DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/17 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 1002z - - 1601z - - 1900z - - 2158z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 40.0 - - 48.1 - - 52.4 - - 51.6 - - 44.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 5 - - 165 - - 181 - - 53 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3775 - - 6522 - - 5521 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4620 - - 7779 - - 9901 - - 8095 - - 4621 Hcrit BL Top 4638 - - 9275 - - 12022 - - 11021 - - 4638 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3305 - - 2492 - - 2250 - - 2710 - - 5625 Hgt.Variab. W* 19 - - 362 - - 447 - - 281 - - 0 W* B/S 2 - - 10 - - 10 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 120 - - 309 - - 300 - - 304 - - 348 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 11 - - 9 - - 9 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - 10 - - 8 - - 21 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -252 - - 2135 - - 3535 - - 2261 - - -1844 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4890 - - 7140 - - 8487 - - 8760 - - 6483 sfcLCL ODpotential -2313 - - 443 - - 2071 - - 626 - - -4194 ODpotential blCL 6951 - - 8832 - - 9951 - - 10395 - - 8832 blCL maxRH 89 - - 87 - - 96 - - 90 - - 89 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 60 - - 130 - - 60 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 40.0 - - 48.1 - - 52.4 - - 51.6 - - 44.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 34.8 - - 33.0 - - 31.4 - - 29.4 - - 32.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 41.2 - - 47.9 - - 52.2 - - 52.2 - - 47.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 34.0 - - 31.9 - - 30.4 - - 28.7 - - 31.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 5 - - 165 - - 181 - - 53 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3775 - - 6522 - - 5521 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 56 - - 49 - - 86 - - 62 - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 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] 98163 11 305 8 282 10 276 17 278 11 276 98163 90802 18 281 11 275 12 240 18 271 20 271 90802 85136 14 268 21 278 20 270 18 262 18 261 85136 80407 20 262 20 260 21 263 20 262 23 262 80407 76309 27 258 23 253 25 253 28 262 28 268 76309 72681 26 258 29 254 29 255 30 263 27 272 72681 69376 26 263 29 251 32 260 33 266 27 274 69376 66316 27 261 27 256 35 260 38 265 32 272 66316 63473 31 261 30 256 35 257 38 264 35 267 63473 60726 35 264 34 254 33 260 35 267 34 266 60726 57863 39 265 35 260 35 265 34 271 34 269 57863 54888 41 263 38 267 39 267 38 270 37 272 54888 52050 43 266 43 267 45 267 42 266 43 272 52050 49503 47 270 48 265 50 268 47 267 47 270 49503 47227 52 271 52 266 56 267 52 269 50 269 47227 45163 58 271 56 268 60 264 57 268 51 268 45163 43268 63 270 59 270 60 262 59 267 53 267 43268 41517 66 270 61 270 58 263 59 265 54 266 41517 39895 67 271 62 269 56 265 57 265 53 265 39895 38393 67 271 63 269 55 268 56 266 52 264 38393 37004 69 272 63 271 57 270 58 265 52 263 37004 35695 70 272 65 275 60 271 60 263 52 262 35695 34392 71 273 69 278 61 272 60 263 52 262 34392 33065 73 276 72 278 62 274 57 264 50 262 33065 31710 75 278 74 279 61 275 54 267 47 262 31710 30311 76 278 74 280 59 276 52 269 46 262 30311 28859 72 278 73 282 57 278 50 271 47 263 28859 27356 67 280 72 283 55 278 48 271 48 264 27356 25805 61 282 68 283 55 278 46 270 49 265 25805 24208 53 284 60 283 54 277 45 271 50 266 24208 22570 42 286 51 283 53 278 45 273 49 266 22570 20883 32 289 39 282 48 279 44 278 46 267 20883 19144 25 290 28 279 40 279 40 281 41 268 19144 17388 21 287 19 277 31 277 33 279 35 268 17388 15709 20 283 16 277 23 271 25 273 28 266 15709 14190 19 282 16 277 16 268 17 264 21 261 14190 12838 18 283 16 282 13*269 13 255 15 251 12838 11629 16 286 16 288 11*276 13*256 10 245 11629 10543 16 289 14 293 10 282 11*267 8 246 10543 9567 15 292 14*296 10 289 10 285 5 262 9567 8691 14 295 13*298 9 298 9 299 3 304 8691 7907 12 299 11 301 8 307 9 307 4 342 7907 7206 11 303 8 308 8 312 9 312 6 354 7206 6569 9 307 5 317 7 317 9 316 7 356 6569 5999 7 308 4 321 7 320 9 319 9 357 5999 5517 5 306 4 325 6 323 9 320 9 354 5517 5144 2 295 3 330 6 325 8 322 8 350 5144 4885 1 147 3 330 6 326 8 322 7 345 4885 4728 2*119 3 331 5 327 7 323 5*345 4728 4637 2*111 2 330 4 326 5 323 3*351 4637 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