DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/14 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 = 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 35.3 - - 36.4 - - 37.7 - - 36.1 - - 36.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -1 - - 16 - - 1 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 441 - - 1247 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 5941 - - 6747 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4402 - - 2779 - - 3336 - - 4563 - - 3897 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 84 - - 68 - - 9 - - 9 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 1 - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 349 - - 268 - - 273 - - 130 - - 153 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 9 - - 11 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -14 - - -8 - - 6 - - -7 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -513 - - 1162 - - 1406 - - 1 - - -366 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5112 - - 4779 - - 5341 - - 4597 - - 4964 sfcLCL ODpotential -2891 - - -794 - - -632 - - -2440 - - -2481 ODpotential blCL 7489 - - 6735 - - 7379 - - 7038 - - 7079 blCL maxRH 99 - - 96 - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 35.3 - - 36.4 - - 37.7 - - 36.1 - - 36.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.8 - - 31.2 - - 30.2 - - 31.7 - - 30.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.8 - - 37.1 - - 38.8 - - 37.6 - - 37.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 27.9 - - 30.4 - - 29.3 - - 30.8 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -1 - - 16 - - 1 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 441 - - 1247 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 96 - - 86 - - 103 - - 103 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 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] 96709 69 042 66 041 68 044 61 043 66 040 96709 89750 57 040 54 044 45 035 48 029 49 038 89750 84267 42 036 44 043 33 038 36 025 37 036 84267 79639 31 031 35 034 30 022 29 019 30 031 79639 75614 27 023 20 029 21 006 23 010 28 018 75614 72044 19 008 19 024 14 354 14 002 17 012 72044 68772 20 314 11 334 12 295 9 309 6 336 68772 65756 15 270 11 285 13 260 16 293 22 294 65756 62970 10 302 21 294 18 287 28 286 27 289 62970 60249 26 302 29 291 27 257 29 261 29 269 60249 57383 31 284 22 268 25 246 31 289 32 292 57383 54413 33 282 27 273 33 284 45 289 43 299 54413 51602 36 284 41 286 48 286 48 289 49 300 51602 49083 46 290 48 288 53 286 54 300 61 301 49083 46817 52 292 48 289 57 286 61 304 65 293 46817 44754 52 294 50 296 58 287 68 305 62 298 44754 42865 54 292 57 299 57 293 76 307 74 310 42865 41129 54 287 62 300 61 302 80 305 87 306 41129 39521 54 282 64 299 69 309 77 303 85 303 39521 38024 55 279 64 298 75 313 74 307 82 308 38024 36629 57 276 66 297 77 314 81 314 89 315 36629 35305 58 273 66 296 75 315 90 318 102 320 35305 33986 59 271 64 292 73 314 96 318 124 323 33986 32638 60 271 61 288 72 310 96 318 136 322 32638 31259 64 271 60 287 70 304 90 316 128 321 31259 29833 69 270 60 286 67 300 81 311 119 317 29833 28358 73 269 63 284 65 295 77 306 107 314 28358 26844 69 270 65 280 63 290 75 302 94 308 26844 25295 62 272 66 278 61 284 71 298 84 305 25295 23716 58 272 66 279 60 283 64 291 73 303 23716 22107 57 270 64 282 59 283 59 286 64 299 22107 20460 57 267 60 284 58 283 57 283 58 292 20460 18767 56 264 55 281 56 282 55 283 55 288 18767 17058 54 264 51 276 53 280 52 284 52 287 17058 15423 51 267 46 275 49 281 47 286 47 288 15423 13939 46 273 41 277 44 283 40 289 40 291 13939 12617 41 278 35 279 38 285 32 292 31 293 12617 11435 35 283 32 281 33 285 25 293 24 294 11435 10374 29 286 30 281 29 285 21 293 19 293 10374 9420 24 288 28 281 26 283 19 293 16 292 9420 8563 20 290 26 280 23 282 16 291 14 291 8563 7797 16 292 23 279 20 280 14 291 12 289 7797 7111 12 297 18 278 16*279 10 292 10 288 7111 6488 9 303 14*277 13*277 7 295 8 285 6488 5930 6 312 9*275 10 275 4 303 5 276 5930 5459 4 319 6 270 7 271 2 313 4 257 5459 5094 3 324 4 263 5 268 0 122 3 218 5094 4841 1 341 3 259 4 266 2 133 3 171 4841 4686 1*113 2 256 3 267 3*129 4*149 4686 4597 1*125 1 255 2 267 2*125 2*141 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