DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/07 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 32.5 - - 36.0 - - 37.6 - - 34.3 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -15 - - 18 - - 33 - - -13 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3111 - - 2944 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 - - 4581 Hcrit BL Top 4598 - - 8611 - - 8444 - - 4598 - - 4598 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4899 - - 2139 - - 3130 - - 5092 - - 4401 Hgt.Variab. W* 9 - - 176 - - 203 - - 10 - - 9 W* B/S 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 23 - - 20 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 039 - - 305 - - 299 - - 322 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 27 - - 23 - - 9 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg -16 - - 35 - - 42 - - -7 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -403 - - 2249 - - 1620 - - -1112 - - -1252 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5001 - - 6362 - - 6825 - - 5710 - - 5851 sfcLCL ODpotential -2766 - - 216 - - -327 - - -3635 - - -4057 ODpotential blCL 7364 - - 8395 - - 8771 - - 8233 - - 8655 blCL maxRH 86 - - 91 - - 87 - - 82 - - 89 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 32.5 - - 36.0 - - 37.6 - - 34.3 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.6 - - 24.2 - - 23.8 - - 25.5 - - 23.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.1 - - 36.8 - - 38.3 - - 36.4 - - 35.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.9 - - 23.1 - - 22.6 - - 24.5 - - 22.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -15 - - 18 - - 33 - - -13 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3111 - - 2944 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 44 - - 62 - - 49 - - 26 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96886 7 012 10 305 17 359 10 026 8 000 96886 89691 8 349 10 019 10 032 15 020 20 011 89691 84081 13 358 16 025 8 026 14 021 23 014 84081 79378 14 353 14 015 9 354 15 350 22 015 79378 75302 19 338 16 356 7 329 14 326 18 358 75302 71701 25 313 19 345 11 314 15 331 10 334 71701 68427 27 305 17 320 11 306 13 317 12 330 68427 65396 27 290 18 305 9 296 15 300 19 299 65396 62588 29 307 21 277 23 296 17 311 19 294 62588 59877 40 302 18 269 32 277 14 304 15 332 59877 57034 43 294 28 295 27 273 24 305 16 337 57034 54054 41 296 47 289 34 305 31 304 25 313 54054 51196 35 294 51 286 37 315 41 311 38 300 51196 48630 36 297 44 284 41 310 43 314 47 311 48630 46348 41 298 42 290 49 295 51 308 50 312 46348 44292 45 294 40 298 49 293 54 304 53 308 44292 42415 46 287 41 300 45 301 54 303 55 305 42415 40687 44 283 43 301 44 309 55 304 56 305 40687 39090 41 283 45 302 49 308 57 306 60 309 39090 37613 36 283 47 302 56 301 61 307 71 311 37613 36244 33 285 50 298 60 298 65 307 79 310 36244 34945 33 284 49 294 60 299 67 308 80 311 34945 33645 32 282 43 292 58 302 67 309 81 313 33645 32319 28 279 37 296 55 305 67 310 82 315 32319 30968 23 275 38 308 48 308 67 311 82 317 30968 29580 17 260 40 314 43 312 67 311 81 318 29580 28147 11 191 33 313 41 315 64 310 78 318 28147 26669 20 134 23 312 36 317 55 309 75 318 26669 25148 21 112 16 310 25 319 48 309 71 318 25148 23589 7 111 18 306 24 311 48 311 64 316 23589 21997 10 252 25 300 24 305 50 308 56 311 21997 20370 16 252 31 297 27 299 46 303 46 308 20370 18699 18 273 35 296 31 295 39 300 40 310 18699 17011 24 294 34 296 33 294 35 300 37 312 17011 15393 29 307 32 299 33 297 33 303 35 311 15393 13919 33 315 31 304 32 302 33 305 32 313 13919 12604 36 317 32 308 32 308 33 307 29 318 12604 11424 39 315 33 309 34 310 34 307 28 322 11424 10364 42 310 35 307 35 309 35 305 28 324 10364 9410 44 305 35*304 35 307 34 303 28 322 9410 8553 44 302 33*303 33*305 33 301 29 317 8553 7788 42 300 31 303 29*302 30 299 29 311 7788 7102 39 299 28 303 26 300 26 298 28 305 7102 6480 34 299 24 305 22 299 21 299 26 301 6480 5924 27 301 21 306 20 298 16 301 21 298 5924 5455 20 306 17 308 17 298 11 306 16 296 5455 5091 13 317 15 309 15 298 7 313 11 296 5091 4839 8 331 13 310 13 297 3 323 6 299 4839 4685 4*350 10 310 11 297 1*357 1*333 4685 4597 2*091 7 309 7 296 2*114 2*106 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