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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 4 Apr 2025 → Apr 04 04:13 PDT for Friday MtSi Windgram

ForecastPd	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	ForecastPd
TIGER_w2	gridpt=	33,19
Lat,Lon=	47.508,-121.740
VALID.TIME	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	130°	155°	158°	152°	147°	148°	149°	146°	141°	137°	128°	108°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	9	11	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	11	10	13	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	13	15	14	18	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	13	15	17	17	22	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	200	341	436	491	512	515	499	456	379	235	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	-65	-55	-27	-36	-52	-54	-48	-51	-54	-59	-26	-65	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	2110	4075	5403	6074	6265	6331	6331	6039	5389	3273	2110	2110	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	1965	3293	3964	4156	4221	4221	3929	3279	1163	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	2110	4075	5403	6074	6265	6331	6331	6039	5389	3273	2110	2110	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	1	3	5	6	6	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	3504	5504	7043	7778	7966	8048	8109	7888	7390	6254	2136	2136	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	1394	3395	4933	5669	5856	5939	5999	5778	5280	4144	26	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	15	13	8	7	8	8	9	11	13	15	9	11	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	131	145	141	129	116	113	115	121	124	125	128	108	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	13	5	5	7	8	10	12	10	7	4	0	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	19	12	4	4	6	8	9	9	9	11	9	11	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	140	152	123	72	72	64	62	76	94	114	128	108	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	3	16	39	50	58	61	60	54	40	19	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	7268	8019	8758	9033	9382	9713	9935	10012	9893	9502	8771	8386	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-11956	-9257	-10160	-9275	-8897	-8870	-8933	-9273	-9947	-11248	-13459	-13274	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	15459	14762	17204	17053	16863	16918	17042	17160	17336	17502	15595	15410	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	69	142	204	254	280	281	254	201	125	37	-39	-62	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	49.2	51.6	53.9	55.3	56.6	57.6	58.3	58.6	58.2	56.9	54.1	51.8	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	26.5	25.4	24.4	24.5	24.1	23.6	23.4	23.4	23.7	24.3	25.1	24.7	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1027	1027	1027	1027	1027	1026	1026	1026	1026	1026	1025	1025	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	831	935	527	393	433	385	341	384	373	520	2630	1512	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:09	09:15	09:30	09:45	10:01	10:24	10:46
When_sfc_temp=	49.6	49.8	50.4	51.0	51.7	52.5	53.4

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:45	10:01	10:24	10:46
When_sfc_temp=	51.0	51.7	52.5	53.4
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:03	09:18	09:33	09:48
When_sfc_temp=	49.3	49.9	50.5	51.1

* 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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