DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 28.0 - - 30.5 - - 32.0 - - 28.0 - - 27.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -13 - - 2 - - 15 - - -6 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 159 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 - - 4580 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 4598 - - 5659 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3426 - - 2279 - - 2287 - - 1817 - - 1931 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 16 - - 59 - - 9 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 9 - - 13 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 145 - - 159 - - 171 - - 154 - - 151 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 6 - - 11 - - 11 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - -7 - - 3 - - -3 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -924 - - -1114 - - 409 - - 2 - - 2 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5523 - - 5712 - - 5251 - - 4597 - - 4597 sfcLCL ODpotential -3559 - - -4598 - - -1706 - - -1607 - - -2486 ODpotential blCL 8157 - - 9196 - - 7365 - - 6205 - - 7084 blCL maxRH 86 - - 80 - - 88 - - 94 - - 98 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.0 - - 30.5 - - 32.0 - - 28.0 - - 27.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 20.2 - - 21.7 - - 24.9 - - 25.8 - - 24.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 31.6 - - 31.7 - - 32.8 - - 29.6 - - 30.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 20.0 - - 20.9 - - 24.2 - - 26.0 - - 24.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -13 - - 2 - - 15 - - -6 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 159 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 43 - - 20 - - 51 - - 77 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97110 55 081 39 053 28 039 24 035 21 047 97110 89782 38 077 28 049 20 034 18 015 26 022 89782 84059 29 052 24 036 29 018 24 015 26 014 84059 79310 33 024 24 006 30 012 21 012 26 009 79310 75223 23 006 22 354 33 347 27 337 33 354 75223 71589 20 346 31 339 35 336 35 328 39 337 71589 68276 34 333 30 332 36 334 39 321 39 331 68276 65215 29 316 37 326 43 323 43 321 48 331 65215 62386 43 304 45 309 49 312 51 324 58 328 62386 59655 42 309 48 310 50 309 59 319 65 317 59655 56803 55 321 54 320 55 312 63 315 67 310 56803 53828 70 321 67 323 61 315 67 311 70 309 53828 50972 79 317 78 318 72 315 73 308 76 310 50972 48400 87 317 88 314 83 314 78 307 81 308 48400 46097 94 316 93 314 89 312 80 308 85 306 46097 44007 95 315 97 316 94 312 84 311 85 305 44007 42092 95 318 100 315 97 312 87 312 83 308 42092 40331 97 322 100 314 98 312 90 312 84 310 40331 38705 102 322 101 314 99 310 96 311 86 309 38705 37196 106 321 107 314 100 309 100 307 87 307 37196 35793 109 322 114 312 101 308 100 303 84 305 35793 34459 114 321 116 309 103 307 99 301 79 304 34459 33133 118 321 114 309 105 306 95 301 73 305 33133 31790 117 320 105 309 101 304 89 302 69 307 31790 30440 109 320 98 307 86 303 76 304 60 308 30440 29070 99 321 91 302 71 302 61 303 49 304 29070 27668 93 321 91 297 69 302 53 291 40 297 27668 26232 94 319 93 298 68 299 40 274 34 299 26232 24760 91 318 92 306 64 299 39 276 29 305 24760 23250 79 322 85 313 62 294 38 285 26 307 23250 21705 69 325 67 313 63 287 38 294 26 306 21705 20116 61 329 54 307 59 287 40 299 28 304 20116 18478 53 331 44 302 48 295 42 298 31 300 18478 16820 49 328 35 302 38 296 40 293 32 300 16820 15229 44 325 33 303 33 284 33 285 32 304 15229 13780 38 319 32 301 27 274 28 274 34 307 13780 12486 31 314 28 299 23 266 26 265 37 306 12486 11325 26 312 22 298 20 258 26 258 38 302 11325 10282 22 310 18 297 20 251 28 251 37 298 10282 9343 20 308 17 292 20 244 29 246 34 293 9343 8499 19 305 16 285 21 239 28 241 29 286 8499 7745 17 300 16 277 20 232 25 234 24 279 7745 7070 15 293 15 268 18 221 21 224 18 267 7070 6457 12 285 12 255 16 204 17 208 13 248 6457 5908 8 271 9 223 16*188 16 187 11 210 5908 5445 5 243 9 184 16*176 17 173 11 182 5445 5086 4 206 11 163 15 171 17 167 13 170 5086 4836 4 161 10 158 13 169 14 162 12 163 4836 4684 4*148 9*157 11 167 9*153 8*159 4684 4597 3*142 4*153 5 163 3*125 3*138 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