DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.9 - - 40.9 - - 39.0 - - 35.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 135 - - 42 - - 15 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3480 - - 3289 - - 1026 - - 409 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7494 - - 6240 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8980 - - 8789 - - 6526 - - 5909 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1820 - - 2714 - - 4120 - - 3159 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 337 - - 229 - - 113 - - 40 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 20 - - 19 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 242 - - 223 - - 199 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 20 - - 18 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - 20 - - 30 - - 14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1719 - - 2655 - - 1055 - - 1170 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7262 - - 6134 - - 5471 - - 4739 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -807 - - 611 - - -751 - - -693 ODpotential blCL - - - 9787 - - 8178 - - 7277 - - 6602 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 101 - - 97 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.9 - - 40.9 - - 39.0 - - 35.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.0 - - 29.8 - - 30.8 - - 30.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 41.1 - - 41.6 - - 40.0 - - 36.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.8 - - 28.7 - - 30.2 - - 29.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 135 - - 42 - - 15 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3480 - - 3289 - - 1026 - - 409 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 25 - - 103 - - 88 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96480 8 206 9 230 16 282 8 299 96480 89167 4 166 15 212 10 275 4 250 89167 83575 5 224 10 205 5 283 8 193 83575 78933 12 235 6 273 10 235 6 229 78933 74913 10 234 5 260 7 233 7 227 74913 71334 11 247 12 260 4 315 10 217 71334 68076 18 228 13 251 9 296 6 235 68076 65064 14 203 9 243 13 307 3 316 65064 62245 13 266 14 276 20 279 12 304 62245 59504 20 259 11 249 16 278 15 303 59504 56632 10 236 9 286 10 302 18 302 56632 53645 14 274 21 293 27 285 26 287 53645 50807 34 267 29 269 22 288 19 291 50807 48248 29 262 25 278 22 305 25 296 48248 45948 31 265 36 271 28 272 36 277 45948 43882 36 267 46 258 35 263 32 272 43882 42005 40 266 47 256 44 269 33 278 42005 40275 43 262 45 258 55 262 42 275 40275 38678 42 261 52 265 58 259 55 268 38678 37201 45 271 60 266 69 262 71 260 37201 35835 57 281 68 268 84 261 77 256 35835 34542 62 281 72 269 94 261 83 258 34542 33259 60 277 72 270 99 261 93 262 33259 31956 59 275 69 267 100 259 106 264 31956 30631 56 273 65 263 98 257 112 264 30631 29268 52 270 66 261 93 253 109 262 29268 27860 49 267 66 261 88 251 101 259 27860 26413 47 264 62 260 84 251 91 256 26413 24930 45 264 59 259 79 252 82 254 24930 23407 43 265 60 260 74 252 76 252 23407 21842 41 267 59 260 70 252 72 252 21842 20232 40 269 54 256 67 252 65 253 20232 18575 40 271 48 253 61 251 56 253 18575 16902 38 271 43 253 53 253 48 253 16902 15299 35 267 39 256 46 254 43 252 15299 13843 32 260 36 257 40 252 40 250 13843 12542 30 253 32 254 37 247 40 249 12542 11377 28 248 29 249 36 242 42 247 11377 10329 26 246 28 243 36 238 43 245 10329 9385 23*244 27*240 35 235 43 243 9385 8537 20*243 26*237 33 231 42 241 8537 7778 19 243 25 233 30 227 38 239 7778 7097 17 242 23 227 27*221 33 235 7097 6479 15 242 21 221 24*213 28 228 6479 5925 14 241 19 216 22 203 22*215 5925 5456 13 241 18 212 20 196 19*199 5456 5092 11 240 16 210 18 192 17 187 5092 4840 10 240 14 208 16 189 14 180 4840 4686 9 240 12 208 13 188 11 176 4686 4597 6 241 7 208 7 185 6 170 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