Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
Issued by NWS Reno, NV
666 UXUS97 KREV 021351 SRGREV SOARING FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - RENO NV 700 AM PDT THU MAY 2 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)..... 73 66 FORECASTED TRIGGER TEMPERATURE (DEG F).. 55 47 EXCEEDED YESTERDAY BY 955 AM PDT FORECASTED MAXIMUM ALTITUDE (FT MSL).... 17100 16000 FORECASTED SOARING INDEX (FPM).......... 1023 870 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 18Z.... 19 -9 FORECASTED K-INDEX.........VALID 00Z.... 28 8 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 18Z.... 3 8 FORECASTED LIFTED INDEX....VALID 00Z.... 1 5 AFTERNOON WINDS ALOFT FORECAST MSL (FT) WIND/TEMP 9000 2722/+04 10000 2822/+02 12000 3023/-02 14000 3026/-06 16000 3029/-11 18000 3039/-16 24000 3047/-29 30000 3054/-45 34000 2964/-52 39000 2966/-60 SLIDE MOUNTAIN DATA: DATE TIME TEMP DEWPT RH WIND (MPH) (F) (F) | DIR SPEED GUST 2024-05-02 05:50 30 18 48 | 311 17 21 2024-05-02 05:30 30 18 48 | 312 14 18 2024-05-02 05:20 30 16 42 | 326 8 13 2024-05-02 05:00 31 15 40 | 353 6 10 SIERRA CREST 8700 FT DATA: DATE TIME TEMP RH WIND DIR SPEED GUST 2024-05-02 0600 35 42 207 14 17 2024-05-02 0545 35 42 222 13 18 2024-05-02 0530 35 42 242 13 20 2024-05-02 0515 35 43 263 11 18 RENO TAF FORECAST: KRNO 021120Z 0212/0312 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM022100 30014G26KT P6SM FEW250 FM030300 31012KT P6SM SCT070 SCT220 FM030600 35007KT P6SM SCT220 CARSON CITY TAF FORECAST: KCXP 021120Z 0212/0312 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM022100 28012G24KT P6SM FEW250 FM030300 25009KT P6SM FEW070 SCT220 MINDEN TAF FORECAST: KMEV 021120Z 0212/0312 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM022100 29015G26KT P6SM FEW250 FM030400 09006KT P6SM FEW060 SCT220 OUTLOOK FOR THE RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA: .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 69 TO 74. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2024...........SUNRISE 558 AM PDT SUNSET 754 PM PDT MAY 3 2024...........SUNRISE 557 AM PDT SUNSET 755 PM PDT