Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
233 UXUS97 KREV 041348 SRGREV SOARING FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - RENO NV 700 AM PDT SAT MAY 4 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)..... 60 73 FORECASTED TRIGGER TEMPERATURE (DEG F).. 57 53 EXCEEDED YESTERDAY BY 955 AM PDT FORECASTED MAXIMUM ALTITUDE (FT MSL).... 11700 16000 FORECASTED SOARING INDEX (FPM).......... 591 840 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 18Z.... 27 23 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 00Z.... 22 28 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 18Z.... 6 4 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 00Z.... 6 0 AFTERNOON WINDS ALOFT FORECAST MSL (FT) WIND/TEMP 9000 2241/-05 10000 2145/-06 12000 2154/-09 14000 2155/-13 16000 2157/-17 18000 2161/-21 24000 2083/-29 30000 2283/-39 34000 2373/-46 39000 2254/-51 SLIDE MOUNTAIN DATA: DATE TIME TEMP DEWPT RH WIND (MPH) (F) (F) | DIR SPEED GUST 2024-05-04 05:50 29 29 100 | 264 41 55 2024-05-04 05:30 29 29 100 | 255 44 61 2024-05-04 05:20 29 29 100 | 259 48 62 2024-05-04 05:00 29 29 100 | 257 49 67 SIERRA CREST 8700 FT DATA: DATE TIME TEMP RH WIND DIR SPEED GUST 2024-05-04 0600 29 99 198 64 89 2024-05-04 0545 29 99 195 61 87 2024-05-04 0530 29 99 203 58 76 2024-05-04 0515 29 99 193 56 69 RENO TAF FORECAST: KRNO 041120Z 0412/0512 19018G27KT P6SM FEW090 BKN200 WS020/21045KT FM041500 19032G42KT P6SM SCT050 BKN200 WS020/21045KT FM042000 21025G35KT P6SM -RA BKN040 FM050100 25017G24KT P6SM VCSH SCT050 BKN060 FM050300 25011KT P6SM VCSH SCT035 BKN060 CARSON CITY TAF FORECAST: KCXP 041120Z 0412/0512 20011G20KT P6SM SCT080 BKN200 WS020/22040KT FM041600 21024G32KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100 WS020/21040KT FM042000 24020G30KT P6SM -RA BKN040 FM050100 25015G24KT P6SM VCSH SCT035 BKN045 MINDEN TAF FORECAST: KMEV 041120Z 0412/0512 19019G28KT P6SM SCT060 BKN200 WS020/22040KT FM041500 19030G38KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100 WS020/21040KT FM042000 22020G30KT P6SM -RA BKN040 FM050100 25016G25KT P6SM VCSH SCT045 BKN060 OUTLOOK FOR THE RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA: .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 48 TO 53. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2024...........SUNRISE 556 AM PDT SUNSET 756 PM PDT MAY 5 2024...........SUNRISE 555 AM PDT SUNSET 757 PM PDT