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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 4 Apr 2025 → Apr 03 19:57 PDT for Friday Pilchuck Windgram

ForecastPd	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	22hrs	23hrs	24hrs	25hrs	26hrs	27hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_d2	gridpt=	29,51
Lat,Lon=	48.058,-121.793
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	104°	141°	170°	181°	165°	146°	136°	131°	126°	124°	115°	108°	104°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	8	9	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	10	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	10	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	10	13	14	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	11	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	12	17	18	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	0	180	314	405	457	485	482	455	405	318	109	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	-9	-11	5	19	26	29	31	28	-11	-27	-19	-21	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	1962	1962	3792	5060	5787	6289	6372	6231	5896	5023	1962	1962	1962	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	1830	3098	3824	4327	4410	4269	3934	3061	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	1962	1962	3792	5060	5787	6289	6372	6231	5896	5023	1962	1962	1962	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	2	4	6	7	7	7	7	6	4	1	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	1988	3663	5366	6770	7577	8174	8306	8240	8068	7580	4296	1988	1988	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	26	1701	3404	4808	5615	6212	6344	6278	6106	5618	2334	26	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	6	9	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	11	8	9	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	104	147	148	141	132	129	128	125	123	124	111	108	104	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	5	2	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	6	9	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	104	150	155	111	102	101	104	106	116	133	108	108	104	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	1	12	29	47	55	55	48	38	22	2	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	5689	6786	7366	7837	8346	8968	9403	9753	9969	10047	9328	8434	8699	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-10891	-11890	-10098	-8223	-6940	-8592	-8029	-7724	-7769	-11604	-11848	-13062	-14773	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	12879	15553	15465	14993	14518	16766	16335	15964	15836	19184	16144	15051	16761	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	-12	39	107	165	204	219	210	177	125	62	0	-52	-57	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	43.2	48.9	51.3	53.4	55.2	56.6	57.7	58.4	58.8	58.4	56.7	52.6	49.7	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	27.7	28.1	27.7	27.5	27.0	25.7	24.9	24.3	23.9	23.7	25.8	25.7	21.2	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1027	1027	1027	1027	1027	1027	1026	1026	1025	1025	1025	1025	1026	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	153	1094	1249	332	231	206	202	190	228	333	2554	540	191	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:09	09:16	09:32	09:49	10:08	10:31	10:55
When_sfc_temp=	49.3	49.6	50.2	50.9	51.6	52.4	53.2

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:49	10:08	10:31	10:55
When_sfc_temp=	50.9	51.6	52.4	53.2
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:52	09:10	09:28	09:45
When_sfc_temp=	48.2	49.3	50.0	50.7

* 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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