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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 17 Apr 2026 → Apr 17 08:19 PDT for Friday TigerLZ Windgram

ForecastPd	3hrs	4hrs	5hrs	6hrs	7hrs	8hrs	9hrs	10hrs	11hrs	12hrs	13hrs	14hrs	15hrs	ForecastPd
PNW_d2	gridpt=	25,35
Lat,Lon=	47.498,-122.021
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	120°	26°	0°	356°	344°	329°	317°	312°	305°	308°	322°	340°	12°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	1	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	2	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	9	10	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	11	13	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	162	175	362	431	486	511	417	482	436	347	225	0	0	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	3	9	-4	-6	-9	-10	-10	-13	-7	-8	-6	0	-6	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	810	810	2585	3418	4216	4643	4310	4673	4356	3336	810	810	810	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	1775	2608	3406	3833	3500	3863	3546	2526	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	810	810	2585	3418	4216	4643	4310	4673	4356	3336	810	810	810	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	4	3	5	7	9	11	10	14	13	7	3	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	2191	3498	3753	4737	5696	6216	6160	6367	6125	5122	3720	836	836	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	1381	2688	2943	3927	4885	5405	5350	5557	5315	4312	2910	26	26	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	4	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	5	8	6	7	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	83	39	30	29	38	47	36	45	9	342	336	340	12	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	5	4	5	6	12	16	17	19	16	12	6	0	0	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	6	7	7	8	10	12	12	14	11	8	5	6	7	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	59	21	36	50	96	119	112	118	100	82	27	340	12	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	6	16	154	29	50	59	38	41	33	14	6	0	0	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	2027	2655	3308	4180	4577	4797	4906	5188	5239	5109	4828	4246	4006	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	87	541	-863	-1501	-1616	558	720	523	-375	-3750	-4366	-5632	-6034	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	2104	2957	4617	6238	7311	5658	5440	5844	6500	8872	8086	6469	6870	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	80	100	48	26	53	97	100	81	61	23	0	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	38	23	197	249	286	299	162	242	185	113	43	-10	-20	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	42.3	43.9	46.5	49.1	51.1	52.8	53.4	55.1	55.8	55.4	54.3	51.9	49.6	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	36.9	35.9	35.3	34.1	34.3	35.0	35.4	35.8	36.3	36.7	37.0	37.8	36.2	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1025	1025	1025	1025	1024	1024	1023	1022	1022	1021	1021	1021	1020	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	1005	464	563	463	383	253	374	385	534	896	709	2173	1000	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:10	09:16	09:33	09:50	10:16	10:52	11:29
When_sfc_temp=	44.3	44.6	45.4	46.1	47.2	48.8	50.1

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:50	10:16	10:52	11:29
When_sfc_temp=	46.1	47.2	48.8	50.1
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	08:05	08:28	08:51	10:03
When_sfc_temp=	42.4	43.1	43.7	46.7

* 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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