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Latest Hot Air Balloon Text Forecast

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Afternoon Hot Air Balloon Forecast
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
201 PM MDT Tue Apr 30 2024

This forecast is information to assist pilots and aircrews for flight planning
and is not to be considered as a sole source of information to meet all
preflight actions. Pilots should receive a complete preflight briefing from a
Flight Service Station (1-800-WXBRIEF) or online via 1800wxbrief.com.

...HERE IS THE AFTERNOON HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
FOR THE HOT SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...

.THIS AFTERNOON...
    Sunset:                          755 PM.

    Surface Wind Forecast:           4 PM...280/23G37 mph.
                                     6 PM...290/21G30 mph.

    Boundary Layer Wind:             4 PM...280/37 mph. Depth 9800 ft.
                                     6 PM...280/32 mph. Depth 8000 ft.

    RAP Winds (approx. 5 PM):              250ft...300/19 mph.
                                           500ft...290/23 mph.
                                          1000ft...290/25 mph.
                                          2000ft...290/26 mph.
                                          3000ft...290/27 mph.

    Surface Lifted Index:            4 PM...+4.
                                     7 PM...+7.

    Density Altitude:                4 PM...4496 ft.
                                     6 PM...4486 ft.

    Additional Weather Info:         clear below 12000 feet AGL,
                                     unrestricted visibilities.


.OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW MORNING...
    Sunrise:        543 AM.
    Weather:        ceilings around 9000 feet AGL,
                    unrestricted visibilities,
                    30 percent chance of precipitation.
    Surface Wind:   6 AM...110/06 mph.
                    8 AM...150/10 mph.
    Boundary Wind:  6 AM...110/09 mph. Depth 400 ft.
                    8 AM...170/17 mph. Depth 1100 ft.

    RAP Winds (approx. 6 AM):  250ft...120/03 mph.
                               500ft...150/12 mph.
                              1000ft...160/14 mph.
                              2000ft...160/14 mph.
                              3000ft...170/12 mph.

This forecast is not routinely updated or amended outside of any scheduled
issuances.

&&

Additional aviation observations and forecasts are available at
aviationweather.gov. You can also read the local aviation forecast discussion
at https://www.aviationweather.gov/fcstdisc.

$$

WFO UNR

Note: "Boundary layer" above refers to the planetary boundary layer, or the layer within which the effects of friction are significant (courtesy of the NWS Glossary). The depth of this layer will vary throughout the day, typically reaching its maximum depth in the afternoon and minimum depth overnight.

Latest Soaring Forecast

Normally issued March 1 to October 31


Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
0754 MDT Tuesday, April 30, 2024

This forecast is for Tuesday, April 30, 2024:

If the trigger temperature of 60.6 F/15.9 C is reached...then
   Thermal Soaring Index....................... Poor
   Maximum rate of lift........................ 188 ft/min (1.0 m/s)
   Maximum height of thermals.................. 7073 ft MSL (3624 ft AGL)

Forecast maximum temperature................... 60.0 F/16.0 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1500 MDT
Time of overdevelopment........................ None
Middle/high clouds during soaring window....... None
Surface winds during soaring window............ 20 mph or less
Height of the -3 thermal index................. 4677 ft MSL (1228 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 05/01.... Good

Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available

Remarks... 

Sunrise/Sunset.................... 05:46:32 / 19:54:21 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 7 min 49 sec (847 min 49 sec)
Altitude of sun at 12:50:27 MDT... 61.70 degrees

Upper air data from numerical model forecast valid on 04/30/2024 at 0600 MDT

Freezing level.................. 9407 ft MSL (5958 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 11811 ft MSL (8362 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 9461 ft MSL (6012 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.6
K index......................... +17.5

