DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 36.4 - - 39.3 - - 35.1 - - 32.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 25 - - 51 - - -3 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 556 - - 1467 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6056 - - 6967 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1827 - - 1594 - - 3204 - - 2249 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 105 - - 183 - - 4 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 10 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 176 - - 183 - - 154 - - 078 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 9 - - -4 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 900 - - 1347 - - 1 - - -416 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5156 - - 5620 - - 4597 - - 5014 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1644 - - -696 - - -2892 - - -4512 ODpotential blCL - - - 7700 - - 7663 - - 7490 - - 9110 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 77 - - 76 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.4 - - 39.3 - - 35.1 - - 32.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 30.8 - - 31.4 - - 26.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.1 - - 39.7 - - 38.2 - - 36.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.1 - - 29.7 - - 30.7 - - 25.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 25 - - 51 - - -3 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 556 - - 1467 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 14 - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 97192 23 078 32 053 30 057 23 041 97192 90088 25 073 24 062 22 058 23 061 90088 84477 20 062 20 061 16 065 23 054 84477 79794 16 064 12 053 14 047 19 053 79794 75750 16 058 11 057 17 048 13 055 75750 72152 15 057 6 020 11 028 7 061 72152 68866 12 014 7 041 7 009 6 052 68866 65829 10 347 8 340 8 330 11 015 65829 63012 10 317 6 279 12 302 18 321 63012 60284 17 312 13 318 10 296 12 291 60284 57426 20 305 22 320 17 334 9 326 57426 54460 24 305 27 300 29 318 22 326 54460 51655 20 308 31 300 39 296 21 291 51655 49148 38 334 31 312 30 298 6 278 49148 46882 47 332 37 341 11 295 22 322 46882 44830 56 339 57 341 44 313 50 315 44830 42978 67 333 75 318 63 305 50 305 42978 41284 73 327 77 313 60 304 45 300 41284 39717 75 321 62 317 50 314 37 300 39717 38249 68 320 61 340 46 337 30 314 38249 36874 62 337 67 347 50 341 31 320 36874 35566 73 356 72 343 53 337 36 323 35566 34261 82 356 72 339 53 333 41 316 34261 32926 92 349 71 336 57 327 48 311 32926 31565 92 346 69 333 58 328 48 319 31565 30165 85 350 65 341 53 331 37 322 30165 28711 78 358 63 349 46 346 30 330 28711 27203 71 004 58 343 45 003 29 342 27203 25642 54 008 45 342 36 354 26 352 25642 24035 38 016 33 354 33 329 21 344 24035 22388 24 017 23 348 29 326 22 323 22388 20703 9 359 20 329 22 330 19 313 20703 18972 10 334 19 325 17 334 10 314 18972 17228 11 341 16 326 15 336 7 319 17228 15559 10 341 14 328 12 333 5 324 15559 14046 8 337 10 333 7 326 1 313 14046 12697 6 335 5 337 3 296 2 177 12697 11492 5 337 0 218 4 227 5 186 11492 10413 2 339 4 183 6 217 7 195 10413 9445 0 223 7 196 8 215 8 200 9445 8578 4 171 9 196 8 211 9 200 8578 7806 6 172 11 193 8 206 9 195 7806 7115 9 173 11*189 7 204 9 189 7115 6490 10*176 11*186 7 207 9 187 6490 5930 9*180 11 183 7 192 9 184 5930 5458 8 180 10 181 8 180 9 178 5458 5093 6 175 10 181 7 168 8 167 5093 4840 5 169 9 182 6 157 7 150 4840 4686 4 166 7 182 4*142 5*129 4686 4597 2 160 5 185 2*083 3*078 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