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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 7 Apr 2026 → Apr 07 03:16 PDT for Tuesday RUC_bli_compare Windgram

ForecastPd	9hrs	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	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	268°	127°	350°	305°	287°	270°	272°	276°	293°	294°	289°	279°	236°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	3	3	1	3	3	5	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	2	4	1	3	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	4	5	1	4	5	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	5	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	5	5	1	4	5	7	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	0	137	181	288	375	443	430	403	346	268	164	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	16	-5	-8	30	22	-16	-14	-10	-12	-10	-5	0	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	616	616	616	2010	2622	2886	2657	2421	1898	1330	616	616	616	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	0	1394	2006	2269	2041	1805	1282	714	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	616	616	616	2010	2622	2886	2657	2421	1898	1330	616	616	616	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	5	5	8	10	11	9	8	6	6	3	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	616	2176	2533	3481	3868	3992	3690	3424	2810	2260	1559	642	642	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	0	1560	1917	2865	3252	3376	3074	2808	2194	1644	943	26	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	269	146	238	234	222	200	217	231	255	274	275	279	236	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	4	5	8	9	13	14	12	10	4	2	0	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	3	2	5	5	6	9	9	7	5	1	3	4	5	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	269	225	227	170	126	118	126	134	158	210	280	279	236	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	13	7	12	14	25	24	21	16	11	6	1	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	2256	2133	2043	2571	2993	3335	3259	3138	2916	3111	3160	2590	2372	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-1899	-292	640	255	312	-2016	-1902	-2096	-3220	-4267	-5250	-5583	-6068	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	2515	2468	1893	3226	3555	6008	5593	5520	6030	6527	6810	6225	6710	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	82	100	100	96	69	57	55	40	6	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	0	19	37	100	196	317	319	286	231	143	56	-7	-12	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	-	39.5	40.6	43.0	45.5	47.3	47.8	47.7	47.0	47.2	46.4	43.7	39.0	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	33.0	32.9	34.3	34.4	35.0	35.1	35.9	36.4	36.7	36.1	35.3	36.1	34.3	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1019	1020	1020	1021	1021	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	3274	968	1098	274	257	241	259	259	257	431	588	605	278	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:12	10:21	10:43	11:10	11:59	unlikely	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	41.1	41.5	42.3	43.4	45.5	unlikely	unlikely

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	11:10	11:59	unlikely	unlikely
When_sfc_temp=	43.4	45.5	unlikely	unlikely
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:57	10:05	10:36	11:20
When_sfc_temp=	38.0	40.8	42.1	43.9

* 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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