Height  Temperature  Wind  Wind Spd  Lapse Rate  ConvectionT  Thermal  Lift Rate
ft MSL  deg C deg F   Dir   kt  m/s  C/km F/kft  deg C deg F   Index    fpm  m/s
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 50000  -53.8 -64.8   255   23   12   1.7   0.9  114.6 238.4    56.0      M    M
 45000  -51.2 -60.2   250   29   15   1.7   0.9   95.8 204.5    48.3      M    M
 40000  -49.1 -56.4   255   27   14   1.4   0.8   75.2 167.3    38.4      M    M
 38000  -49.3 -56.7   250   29   15  -3.0  -1.7   65.2 149.3    32.8      M    M
 36000  -51.1 -60.0   245   33   17  -3.0  -1.6   53.5 128.3    25.8      M    M
 34000  -52.9 -63.2   240   38   20   0.4   0.2   43.0 109.4    19.1      M    M
 32000  -50.2 -58.4   230   32   17   4.5   2.5   38.1 100.6    16.1      M    M
 30000  -47.5 -53.5   215   28   14   7.1   3.9   34.1  93.4    13.6      M    M
 29000  -44.8 -48.6   215   26   13   8.8   4.8   33.5  92.4    13.4      M    M
 28000  -42.2 -44.0   210   25   13   8.8   4.8   33.2  91.7    13.2      M    M
 27000  -39.6 -39.3   210   23   12   8.8   4.8   32.9  91.2    13.2      M    M
 26000  -36.9 -34.4   210   22   11   9.1   5.0   32.6  90.7    13.1      M    M
 25000  -34.2 -29.6   215   21   11   9.1   5.0   32.3  90.1    13.0      M    M
 24000  -31.4 -24.5   215   21   11   9.1   5.0   32.1  89.8    13.0      M    M
 23000  -28.6 -19.5   215   17    9   6.4   3.5   31.1  87.9    12.4      M    M
 22000  -26.7 -16.1   210   13    7   6.4   3.5   29.8  85.7    11.5      M    M
 21000  -24.8 -12.6   205    8    4   6.5   3.6   28.7  83.7    10.7      M    M
 20000  -22.8  -9.0   230   10    5   6.9   3.8   27.6  81.7     9.8      M    M
 19500  -21.8  -7.2   240   12    6   6.9   3.8   27.1  80.7     9.5      M    M
 19000  -20.7  -5.3   245   14    7   6.9   3.8   26.6  79.9     9.1      M    M
 18500  -19.7  -3.5   255   16    8   7.0   3.8   26.1  79.1     8.7      M    M
 18000  -18.9  -2.0   260   19   10   4.5   2.5   25.4  77.8     8.2      M    M
 17500  -18.1  -0.6   265   22   11   4.7   2.6   24.5  76.2     7.5      M    M
 17000  -17.4   0.7   265   24   12   5.3   2.9   23.7  74.7     6.8      M    M
 16500  -16.6   2.1   270   22   11   5.5   3.0   23.0  73.3     6.2      M    M
 16000  -15.8   3.6   275   20   10   6.7   3.7   22.2  72.0     5.6      M    M
 15500  -14.5   5.9   275   18    9   9.5   5.2   22.1  71.7     5.5      M    M
 15000  -13.1   8.4   280   16    8   9.5   5.2   22.0  71.6     5.4      M    M
 14500  -11.6  11.1   280   15    8  10.1   5.5   22.0  71.6     5.5      M    M
 14000  -10.1  13.8   275   14    7  10.0   5.5   22.1  71.7     5.5      M    M
 13500   -8.6  16.5   275   13    7   9.9   5.5   22.1  71.8     5.6      M    M
