Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
238 UXUS97 KREV 291336 SRGREV SOARING FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - RENO NV 700 AM PDT MON APR 29 2024 THIS SOARING FORECAST IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA WITH SPECIFIC INDICES FOR THE GREATER RENO AREA. THIS FORECAST IS PREPARED DAILY BY 700 AM AND IS NOT UPDATED. FOR CURRENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS...FORECASTS...AND ADVISORIES...ACCESS YOUR LOCAL BRIEFING OUTLET OR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. ******************************************************************* FORECASTED LOCAL INDICES FOR RENO: TODAY YESTERDAY FORECASTED MAX TEMP AT RENO (DEG F)..... 70 71 FORECASTED TRIGGER TEMPERATURE (DEG F).. 54 51 EXCEEDED YESTERDAY BY 955 AM PDT FORECASTED MAXIMUM ALTITUDE (FT MSL).... 13700 15600 FORECASTED SOARING INDEX (FPM).......... 621 798 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 18Z.... 15 21 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 00Z.... 4 22 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 18Z.... 6 6 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 00Z.... 7 5 AFTERNOON WINDS ALOFT FORECAST MSL (FT) WIND/TEMP 9000 2820/+02 10000 2821/+00 12000 2923/-04 14000 2928/-08 16000 2935/-12 18000 2955/-16 24000 2974/-28 30000 2881/-44 34000 2786/-52 39000 2775/-58 SLIDE MOUNTAIN DATA: DATE TIME TEMP DEWPT RH WIND (MPH) (F) (F) | DIR SPEED GUST 2024-04-29 05:50 27 6 25 | 297 12 21 2024-04-29 05:30 26 9 33 | 291 18 24 2024-04-29 05:20 26 12 40 | 287 26 32 2024-04-29 05:00 27 8 30 | 287 29 33 SIERRA CREST 8700 FT DATA: DATE TIME TEMP RH WIND DIR SPEED GUST 2024-04-29 0600 27 98 185 22 27 2024-04-29 0545 27 94 179 24 30 2024-04-29 0530 27 98 178 24 29 2024-04-29 0515 27 98 169 25 30 RENO TAF FORECAST: KRNO 291241Z 2913/3012 VRB04KT P6SM SKC WS002/27025KT FM291900 27014G24KT P6SM FEW250 FM300200 30010KT P6SM SKC CARSON CITY TAF FORECAST: KCXP 291244Z 2913/3012 VRB03KT P6SM SKC WS002/27025KT FM292000 28012G22KT P6SM FEW250 FM300200 34005KT P6SM SKC MINDEN TAF FORECAST: KMEV 291244Z 2913/3012 13005KT P6SM SKC WS002/27025KT FM292000 30013G23KT P6SM FEW250 FM300200 10005KT P6SM SKC OUTLOOK FOR THE RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA: .TUESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 66 TO 71. LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2024.........SUNRISE 602 AM PDT SUNSET 752 PM PDT APRIL 30 2024.........SUNRISE 601 AM PDT SUNSET 753 PM PDT