DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/13 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 33.9 - - 35.6 - - 34.4 - - 30.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 87 - - 5 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 742 - - 1634 - - 463 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4580 - - 4581 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6242 - - 7134 - - 5963 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2501 - - 2633 - - 4088 - - 3325 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 140 - - 221 - - 60 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 11 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 204 - - 213 - - 195 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 10 - - 11 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - 10 - - 8 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 136 - - 701 - - 343 - - -254 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6107 - - 6433 - - 5620 - - 4852 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2120 - - -1293 - - -1562 - - -2162 ODpotential blCL - - - 8362 - - 8427 - - 7525 - - 6760 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 92 - - 95 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.9 - - 35.6 - - 34.4 - - 30.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.3 - - 23.6 - - 26.0 - - 25.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.4 - - 35.9 - - 35.6 - - 32.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.5 - - 22.8 - - 25.6 - - 25.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 87 - - 5 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 742 - - 1634 - - 463 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 71 - - 66 - - 78 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 97344 30 091 34 090 21 078 29 062 97344 90139 28 099 22 092 19 069 24 072 90139 84480 21 089 19 079 11 065 20 081 84480 79729 13 084 16 076 8 104 15 081 79729 75603 10 089 10 085 6 123 9 052 75603 71937 9 074 5 119 4 082 5 323 71937 68604 6 077 4 165 4 349 1 321 68604 65520 1 336 1 291 4 279 4 313 65520 62645 2 251 5 298 6 228 8 242 62645 59855 2 128 6 345 1 189 6 266 59855 56945 8 255 18 259 15 274 7 275 56945 53925 4 151 16 271 12 277 9 282 53925 51039 24 261 10 309 17 273 19 266 51039 48455 33 253 24 268 17 274 20 270 48455 46137 20 241 32 262 26 287 28 269 46137 44027 13 249 35 257 34 273 31 262 44027 42102 24 260 33 258 35 270 33 262 42102 40340 33 263 33 261 38 261 32 262 40340 38718 41 266 27 259 36 251 32 259 38718 37222 46 261 29 268 37 256 40 250 37222 35846 51 259 51 266 50 258 49 244 35846 34554 58 257 64 255 60 251 53 244 34554 33282 59 253 65 254 66 251 57 245 33282 32000 61 253 74 261 73 255 62 243 32000 30704 69 256 82 263 78 257 63 243 30704 29368 73 259 81 265 73 258 58 241 29368 27980 69 259 72 266 63 256 54 243 27980 26541 61 255 62 264 58 250 52 238 26541 25051 54 250 54 260 55 246 55 231 25051 23516 47 248 48 254 52 246 53 232 23516 21939 41 250 47 253 47 249 47 237 21939 20316 40 252 47 257 42 256 41 242 20316 18644 41 254 44 259 39 261 33 246 18644 16955 41 255 40 258 36 262 27 251 16955 15335 40 256 36 257 32 258 25 255 15335 13864 37 257 31 257 30 255 24 258 13864 12551 33 258 26 257 27 254 23 258 12551 11377 29 259 22 256 25 254 23 257 11377 10323 25 259 18 254 23 251 23 255 10323 9375 22 258 16 251 20 247 23 251 9375 8525 19 256 15 249 18 241 23 246 8525 7765 17 254 14*243 17 234 22 240 7765 7085 15 251 13*236 16 226 20 232 7085 6468 13*242 12 226 16*216 19 222 6468 5915 11*226 12 212 16*205 17 208 5915 5449 10 207 11 202 15 197 16 193 5449 5088 9 196 11 198 14 191 15 185 5088 4838 8 191 10 195 12 188 12 179 4838 4685 7 189 8 195 10 186 9*175 4685 4597 4 185 5 193 6 185 4*169 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