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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 16 Apr 2026 → Apr 16 03:07 PDT for Thursday Blanchard Windgram

ForecastPd	9hrs	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_w2	gridpt=	18,25
Lat,Lon=	48.615,-122.400
VALID.TIME	08 PDT	09 PDT	10 PDT	11 PDT	12 PDT	13 PDT	14 PDT	15 PDT	16 PDT	17 PDT	18 PDT	19 PDT	20 PDT	VALID.TIME
10M_Wind_Dir	166°	173°	176°	200°	183°	219°	229°	238°	234°	224°	228°	236°	230°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	5	6	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	5	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	7	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	8	9	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	7	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	0	121	154	232	236	434	457	450	411	319	215	39	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	43	33	26	36	25	-22	-30	-24	-32	-17	10	7	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	1255	1255	1255	1700	1860	3461	3852	3879	3683	2692	1255	1255	1255	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	0	445	604	2206	2597	2624	2427	1437	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	1255	1255	1255	1581	1845	3014	3850	3879	3683	2692	1255	1255	1255	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	1	2	3	4	8	7	6	5	4	2	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	1255	1813	1967	2997	3351	4565	5070	5132	4992	3881	2934	1556	1281	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	0	557	712	1742	2096	3310	3815	3877	3737	2626	1679	300	25	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	5	9	7	7	6	5	6	7	8	7	9	8	5	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	160	175	179	215	206	236	264	273	262	234	216	234	229	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	3	3	4	3	8	10	11	10	6	6	4	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	5	9	7	7	5	8	11	12	12	10	10	9	5	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	160	180	192	234	226	289	294	297	286	252	209	230	229	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	17	1	2	23	26	40	35	19	15	7	3	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	1281	1281	1321	1581	1845	3014	3850	4434	4759	4964	4710	3944	2600	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-25	436	314	1017	1035	514	-1312	-2063	-2206	-3672	-4794	-4332	-3101	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	1281	1376	1653	1981	2316	4051	6382	7195	7199	7553	7728	5888	4382	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	100	100	100	100	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	0	40	64	87	75	299	303	288	227	150	70	0	-10	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	35.3	35.3	35.7	38.0	38.9	42.3	43.7	44.8	45.4	45.2	44.0	41.5	36.5	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	37.3	35.1	35.3	36.5	36.4	34.5	32.3	30.6	29.9	28.9	29.0	30.2	32.9	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1023	1022	1023	1023	1023	1024	1024	1024	1024	1024	1024	1024	1024	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	1061	536	584	697	456	590	812	868	1043	1601	938	779	611	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:40	11:20	12:14	12:33	12:52	13:45	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	37.3	38.3	39.7	40.8	41.9	43.4	unlikely

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	12:33	12:52	13:45	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	40.8	41.9	43.4	unlikely
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:45	11:43	12:19	12:44
When_sfc_temp=	37.5	38.7	40.0	41.4

* The Boundary Layer is also known as the Mixing layer and its top is also called the mixing height. It is the top of thermally induced lift and the level at which the Thermal Index goes to zero.
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