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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 22 Aug 2025 → Aug 21 21:06 PDT for Friday RUC_bli_compare Windgram

ForecastPd	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	22hrs	23hrs	24hrs	25hrs	26hrs	27hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_w2	gridpt=	19,35
Lat,Lon=	48.740,-122.380
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	118°	312°	312°	308°	322°	333°	313°	311°	307°	295°	276°	269°	223°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	3	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	6	3	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	1	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	2	2	4	5	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	3	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	0	118	191	247	303	366	357	338	277	141	62	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	3	-4	-6	8	21	-15	-9	6	7	-9	-11	-11	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	616	616	616	1032	1569	2496	2340	2307	1652	616	616	616	616	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	0	416	952	1880	1724	1691	1036	0	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	616	616	616	1032	1569	2496	2340	2307	1652	616	616	616	616	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	616	932	1365	1789	2454	3706	3501	3560	2873	1183	911	644	644	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	0	316	749	1173	1838	3090	2885	2944	2257	567	295	28	28	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	9	6	5	5	3	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	148	303	320	334	358	5	357	356	356	321	289	269	223	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	2	2	5	7	7	9	9	10	7	3	0	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	1	1	3	4	6	6	9	9	11	9	6	5	3	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	148	295	353	29	44	50	25	21	14	346	306	269	223	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	0	1	3	4	9	3	2	1	29	143	134	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	4253	5260	6683	7730	8420	9246	9184	9200	8679	7897	6923	5361	5443	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-10873	-11013	-13462	-12744	-12037	-13066	-12758	-12391	-13721	-11969	-10672	-8199	-9375	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	11489	11945	14827	14532	14491	16772	16260	15950	16594	13151	11583	8843	10019	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	0	56	103	145	171	179	177	145	100	48	1	-11	-22	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	-	72.5	76.0	79.0	83.0	86.3	86.2	86.7	86.5	85.3	83.6	77.4	69.7	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	52.5	52.9	50.0	48.4	49.2	48.7	49.0	49.5	51.8	54.3	57.8	62.7	56.3	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1018	1018	1018	1018	1018	1017	1017	1016	1016	1015	1015	1015	1015	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	103	148	317	272	430	912	773	898	1332	1414	335	240	75	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:43	11:09	12:03	12:35	unlikely	unlikely	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	78.2	79.6	83.2	84.9	unlikely	unlikely	unlikely

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	12:35	unlikely	unlikely	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	84.9	unlikely	unlikely	unlikely
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	11:29	12:07	12:31	12:55
When_sfc_temp=	81.0	83.4	84.7	86.1

* 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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