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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 30 Apr 2025 → Apr 29 20:00 PDT for Wednesday HarveyField Windgram

ForecastPd	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	22hrs	23hrs	24hrs	25hrs	26hrs	27hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_d2	gridpt=	24,47
Lat,Lon=	47.906,-122.101
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	99°	195°	290°	269°	283°	300°	301°	303°	305°	306°	300°	300°	308°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	1	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	8	8	9	10	10	9	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	1	0	3	5	6	6	6	8	9	10	10	11	12	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	88	316	303	297	424	517	529	523	489	419	307	178	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	-2	7	5	-6	-6	-9	-12	-14	-16	-8	-2	1	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	192	1265	1830	1928	2425	2871	3126	3246	3062	2409	1269	192	192	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	1073	1638	1736	2234	2680	2935	3054	2870	2217	1078	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	192	1265	1830	1928	2425	2871	3126	3246	3062	2409	1269	192	192	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	6	20	9	9	12	17	17	17	15	9	4	2	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	340	2171	3357	3625	3579	3956	4285	4467	4301	3572	2241	1327	218	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	149	1979	3165	3433	3387	3764	4094	4276	4109	3381	2049	1135	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	8	11	6	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	94	355	329	324	326	322	337	337	332	328	317	309	308	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	4	5	10	11	10	9	12	13	10	6	5	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	1	4	5	8	8	6	5	7	7	4	5	10	6	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	80	345	8	38	57	93	96	103	107	94	0	324	308	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	7	17	17	27	41	41	37	28	16	7	2	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	416	1829	2623	2737	3028	3680	4312	4715	4814	4642	4198	3830	2638	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	103	-233	602	1058	473	-5863	-6245	-5918	-6106	-6782	-8385	-10142	-10561	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	237	2404	2755	2566	3105	9818	10530	10385	10407	10355	10626	11468	10779	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	100	89	100	100	100	66	33	15	8	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	58	203	112	97	286	464	455	422	360	277	181	63	-17	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	41.2	49.3	52.1	52.7	54.5	57.8	60.2	61.8	62.4	61.9	60.3	57.9	53.3	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	40.0	41.8	41.0	41.0	41.5	42.0	41.6	41.3	41.4	41.7	42.1	41.6	43.1	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1024	1024	1023	1023	1023	1022	1022	1021	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	92	769	338	201	138	179	252	272	278	482	636	596	328	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:16	08:27	08:55	09:45	11:31	12:35	14:32
When_sfc_temp=	43.5	45.0	48.7	51.4	53.7	56.5	61.1

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:45	11:31	12:35	14:32
When_sfc_temp=	51.4	53.7	56.5	61.1
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:44	09:01	09:26	09:51
When_sfc_temp=	47.2	49.3	50.5	51.7

* 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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