DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1556z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 50.0 - - 47.4 - - 43.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 16 - - 69 - - 2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1372 - - 4499 - - 2993 - - 555 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 7721 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6872 - - 9999 - - 8493 - - 6055 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2253 - - 3324 - - 3964 - - 4972 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 128 - - 291 - - 95 - - 23 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 23 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 232 - - 271 - - 279 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 23 - - 14 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 21 - - 56 - - 6 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1127 - - 2619 - - 1556 - - -365 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5745 - - 7381 - - 6937 - - 6420 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -772 - - 958 - - -437 - - -2599 ODpotential blCL - - - 7644 - - 9041 - - 8930 - - 8654 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 94 - - 84 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 130 - - 120 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 50.0 - - 47.4 - - 43.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.6 - - 33.2 - - 32.7 - - 30.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.0 - - 50.7 - - 48.6 - - 46.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.9 - - 32.5 - - 31.9 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 16 - - 69 - - 2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1372 - - 4499 - - 2993 - - 555 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 98 - - 78 - - 35 - - 43 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 97759 16 356 20 359 18 340 11 348 97759 90487 12 321 16 319 20 313 22 327 90487 84842 16 345 10 335 13 313 14 321 84842 80128 21 310 22 305 18 314 8 354 80128 76022 12 302 12 286 20 293 14 341 76022 72391 18 328 2 119 9 275 15 293 72391 69125 36 313 26 342 4 336 8 238 69125 66107 37 305 38 326 9 354 13 308 66107 63269 21 292 34 302 28 322 34 301 63269 60510 7 356 12 306 32 293 26 291 60510 57618 30 319 9 277 23 282 19 297 57618 54599 40 301 26 307 31 294 37 295 54599 51725 41 284 39 277 38 288 39 284 51725 49149 31 278 38 268 33 284 33 276 49149 46844 27 285 27 280 27 291 33 276 46844 44754 34 284 23 287 30 290 38 273 44754 42849 45 274 35 278 40 276 41 270 42849 41100 55 263 55 269 51 262 43 267 41100 39475 62 257 70 260 62 258 46 259 39475 37959 69 256 77 254 72 257 51 256 37959 36545 75 256 81 251 80 255 60 257 36545 35207 82 256 85 251 85 252 73 257 35207 33879 92 256 89 251 89 252 84 254 33879 32530 99 255 93 250 93 250 90 252 32530 31160 99 254 98 250 97 248 92 250 31160 29751 97 253 102 250 100 247 90 250 29751 28294 99 251 105 251 101 248 87 250 28294 26792 100 249 105 250 98 250 82 250 26792 25251 100 245 101 249 90 252 75 250 25251 23676 99 243 95 247 79 253 66 249 23676 22075 95 242 89 247 68 254 54 250 22075 20443 89 243 81 248 58 256 43 252 20443 18770 82 247 71 251 51 257 34 255 18770 17082 75 251 60 254 45 260 29 258 17082 15462 64 256 48 256 40 263 28 258 15462 13988 53 259 41 260 35 264 28 257 13988 12672 45 260 36 265 30 266 27 257 12672 11491 41 260 34 268 27 268 25 257 11491 10429 38 259 32*270 24 270 22 258 10429 9471 36 257 30*271 22 272 20 260 9471 8610 34 253 28 272 19*274 17 264 8610 7838 31 249 26 272 16*276 15 270 7838 7145 26*244 24 272 13 278 13 277 7145 6515 21*239 22 272 10 280 11*286 6515 5951 17 234 20 271 8 282 10*295 5951 5473 14 231 17 270 6 283 8 302 5473 5102 12 228 16 269 6 281 7 306 5102 4845 10 227 14 268 5 278 6 305 4845 4688 8 226 12 268 4 276 5 304 4688 4598 5 223 7 268 2 271 1 093 4598 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