DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/14 Chipman_AB 2195ft pt59096@53.418,-112.339,2193ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.0 degF SPONSORED BY: Edmonton 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.0 - - 65.5 - - 55.2 - - 52.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 288 - - 227 - - 38 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2840 - - 5254 - - 1474 - - 761 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3981 - - 5709 - - 2234 - - 2234 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5035 - - 7449 - - 3669 - - 2956 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5604 - - 5081 - - 1529 - - 1120 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 387 - - 438 - - 171 - - 77 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 14 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 181 - - 205 - - 355 - - 027 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -3 - - 4 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1220 - - -42 - - 753 - - 706 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6255 - - 7491 - - 2916 - - 2250 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2863 - - -1081 - - -942 - - -80 ODpotential blCL - - - 7898 - - 8530 - - 4611 - - 3036 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 87 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 530 - - 440 - - 470 - - 410 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.0 - - 65.5 - - 55.2 - - 52.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.1 - - 40.1 - - 49.8 - - 50.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.2 - - 64.0 - - 54.8 - - 52.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.5 - - 39.6 - - 48.9 - - 49.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 288 - - 227 - - 38 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2840 - - 5254 - - 1474 - - 761 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 63 - - 48 - - 100 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 8 - - 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] 97991 12 122 11 126 10 114 11 096 97991 90596 7 154 8 080 10 124 3 096 90596 84943 8 137 5 096 6 103 3 164 84943 80237 7 119 2 192 2 105 5 149 80237 76163 3 117 4 212 4 161 3 153 76163 72546 3 216 5 205 4 213 3 135 72546 69246 10 205 7 230 4 228 2 206 69246 66186 12 201 14 227 7 227 7 231 66186 63323 12 221 17 217 14 216 12 239 63323 60536 16 225 17 207 18 215 18 235 60536 57619 20 219 18 221 18 230 19 230 57619 54588 24 217 23 234 21 245 20 233 54588 51706 27 215 27 229 25 240 20 242 51706 49125 25 216 29 219 28 233 21 244 49125 46818 24 227 28 214 28 228 21 239 46818 44728 26 232 25 218 27 222 21 232 44728 42816 29 232 24 225 26 219 21 225 42816 41058 31 229 24 229 23 221 21 221 41058 39431 33 223 26 230 22 230 21 219 39431 37923 35 217 27 226 24 229 22 217 37923 36526 33 214 26 223 26 220 25 215 36526 35204 30 208 27 226 26 216 25 212 35204 33887 25 200 25 229 25 222 24 210 33887 32541 23 197 21 230 25 226 23 212 32541 31161 23 195 20 227 26 223 24 214 31161 29729 22 198 20 223 25 221 25 213 29729 28231 20 203 21 216 23 221 25 213 28231 26671 17 206 22 209 19 222 21 218 26671 25054 16 219 20 205 16 232 16 225 25054 23380 15 234 16 208 13 243 14 206 23380 21645 12 236 12 217 11 244 9 208 21645 19843 6 235 7 251 11 274 3 188 19843 17967 5 257 4 251 6 241 8 217 17967 16053 6 266 4 257 9 191 10 216 16053 14207 6 284 6 289 11 189 9 220 14207 12527 7 288 6 292 13 182 10 207 12527 11033 6 282 3 279 14 179 10 196 11033 9700 6 266 2 259 15 182 11 188 9700 8510 7 238 3 236 13 187 10 185 8510 7447 9 221 7*222 11 192 8 186 7447 6501 10 214 10*215 5 204 5 188 6501 5662 11*206 13 208 3 335 2 148 5662 4915 12*194 14 206 8 357 3 058 4915 4244 15 183 14 205 12*359 11 032 4244 3649 15 180 14 204 13*356 17 028 3649 3151 15 179 14 203 15 356 17*028 3151 2768 15 177 14 202 15 355 17*027 2768 2504 15 177 14 202 15 354 15 027 2504 2343 14 177 13 202 14 354 14 026 2343 2250 12 176 12 201 12 353 10 025 2250 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