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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 28 Apr 2024 → Apr 28 07:44 PDT for Sunday Hedley Windgram

ForecastPd	3hrs	4hrs	5hrs	6hrs	7hrs	8hrs	9hrs	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_d2	gridpt=	61,87
Lat,Lon=	49.353,-120.037
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	123°	357°	303°	320°	263°	254°	249°	238°	246°	260°	253°	335°	323°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	1	3	3	4	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	1	3	3	5	8	8	9	10	9	8	6	6	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	1	2	4	4	7	12	12	12	14	13	12	9	8	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	2	2	4	5	9	14	14	15	16	16	14	10	8	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	171	288	439	187	220	308	341	349	528	444	171	153	115	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	12	-10	-12	63	97	71	72	54	92	67	37	7	6	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	3569	4959	7206	3569	3569	6875	7500	7309	8667	7181	3569	3569	3569	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	1390	3637	0	0	3306	3931	3740	5097	3612	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	3569	4959	7206	3569	3569	6875	7500	7309	8420	7181	3569	3569	3569	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	20	8	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	5714	6423	9004	8129	9216	9843	10373	9918	10684	8940	5609	4841	4346	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	2145	2853	5435	4559	5646	6274	6804	6349	7115	5371	2040	1272	777	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	1	3	8	6	11	15	17	16	20	17	17	10	8	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	169	269	250	257	238	239	239	234	242	242	248	319	326	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	9	13	12	11	10	8	10	7	16	13	12	7	4	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	9	13	13	10	13	15	17	15	25	20	19	9	9	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	243	247	230	235	223	229	236	233	250	230	247	289	324	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	3	1	74	28	13	100	116	78	163	126	44	45	1	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	6052	6361	7668	7991	8461	8695	8992	8528	8420	7304	5937	4829	4192	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-876	-750	703	141	217	354	377	1070	1192	1314	-1190	16	-122	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	6590	7172	8301	7988	8998	9489	9996	8848	9492	7626	6799	4825	4469	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	57	52	100	74	100	100	100	100	84	97	37	90	100	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	29	104	191	16	22	55	69	81	254	201	30	35	24	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	40.2	41.8	44.9	44.5	46.0	47.0	47.7	47.2	47.7	45.5	41.1	37.7	35.5	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	29.2	29.3	26.6	25.1	24.5	24.4	23.7	25.3	25.9	28.6	30.5	31.9	32.6	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1012	1012	1012	1012	1011	1011	1010	1010	1010	1010	1011	1011	1011	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	838	1309	940	1123	1081	1176	1544	1429	871	1119	1319	690	688	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:12	08:21	08:43	09:02	09:16	09:29	09:42
When_sfc_temp=	40.5	40.8	41.4	42.0	42.6	43.3	44.0

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:02	09:16	09:29	09:42
When_sfc_temp=	42.0	42.6	43.3	44.0
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	+++	+++	08:30	09:03
When_sfc_temp=	+++	+++	41.0	42.0

* 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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