DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/15 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.5 - - 74.2 - - - - - 65.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 201 - - 190 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4287 - - 8284 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8273 - - 11336 - - - - - 4583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9787 - - 13784 - - - - - 4600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2754 - - 2037 - - - - - 6352 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 408 - - 501 - - - - - 12 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 6 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 15 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 294 - - 309 - - - - - 162 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 19 - - - - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 5 - - 30 - - - - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 232 - - 2457 - - - - - -2816 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9556 - - 11328 - - - - - 7416 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2394 - - 214 - - - - - -5509 ODpotential blCL - - - 12181 - - 13570 - - - - - 10109 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 96 - - - - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 120 - - 90 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.5 - - 74.2 - - - - - 65.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.5 - - 40.3 - - - - - 48.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.1 - - 74.0 - - - - - 68.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.4 - - 39.2 - - - - - 47.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 201 - - 190 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4287 - - 8284 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 48 - - 84 - - - - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 8 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] 99454 31 103 23 123 32 099 99454 91902 26 110 24 104 29 098 91902 86083 25 103 21 089 25 104 86083 81265 21 101 18 087 22 108 81265 77123 15 097 18 073 22 097 77123 73473 12 110 12 067 18 079 73473 70173 14 096 11 086 16 056 70173 67135 11 077 10 063 13 037 67135 64314 13 060 8 043 12 028 64314 61574 16 031 9 024 11 006 61574 58711 17 017 11 013 13 345 58711 55745 21 004 15 000 15 334 55745 52936 29 352 23 349 14 341 52936 50416 40 349 36 335 40 329 50416 48153 44 343 39 335 53 315 48153 46111 47 339 49 330 61 323 46111 44264 63 337 60 332 77 326 44264 42576 78 330 78 329 88 321 42576 41016 79 328 86 323 87 319 41016 39557 80 329 84 324 82 320 39557 38182 79 331 83 326 83 320 38182 36859 76 331 81 327 84 319 36859 35522 75 330 80 327 83 318 35522 34148 73 328 80 325 81 318 34148 32739 68 327 79 324 78 316 32739 31285 63 328 73 321 77 315 31285 29774 58 328 66 314 77 314 29774 28209 54 328 61 316 75 314 28209 26594 54 334 55 320 68 312 26594 24932 53 336 50 321 59 308 24932 23230 45 336 46 319 53 303 23230 21484 35 333 41 315 51 299 21484 19689 31 328 38 311 50 298 19689 17877 30 324 37 308 48 299 17877 16140 29 319 35 305 44 297 16140 14563 26 318 30*306 40 294 14563 13158 23 321 25*310 38 290 13158 11900 20 322 20 312 35 287 11900 10770 17*320 17 312 33 286 10770 9753 13*315 14 312 30 285 9753 8838 10 310 14 311 28 284 8838 8020 8 303 13 310 24 283 8020 7286 6 291 12 308 20 282 7286 6619 4 276 12 305 15 280 6619 6023 4 261 11 302 10 274 6023 5520 3 247 11 301 7 263 5520 5130 3 240 10 299 5 244 5130 4859 3 233 9 299 3 196 4859 4694 3 230 8 297 3*154 4694 4599 2 226 6 295 3*141 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