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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 30 Apr 2025 → Apr 29 19:52 PDT for Wednesday RUCcompare Windgram

ForecastPd	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	22hrs	23hrs	24hrs	25hrs	26hrs	27hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_d2	gridpt=	26,81
Lat,Lon=	49.140,-121.990
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	297°	313°	328°	327°	322°	303°	285°	283°	284°	259°	251°	249°	230°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	8	8	7	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	7	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	11	12	10	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	13	13	13	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	74	283	431	489	522	546	544	535	503	470	380	226	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	2	-13	-16	-14	-18	-31	-28	-31	-14	-3	5	0	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	52	757	2421	2924	3213	3595	3682	3931	3919	4011	2875	604	52	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	705	2369	2873	3161	3543	3630	3879	3867	3959	2823	552	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	52	757	2421	2924	3213	3595	3682	3931	3919	4011	2875	604	52	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	8	20	20	13	17	20	20	20	12	7	4	2	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	335	1534	3619	4165	4479	4945	5073	5444	5533	5805	4584	2980	79	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	283	1482	3567	4113	4427	4893	5021	5392	5481	5753	4532	2928	27	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	2	4	6	9	12	7	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	290	318	46	39	38	34	273	257	274	260	257	253	230	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	2	6	8	9	8	7	7	6	9	9	1	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	1	1	4	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	8	7	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	281	53	82	78	119	130	139	138	152	103	346	256	230	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	4	18	23	28	32	32	31	28	30	16	3	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	738	1694	3017	3888	4573	5335	6187	7041	7455	7006	6187	5370	4205	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-1458	-1159	-25	-5487	-6091	-5257	-5915	-7976	-10164	-7942	-6793	-6801	-8934	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	1793	2693	3645	9652	10570	10202	10988	13419	15697	13747	11377	9780	9012	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	77	56	72	52	27	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	18	195	283	358	404	418	402	356	291	227	155	51	-20	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	46.1	50.3	54.3	57.0	59.4	61.9	64.2	66.3	67.7	68.5	66.8	64.2	59.5	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	43.0	42.8	40.9	39.6	39.0	38.2	36.8	35.0	34.6	37.2	39.2	40.4	41.7	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1024	1024	1023	1023	1022	1021	1021	1020	1019	1019	1019	1019	1020	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	276	1300	543	380	370	304	359	268	320	264	617	834	1397	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:25	08:42	09:10	09:28	09:46	10:15	11:26
When_sfc_temp=	47.9	49.1	51.0	52.2	53.4	55.0	58.1

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:28	09:46	10:15	11:26
When_sfc_temp=	52.2	53.4	55.0	58.1
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:00	09:14	09:29	09:43
When_sfc_temp=	50.3	51.3	52.3	53.2

* 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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