DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/18 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.2 - - 76.9 - - - - - 65.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 211 - - 282 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5329 - - 7225 - - - - - 2571 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9099 - - 10722 - - - - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10829 - - 12725 - - - - - 8071 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2827 - - 2465 - - - - - 4189 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 448 - - 543 - - - - - 90 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 21 - - - - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 212 - - 219 - - - - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 19 - - - - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 43 - - 26 - - - - - 13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1300 - - 67 - - - - - 55 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12130 - - 12659 - - - - - 8017 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5853 - - -3578 - - - - - -2393 ODpotential blCL - - - 16682 - - 16303 - - - - - 10464 blCL maxRH - - - 35 - - 37 - - - - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 10 - - - - - 220 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.2 - - 76.9 - - - - - 65.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.8 - - 37.1 - - - - - 45.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.9 - - 76.4 - - - - - 66.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.5 - - 35.8 - - - - - 45.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 211 - - 282 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5329 - - 7225 - - - - - 2571 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 7 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] 100126 34 115 23 106 26 096 100126 92591 26 104 23 100 28 111 92591 86770 23 102 21 094 22 096 86770 81919 22 104 16 109 16 094 81919 77741 22 112 15 120 16 088 77741 74037 18 117 14 110 14 088 74037 70681 13 118 9 101 13 122 70681 67611 9 121 8 158 11 103 67611 64768 8 113 7 152 6 093 64768 62009 8 171 6 181 1 014 62009 59117 8 184 13 186 2 089 59117 56107 7 217 13 198 19 249 56107 53250 10 287 9 224 27 215 53250 50696 45 225 10 235 22 182 50696 48388 48 215 28 245 15 214 48388 46265 47 221 51 234 36 249 46265 44314 55 230 61 232 51 251 44314 42518 67 234 67 236 62 252 42518 40859 74 234 76 238 72 251 40859 39321 75 232 82 236 79 250 39321 37892 74 229 84 234 82 250 37892 36536 74 227 83 232 81 249 36536 35185 73 225 81 230 77 249 35185 33811 70 224 78 230 77 248 33811 32414 66 225 75 230 77 249 32414 30976 62 227 69 232 77 252 30976 29489 58 227 59 232 77 254 29489 27954 54 227 49 233 76 253 27954 26371 49 227 47 234 75 250 26371 24740 45 228 48 234 73 249 24740 23066 44 230 51 234 67 250 23066 21347 45 231 53 232 59 250 21347 19577 46 232 54 231 50 251 19577 17787 46 232 53 230 41 252 17787 16069 43 231 49 229 34 252 16069 14505 39 227 43 228 30 250 14505 13109 36 222 35*225 27 248 13109 11858 33*220 29*220 24 246 11858 10733 29*218 24 217 22 247 10733 9721 26 216 22 216 19 252 9721 8811 23 214 21 217 17*261 8811 7998 21 212 21 218 17*271 7998 7269 18 210 20 219 16 277 7269 6608 17 209 20 220 16 281 6608 6015 16 208 19 221 16 284 6015 5515 15 207 18 221 16 285 5515 5127 14 207 17 222 15 286 5127 4858 13 206 16 222 13 286 4858 4694 11 206 14 223 11 286 4694 4599 8 207 9 223 6 287 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