 264 47 252 38 247 50 258 44040 42166 60 262 40 264 41 270 49 259 42166 40447 64 256 49 268 48 267 49 260 40447 38859 64 248 56 258 49 254 48 261 38859 37386 66 246 57 247 48 254 47 260 37386 36019 73 247 58 244 50 257 43 258 36019 34724 78 248 66 247 51 254 34 260 34724 33438 82 248 76 245 49 253 29 268 33438 32136 84 246 79 243 48 255 26 270 32136 30822 80 243 76 243 46 256 15 258 30822 29481 74 242 70 242 37 256 6 186 29481 28093 65 242 62 243 27 253 10 168 28093 26657 57 242 53 246 25 256 10 204 26657 25174 50 239 45 246 31 262 15 241 25174 23647 47 238 39 242 32 263 21 261 23647 22077 46 240 37 240 32 266 22 270 22077 20459 47 241 42 243 29 268 23 279 20459 18787 48 240 46 245 27 272 22 293 18787 17092 45 238 49 243 25 275 23 308 17092 15462 40 238 50 237 24 277 24 315 15462 13977 36 241 48 233 24 277 24 318 13977 12650 33 244 45 233 26 275 24 320 12650 11462 32 246 40 237 27 272 25 317 11462 10395 30 247 36 240 28 267 26 312 10395 9435 28 246 32 243 26 261 28 306 9435 8573 25 243 27 242 23 254 28 301 8573 7804 21 238 22 239 20 245 26 297 7804 7115 18 229 18 230 17 233 22 294 7115 6490 16 215 14 216 15 216 16 290 6490 5931 14 197 13 193 15 199 9 287 5931 5459 15 183 14 176 16 190 3 271 5459 5093 14 176 14 170 15 183 3 149 5093 4840 11 169 13 167 12 175 7 138 4840 4686 8*163 10*164 9*168 6*140 4686 4597 3*129 5*159 3*146 3*124 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