DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/01 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 - - - 79.0 - - 81.1 - - 76.4 - - 65.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 223 - - 282 - - 153 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5396 - - 9260 - - 9166 - - 2438 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9158 - - 12334 - - 11845 - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10896 - - 14760 - - 14666 - - 7938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2822 - - 2289 - - 1958 - - 4501 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 452 - - 585 - - 477 - - 70 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 26 - - 24 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 226 - - 220 - - 233 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 29 - - 24 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 32 - - 56 - - 38 - - 33 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2330 - - 1414 - - 1927 - - -158 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13227 - - 13347 - - 12739 - - 8097 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5639 - - -416 - - 144 - - -2502 ODpotential blCL - - - 16535 - - 15176 - - 14522 - - 10440 blCL maxRH - - - 63 - - 70 - - 73 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - 40 - - 240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 79.0 - - 81.1 - - 76.4 - - 65.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.6 - - 38.0 - - 36.1 - - 45.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.6 - - 80.4 - - 76.4 - - 66.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.7 - - 37.1 - - 35.3 - - 44.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 223 - - 282 - - 153 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5396 - - 9260 - - 9166 - - 2438 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 100127 23 117 21 101 19 106 17 100 100127 92571 15 111 16 099 16 095 20 103 92571 86716 15 126 13 104 13 101 17 089 86716 81845 14 117 14 110 7 104 14 085 81845 77640 12 112 10 124 9 075 12 082 77640 73920 11 096 7 138 5 090 5 078 73920 70555 4 140 2 161 5 092 7 073 70555 67451 5 157 5 242 6 291 6 038 67451 64564 10 191 6 205 2 305 2 016 64564 61763 13 209 16 246 16 254 10 263 61763 58850 14 265 18 246 23 232 25 226 58850 55863 15 266 17 249 17 205 19 197 55863 53011 34 258 32 259 20 243 28 232 53011 50423 49 252 52 251 50 247 46 237 50423 48100 61 247 66 243 66 243 54 241 48100 45992 72 242 76 237 72 240 60 245 45992 44065 79 239 81 236 77 242 69 248 44065 42294 84 241 83 239 86 243 80 248 42294 40660 89 242 87 242 86 240 90 247 40660 39149 92 241 92 244 85 243 98 247 39149 37747 93 240 95 243 92 248 106 249 37747 36414 91 240 96 242 97 248 112 249 36414 35079 89 241 97 239 96 245 110 247 35079 33713 87 241 96 238 91 243 103 245 33713 32319 85 240 93 238 88 241 98 244 32319 30883 83 240 90 238 86 240 94 243 30883 29396 79 241 87 237 84 240 91 243 29396 27859 73 240 82 236 81 240 87 243 27859 26275 67 239 77 235 77 239 83 243 26275 24647 62 235 70 234 73 238 78 242 24647 22980 58 232 65 231 69 235 72 241 22980 21268 54 230 61 229 65 232 64 241 21268 19507 52 229 57 228 61 231 54 241 19507 17727 49 228 53 227 55 231 46 240 17727 16019 46 228 46*226 44*232 41 239 16019 14466 44 229 39*222 33*231 37 235 14466 13078 41 231 33 219 27 230 34 233 13078 11835 38*233 29 217 26 232 31 234 11835 10716 32*235 27 218 26 232 30 238 10716 9708 28 235 26 218 25 233 27 243 9708 8802 23 232 25 219 25 235 25 252 8802 7991 19 227 24 220 24 235 23*261 7991 7265 17 222 23 221 23 236 22*267 7265 6604 15 217 23 221 23 236 22 271 6604 6013 14 213 22 222 22 237 21 272 6013 5514 13 211 21 222 21 237 20 274 5514 5127 12 210 19 223 19 237 18 274 5127 4858 11 209 17 223 18 237 15 275 4858 4694 10 209 15 223 15 237 12 276 4694 4599 7 209 10 224 9 237 7 275 4599 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