DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 16.5 - - 18.6 - - 27.4 - - 24.8 - - 19.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -18 - - -6 - - 35 - - -3 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 167 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4579 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4597 - - 4597 - - 5667 - - 4598 - - 4597 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 780 - - 1332 - - 1293 - - 1894 - - 1073 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 9 - - 78 - - 6 - - 5 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 9 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 104 - - 121 - - 196 - - 162 - - 117 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -23 - - -15 - - 5 - - -6 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2934 - - -828 - - -457 - - -547 - - -1343 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7532 - - 5426 - - 6125 - - 5145 - - 5940 sfcLCL ODpotential -10992 - - -7156 - - -4861 - - -4727 - - -6508 ODpotential blCL 15589 - - 11753 - - 10528 - - 9325 - - 11105 blCL maxRH 66 - - 77 - - 79 - - 77 - - 76 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 16.5 - - 18.6 - - 27.4 - - 24.8 - - 19.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 0.5 - - 11.6 - - 17.1 - - 18.8 - - 10.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 24.6 - - 22.9 - - 27.9 - - 28.3 - - 25.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 4.8 - - 11.6 - - 16.0 - - 17.8 - - 14.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -18 - - -6 - - 35 - - -3 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 167 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 9 - - 16 - - 9 - - 2 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95609 21 355 24 344 20 336 31 334 11 356 95609 88860 12 027 23 355 25 359 29 353 18 010 88860 83525 18 028 24 006 30 358 28 359 31 006 83525 79016 26 016 21 000 26 352 27 354 31 358 79016 75068 32 010 23 012 23 003 21 358 34 354 75068 71524 39 001 35 003 30 359 28 359 38 354 71524 68280 39 355 39 353 37 350 38 357 40 354 68280 65285 35 353 41 353 40 353 46 356 43 355 65285 62496 39 344 44 349 46 351 57 347 47 354 62496 59771 44 337 48 347 51 344 59 338 51 350 59771 56896 49 339 50 347 52 342 57 336 56 345 56896 53892 56 343 52 346 53 344 58 339 61 344 53892 51030 65 344 58 344 59 342 62 342 69 345 51030 48475 71 343 62 341 65 337 69 343 75 345 48475 46201 75 341 66 339 69 336 72 341 77 341 46201 44147 75 339 69 339 71 336 72 338 75 337 44147 42269 76 340 71 340 72 337 72 337 73 335 42269 40537 78 339 75 339 73 336 74 338 72 336 40537 38932 79 338 78 337 76 335 77 339 74 337 38932 37441 80 334 80 335 80 335 82 338 77 337 37441 36059 79 330 82 334 83 337 86 338 80 338 36059 34756 78 328 83 334 85 338 86 337 81 338 34756 33468 77 327 81 334 86 337 82 336 77 336 33468 32162 76 328 78 335 82 335 77 336 72 335 32162 30837 76 330 77 335 78 334 72 336 69 335 30837 29475 76 330 76 334 76 334 70 335 68 334 29475 28066 75 329 77 333 75 332 69 334 69 334 28066 26610 73 330 78 331 74 330 69 333 69 334 26610 25109 72 333 78 331 73 328 69 333 68 334 25109 23568 69 334 74 333 71 328 68 332 67 333 23568 21991 64 334 69 336 65 330 66 331 65 331 21991 20371 59 336 64 340 57 331 62 330 62 331 20371 18698 54 339 59 341 51 331 56 328 57 331 18698 17002 50 342 53 340 48 330 52 329 52 333 17002 15370 47 344 48 338 45 328 47 330 46 335 15370 13885 45 345 42 338 42 327 43 330 40 337 13885 12561 41 345 36 338 37 325 39 328 35 338 12561 11376 36 344 29 339 32 323 35 325 31 339 11376 10314 31 343 23 338 26 320 30 323 29 338 10314 9360 25 341 18 335 22 317 26 322 26 335 9360 8507 19 339 13 328 19 316 23 321 22 332 8507 7747 13 333 10 316 15 316 19 320 18 328 7747 7067 9 321 8 301 11 314 15 319 14 323 7067 6452 5 302 6 286 7 312 11 317 10 315 6452 5902 2 265 3 264 4*308 7 315 7 304 5902 5439 2 180 3 226 1*236 3 315 4 285 5439 5081 3 136 2 200 2 193 0 275 2 243 5081 4834 5 114 2 151 2 194 1 160 1 152 4834 4683 4*110 3*123 2 191 2*159 2*116 4683 4596 4*104 2*119 2 191 2*163 3*117 4596 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