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from TJ's RASP forecasts BLIPSPOT: 20 Apr 2024 → Apr 19 21:31 PDT for Saturday TigerLZ Windgram

ForecastPd	16hrs	17hrs	18hrs	19hrs	20hrs	21hrs	22hrs	23hrs	24hrs	25hrs	26hrs	27hrs	ForecastPd
TIGER_w2	gridpt=	17,18
Lat,Lon=	47.498,-122.021
VALID.TIME	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	122°	125°	134°	145°	190°	234°	229°	229°	229°	226°	218°	224°	10M_Wind_Dir
Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt	13	13	13	11	6	8	6	12	12	11	8	9	Sfc_Wind_Sp_Kt
10M_Wind_Sp_Kt	14	14	14	12	6	8	6	13	13	12	9	10	10M_Wind_Sp_Kt
Treetop_WSp_Kt	21	21	20	17	8	12	9	19	19	18	14	15	Treetop_WSp_Kt
Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt	27	26	24	20	10	13	11	23	22	21	18	19	Lev_Abv_WSp_Kt
Up_Velocity fpm	110	220	347	463	491	502	447	345	349	274	0	102	Up_Velocity fpm
cm/s_Convergence	28	39	23	13	10	17	7	112	40	31	9	34	cm/s_Convergence
MaxSoar1.1m/s	632	632	2673	5370	5977	6152	4879	4072	2763	2396	632	632	MaxSoar1.1m/s
MaxSoar_AGL	0	0	2041	4738	5345	5521	4247	3440	2131	1764	0	0	MaxSoar_AGL
MaxSoar_clds	632	632	2673	5370	5977	6152	4879	4072	2763	2396	632	632	MaxSoar_clds
Bouy/Shr_Ratio	0	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	Bouy/Shr_Ratio
BL_Top_TI=0	1119	1944	4116	7555	8271	8461	6926	6526	4251	4533	658	2375	BL_Top_TI=0
BL_Depth_AGL	488	1312	3484	6923	7639	7829	6294	5894	3619	3901	26	1743	BL_Depth_AGL
Avg_BLWindSpd	25	27	22	21	17	16	20	28	25	24	8	24	Avg_BLWindSpd
Avg_BlWindDir	121	126	140	165	184	201	223	223	231	227	218	237	Avg_BlWindDir
Wind_Shear	20	16	10	19	20	23	23	19	16	15	0	20	Wind_Shear
BLTop_WdSp	33	29	14	25	26	27	29	29	27	26	8	29	BLTop_WdSp
BLTopWDir	122	133	179	195	182	182	211	203	216	214	218	236	BLTopWDir
CAPE_TSpoten	0	1	6	19	29	11	35	37	13	2	3	10	CAPE_TSpoten
CUbase_LCL	8410	8832	9374	9760	9622	8638	7529	6539	5088	4855	3999	2778	CUbase_LCL
ODpot_if_cu	-14418	-13663	-11430	-8390	-4118	-2954	-2094	-2288	-3453	-1793	-3421	-892	ODpot_if_cu
ODbase_allclds	15537	15608	15546	15945	12389	11415	9019	8814	7704	6326	4079	3267	ODbase_allclds
BL_Cloud_%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	54	BL_Cloud_%
Sfc_Heating	22	86	132	159	174	183	161	74	138	59	-4	7	Sfc_Heating
Temp@2m	59.0	62.1	65.4	68.4	70.5	70.4	68.2	65.1	58.8	57.0	53.6	50.4	Temp@2m
DewPt@2m	26.3	27.2	28.0	29.2	31.5	35.7	38.3	39.6	39.4	38.7	39.0	41.0	DewPt@2m
msl_pressure	1014	1013	1013	1013	1012	1012	1012	1013	1015	1016	1017	1019	msl_pressure
1hr_rain_acc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1hr_rain_acc
Hgt_Variab_	627	660	1127	651	820	1810	1692	841	716	1135	3788	1748	Hgt_Variab

Trigger_Time	& 2m Sfc	Temp	For_times:	+++=earlier		unlikely	=not_found)
MaxSoarAGL_=	300	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:08	10:14	10:29	10:44	10:58	11:10	11:21
When_sfc_temp=	62.6	62.9	63.7	64.5	65.3	65.9	66.5

TRIGGER_TIME	&	SURFACE_(2m)	TEMPERATURE
(+++	=	before_first_time,	unlikely	=	not_found)
AGL_Lift_to=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:44	10:58	11:10	11:21
When_sfc_temp=	64.5	65.3	65.9	66.5
BL_Depth_AGL_=	1500	2000	2500	3000
by=	10:05	10:19	10:32	10:46
When_sfc_temp=	62.4	63.1	63.9	64.7

* 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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