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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 11 Mar 2025 → Mar 11 08:55 PDT for Tuesday 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	155°	168°	199°	210°	205°	200°	191°	211°	167°	167°	143°	135°	120°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	6	5	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	3	6	8	8	10	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	10	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	3	7	9	10	13	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	0	135	270	350	401	426	402	358	290	230	139	92	16	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	0	1	7	8	6	4	3	6	-36	-23	-8	-8	-6	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	810	810	1847	2675	3239	3788	4244	3923	2949	1675	810	810	810	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	1037	1865	2429	2978	3433	3113	2139	864	0	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	810	810	1847	2675	3239	3788	4244	3923	2949	1675	810	810	810	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	1	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	836	1596	3174	3973	4598	5317	6159	6003	5170	4408	2239	1570	890	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	25	786	2364	3163	3788	4506	5349	5193	4359	3597	1428	760	79	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	5	8	10	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	10	6	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	155	179	203	202	198	195	193	189	168	170	146	142	121	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	0	7	9	9	10	10	13	11	9	6	4	5	4	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	5	11	14	13	14	14	16	14	11	9	8	10	9	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	155	195	210	207	203	197	197	189	184	202	165	152	122	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	1	8	17	26	31	39	40	17	10	3	1	11	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	2856	3182	3433	3675	4374	5100	5468	5313	4836	4403	3300	3248	3819	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-5042	-3164	-1655	-1043	-2091	-1955	737	374	21	-290	-1338	-2123	-3362	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	5878	4760	4829	5016	6689	7271	5423	5629	5148	4697	3576	3693	4252	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	14	80	52	28	28	91	91	82	77	16	0	0	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	-1	39	104	170	213	215	151	110	70	43	24	13	1	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	40.0	42.1	44.4	46.3	48.1	49.8	50.7	50.4	49.2	48.4	46.3	46.2	46.8	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	31.0	31.4	32.5	33.3	32.0	30.5	29.7	30.1	31.1	32.2	35.1	35.3	33.5	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1007	1007	1007	1006	1005	1004	1003	1002	1002	1001	1001	1000	999	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	568	1383	582	375	365	392	354	453	723	725	1876	2617	2560	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:17	09:28	09:57	10:33	11:14	12:07	13:03
When_sfc_temp=	42.8	43.2	44.3	45.5	46.7	48.3	49.8

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:33	11:14	12:07	13:03
When_sfc_temp=	45.5	46.7	48.3	49.8
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	09:27	09:46	10:10	10:47
When_sfc_temp=	43.1	43.9	44.7	45.9

* 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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