A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
Soaring Forecast THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE DALLAS - FORT WORTH AREA. SOARING FORECAST FOR DFW DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -5.0 5000 FT MSL........ 0.5 6000 FT MSL........ 1.0 10000 FT MSL........ 3.0 15000 FT MSL........ 10.0 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 3900 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 4500 FT MSL DFW MAX TEMPERATURE....... 85 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 85 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 244 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 2000 FT MSL..... 170 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 3000 FT MSL..... 185 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 195 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 235 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 005 DEGREES AT 04 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 040 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 020 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 010 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 340 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 310 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 235 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 235 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 27 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 29000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 36 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE AMARILLO - PANHANDLE REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR AMA DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -19.0 5000 FT MSL........ -6.5 6000 FT MSL........ -4.0 10000 FT MSL........ -0.5 15000 FT MSL........ 0.5 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 7100 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 14600 FT MSL AMA MAX TEMPERATURE....... 81 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 76 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 590 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 4000 FT MSL..... 195 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 215 DEGREES AT 39 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 220 DEGREES AT 42 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 225 DEGREES AT 38 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 235 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 245 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 10000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS 13000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 15000 FT MSL.... 310 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 300 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 300 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 18000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 21000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 29 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 245 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 26000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 36 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE MIDLAND - WEST TEXAS REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR MAF DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -11.5 5000 FT MSL........ -4.5 6000 FT MSL........ -0.5 10000 FT MSL........ 2.0 15000 FT MSL........ 3.5 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 5200 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 6300 FT MSL MAF MAX TEMPERATURE....... 84 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 84 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 222 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 3000 FT MSL..... 135 DEGREES AT 19 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 170 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 175 DEGREES AT 41 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 200 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 205 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 205 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 220 DEGREES AT 09 KNOTS 10000 FT MSL.... 245 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 240 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 245 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS 13000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS 15000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 285 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 27 KNOTS 18000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 29 KNOTS 19000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 29 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 27 KNOTS 26000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 38 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE SHREVEPORT - EAST TEXAS REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR SHV DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -3.5 5000 FT MSL........ -1.0 6000 FT MSL........ 0.5 10000 FT MSL........ 7.0 15000 FT MSL........ 12.0 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 3400 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 5700 FT MSL SHV MAX TEMPERATURE....... 84 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 80 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 322 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 1000 FT MSL..... 185 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 2000 FT MSL..... 200 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 3000 FT MSL..... 220 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 240 DEGREES AT 09 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 220 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 210 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 220 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 215 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 250 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 10000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 13000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 23 KNOTS 15000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 23 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 18000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 19000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 21000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 26000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 29000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE BROWNSVILLE - DEEP SOUTH TEXAS REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR BRO DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ 0.5 5000 FT MSL........ 4.0 6000 FT MSL........ 5.5 10000 FT MSL........ 9.5 15000 FT MSL........ 14.0 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 1800 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 2600 FT MSL BRO MAX TEMPERATURE....... 85 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 90 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 178 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 1000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 2000 FT MSL..... 175 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 3000 FT MSL..... 155 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 155 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 150 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 155 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 180 DEGREES AT 09 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 185 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 10000 FT MSL.... 140 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 140 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 160 DEGREES AT 03 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 15000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 285 DEGREES AT 31 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 290 DEGREES AT 28 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 295 DEGREES AT 43 KNOTS 26000 FT MSL.... 285 DEGREES AT 55 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS 26000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 29000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI - MID-TEXAS GULF COAST REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR CRP DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -3.0 5000 FT MSL........ 3.0 6000 FT MSL........ 4.5 10000 FT MSL........ 9.5 15000 FT MSL........ 12.5 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 3200 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 3700 FT MSL CRP MAX TEMPERATURE....... 85 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 85 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 231 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 1000 FT MSL..... 125 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 2000 FT MSL..... 145 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 3000 FT MSL..... 140 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS 5000 FT MSL..... 155 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 175 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 195 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 10000 FT MSL.... 165 DEGREES AT 09 KNOTS 11000 FT MSL.... 215 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 155 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 13000 FT MSL.... 130 DEGREES AT 04 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 205 DEGREES AT 05 KNOTS 15000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 18000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS 19000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 21000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 27 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 290 DEGREES AT 45 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 29000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________ THIS FORECAST IS FOR THE DEL RIO - BIG BEND/EWARDS PLATEAU REGION. SOARING FORECAST FOR DRT DATE... 04/22/25...12Z THERMAL INDEX....MINUS SIGN INDICATES INSTABILITY 3000 FT MSL........ -7.5 5000 FT MSL........ -4.0 6000 FT MSL........ -3.0 10000 FT MSL........ 6.0 15000 FT MSL........ 7.0 HEIGHT OF THE -3 INDEX.... 5800 FT MSL TOP OF THE LIFT........... 7100 FT MSL DRT MAX TEMPERATURE....... 89 DEGREES F FIRST USEABLE LIFT........ 81 DEGREES F MAXIMUM LIFT.............. 348 FT/MIN UPPER LEVEL WINDS 2000 FT MSL..... 150 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 3000 FT MSL..... 155 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 4000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 6000 FT MSL..... 165 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 7000 FT MSL..... 185 DEGREES AT 24 KNOTS 8000 FT MSL..... 160 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS 9000 FT MSL..... 185 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 12000 FT MSL.... 245 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS 13000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS 14000 FT MSL.... 310 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS 16000 FT MSL.... 300 DEGREES AT 16 KNOTS 19000 FT MSL.... 275 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 28 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 36 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 290 DEGREES AT 45 KNOTS 17000 FT MSL.... 250 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 18000 FT MSL.... 255 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS 19000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 20000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS 21000 FT MSL.... 260 DEGREES AT 22 KNOTS 22000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 26 KNOTS 23000 FT MSL.... 265 DEGREES AT 27 KNOTS 24000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS 25000 FT MSL.... 280 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 290 DEGREES AT 45 KNOTS 27000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 32 KNOTS 28000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS 29000 FT MSL.... 270 DEGREES AT 33 KNOTS IT IS EMPHASIZED...THIS SOARING FORECAST INFORMATION IS VALID ONLY FOR THE RAOB SITE AREA AND FREQUENTLY WILL NOT APPLY TO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE. _____________________________________________________________