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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 7 Apr 2026 → Apr 07 01:59 PDT for Tuesday RUCcompare Windgram

ForecastPd	9hrs	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	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	81°	22°	299°	331°	309°	296°	301°	300°	278°	264°	254°	239°	225°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	9	10	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	5	4	3	4	3	3	5	5	7	8	8	11	13	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	103	303	354	422	496	535	535	525	486	409	302	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	-3	-13	7	-13	-20	-20	-40	-25	-21	-9	-10	0	-1	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	52	1471	1611	2240	3367	4064	4167	4367	4157	3429	2429	52	52	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	1419	1559	2188	3315	4012	4115	4315	4105	3377	2377	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	52	1471	1611	2240	3367	4064	4167	4367	4157	3429	2429	52	52	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	2	11	20	20	20	20	20	15	8	5	3	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	1015	2790	2673	3381	4773	5628	5769	6084	5942	5263	4658	134	78	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	963	2738	2621	3329	4721	5576	5717	6032	5890	5211	4606	82	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	5	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	5	7	8	6	6	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	75	60	116	41	60	26	286	244	244	250	250	240	225	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	2	6	9	8	8	9	5	4	6	7	3	3	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	5	5	6	5	7	9	6	4	1	3	3	8	6	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	67	129	96	101	53	0	358	359	75	146	213	241	225	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	13	9	13	23	30	30	29	30	25	12	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	1677	2247	2892	3928	5192	6126	6706	6656	6377	6345	6117	5248	3732	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-681	395	-1699	-2061	-6367	-5066	-9072	-8732	-3997	-5074	-4851	-7667	-6297	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	1695	2394	4372	5442	11141	10694	14840	14816	9938	10337	9509	7802	6375	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	52	80	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	15	127	213	282	323	343	335	299	243	164	74	-2	-20	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	41.4	43.8	45.9	48.4	51.3	53.6	55.0	56.2	57.2	57.3	56.7	54.2	49.8	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	34.1	33.9	33.1	31.0	28.3	26.3	25.1	26.5	28.7	29.1	29.6	31.3	33.8	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1020	1019	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_	1503	739	683	948	652	260	237	303	464	751	545	3858	833	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:12	08:21	08:42	09:34	10:42	11:16	11:43
When_sfc_temp=	41.9	42.2	43.1	45.0	47.7	49.2	50.5

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:34	10:42	11:16	11:43
When_sfc_temp=	45.0	47.7	49.2	50.5
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:18	08:35	08:51	10:32
When_sfc_temp=	42.1	42.8	43.5	47.2

* 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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