 13000   -7.1  19.2   275   12    6  10.0   5.5   22.1  71.8     5.7      M    M
 12500   -5.6  21.9   275   11    6   9.5   5.2   22.2  71.9     5.7      M    M
 12000   -4.2  24.4   275   10    5   9.7   5.3   22.1  71.8     5.7      M    M
 11500   -3.0  26.6   270    9    5   5.8   3.2   21.9  71.4     5.5      M    M
 11000   -2.3  27.9   265    9    5   5.1   2.8   21.1  70.0     4.7      M    M
 10500   -1.6  29.1   260    9    5   4.7   2.6   20.3  68.6     4.0      M    M
 10250   -1.3  29.7   260    9    5   4.7   2.6   19.9  67.8     3.6      M    M
 10000   -1.0  30.2   255   10    5   4.7   2.6   19.5  67.1     3.2      M    M
  9750   -0.7  30.7   255   11    5   5.0   2.7   19.1  66.4     2.8      M    M
  9500   -0.3  31.5   255   11    6   5.6   3.1   18.7  65.7     2.4      M    M
  9250    0.1  32.2   255   12    6   5.7   3.1   18.4  65.2     2.1      M    M
  9000    0.5  32.9   255   13    7   5.6   3.1   18.1  64.6     1.7      M    M
  8750    0.9  33.6   255   14    7   6.1   3.3   17.8  64.0     1.4      M    M
  8500    1.4  34.5   255   15    8   6.8   3.7   17.5  63.5     1.2      M    M
  8250    1.8  35.2   255   15    8   6.2   3.4   17.3  63.1     0.9      M    M
  8000    3.0  37.4   260   16    8   8.6   4.7   17.0  62.6     0.6      M    M
  7750    3.5  38.3   260   16    8   6.9   3.8   16.8  62.2     0.4      M    M
  7500    4.1  39.4   260   16    8   7.5   4.1   16.6  61.9     0.3      M    M
  7250    4.6  40.3   260   16    8   6.9   3.8   16.4  61.5     0.1      M    M
  7000    5.1  41.2   260   16    8   6.5   3.5   16.2  61.1    -0.2    172  0.9
  6750    5.6  42.1   260   15    8   6.6   3.6   15.9  60.6    -0.4    150  0.8
  6500    6.1  43.0   260   15    8   6.6   3.6   15.7  60.2    -0.7    128  0.6
  6250    6.5  43.7   260   14    7   5.9   3.2   15.4  59.8    -0.9    106  0.5
  6000    7.0  44.6   255   14    7   5.8   3.2   15.1  59.2    -1.2     87  0.4
  5750    7.4  45.3   255   14    7   6.8   3.7   14.8  58.7    -1.5     65  0.3
  5500    7.9  46.2   255   13    7   5.8   3.2   14.6  58.3    -1.7     43  0.2
  5250    8.3  46.9   250   13    7   4.6   2.5   14.2  57.6    -2.1     25  0.1
  5000    8.6  47.5   245   12    6   4.4   2.4   13.8  56.9    -2.5      8  0.0
  4750    8.9  48.0   245   12    6   3.4   1.8   13.4  56.1    -3.0      M    M
  4500    9.1  48.4   240   12    6   2.3   1.3   12.9  55.2    -3.6      M    M
  4250    9.2  48.6   235   11    6   2.0   1.1   12.3  54.1    -4.2      M    M
  4000    9.3  48.7   230   11    6   2.1   1.1   11.7  53.1    -4.8      M    M
  3750    9.4  48.9   225   10    5   1.4   0.8   11.1  52.0    -5.4      M    M

 * * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * * 

           04/30/2024 at 0900 MDT          |       04/30/2024 at 1200 MDT        
                                           |
CAPE...   +40.2    LI...       +0.4        | CAPE...   +19.4    LI...       +1.6
CINH...    -2.6    K Index... +19.0'        | CINH...    -0.4    K Index... +19.5'
                                           |
Height Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate | Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft | deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 50000 -54.0 -65.2  245  18  9   2.7   1.5 | -54.3 -65.7  240  20 10   2.0   1.1
 45000 -49.9 -57.8  250  25 13   2.8   1.5 | -51.2 -60.2  245  22 11   2.1   1.1
 40000 -47.5 -53.5  250  26 13   1.5   0.8 | -46.8 -52.2  255  25 13   2.8   1.5
 38000 -46.8 -52.2  250  27 14   0.8   0.4 | -45.8 -50.4  255  26 14  -0.1  -0.0
 36000 -46.3 -51.3  245  30 15   0.8   0.4 | -45.8 -50.4  255  27 14  -0.0  -0.0
 34000 -45.9 -50.6  245  33 17   0.8   0.4 | -45.8 -50.4  250  28 14   0.0   0.0
 32000 -45.8 -50.4  240  30 15   0.1   0.0 | -44.8 -48.6  255  26 13   1.8   1.0
 30000 -45.7 -50.3  240  26 14  -0.2  -0.1 | -43.7 -46.7  255  23 12   1.7   0.9
 29000 -44.6 -48.3  235  26 13   4.7   2.6 | -43.0 -45.4  260  23 12   2.5   1.4
 28000 -43.2 -45.8  235  25 13   4.7   2.6 | -42.3 -44.1  260  23 12   2.5   1.4
 27000 -41.8 -43.2  235  24 12   4.7   2.6 | -41.5 -42.7  265  23 12   2.5   1.4
 26000 -40.2 -40.4  235  24 12   7.1   3.9 | -40.4 -40.7  265  22 12   6.7   3.7
 25000 -37.6 -35.7  235  24 12   6.9   3.8 | -38.5 -37.3  265  21 11   6.3   3.5
 24000 -35.5 -31.9  235  23 12   6.9   3.8 | -36.2 -33.2  260  19 10   6.3   3.5
 23000 -33.3 -27.9  235  23 12   7.9   4.4 | -34.1 -29.4  260  18  9   7.5   4.1
 22000 -30.9 -23.6  235  23 12   8.0   4.4 | -31.8 -25.2  260  17  9   7.6   4.2
 21000 -28.5 -19.3  235  24 12   7.9   4.3 | -29.6 -21.3  255  16  8   7.6   4.2
 20000 -26.0 -14.8  235  23 12   8.3   4.6 | -27.3 -17.1  255  15  8   7.4   4.1
 19500 -24.8 -12.6  235  23 12   8.3   4.6 | -26.2 -15.2  255  14  7   7.4   4.1
 19000 -23.5 -10.3  235  22 12   8.3   4.6 | -25.1 -13.2  255  14  7   7.4   4.1
 18500 -22.3  -8.1  235  22 11   8.4   4.6 | -24.0 -11.2  255  13  7   7.4   4.1
 18000 -21.1  -6.0  235  22 11   7.5   4.1 | -22.9  -9.2  255  12  6   7.2   3.9
 17500 -19.9  -3.8  235  21 11   7.5   4.1 | -21.8  -7.2  260  12  6   7.2   3.9
 17000 -18.8  -1.8  235  20 10   7.2   3.9 | -20.8  -5.4  260  11  6   7.2   4.0
 16500 -17.8  -0.0  240  19 10   6.8   3.7 | -19.7  -3.5  265  11  6   7.3   4.0
 16000 -16.8   1.8  240  18  9   6.8   3.7 | -18.6  -1.5  265  11  6   7.3   4.0
 15500 -15.8   3.6  235  17  9   6.6   3.6 | -17.5   0.5  270  11  6   7.3   4.0
 15000 -14.8   5.4  235  16  8   6.6   3.6 | -16.5   2.3  275  11  6   7.4   4.1
 14500 -13.8   7.2  235  14  7   7.6   4.2 | -15.4   4.3  275  12  6   7.1   3.9
 14000 -12.7   9.1  230  13  7   7.6   4.2 | -14.4   6.1  280  12  6   7.1   3.9
 13500 -11.5  11.3  230  13  7   7.9   4.4 | -13.3   8.1  280  13  7   7.0   3.8
 13000 -10.4  13.3  235  12  6   8.0   4.4 | -12.3   9.9  285  13  7   7.0   3.8
 12500  -9.2  15.4  235  12  6   7.5   4.1 | -11.3  11.7  285  14  7   7.1   3.9
 12000  -8.1  17.4  245  13  7   7.4   4.0 | -10.3  13.5  285  14  7   7.1   3.9
 11500  -7.1  19.2  250  14  7   7.1   3.9 |  -9.2  15.4  290  14  7   7.1   3.9
 11000  -6.1  21.0  255  14  7   7.0   3.8 |  -8.2  17.2  290  15  7   7.1   3.9
 10500  -5.1  22.8  260  15  8   6.3   3.4 |  -7.2  19.0  295  15  8   7.0   3.8
 10250  -4.7  23.5  260  15  8   6.0   3.3 |  -6.6  20.1  295  15  8   7.0   3.9
 10000  -4.3  24.3  265  16  8   6.1   3.3 |  -6.1  21.0  295  15  8   7.0   3.8
  9750  -3.8  25.2  265  16  8   6.2   3.4 |  -5.6  21.9  295  15  8   7.2   4.0
  9500  -3.4  25.9  265  16  8   6.5   3.5 |  -5.1  22.8  300  14  7   7.5   4.1
  9250  -2.9  26.8  270  15  8   6.6   3.6 |  -4.5  23.9  300  14  7   7.5   4.1
  9000  -2.5  27.5  270  15  7   6.5   3.6 |  -4.0  24.8  300  14  7   7.6   4.2
  8750  -2.0  28.4  275  14  7   6.7   3.7 |  -3.5  25.7  305  14  7   6.7   3.7
  8500  -1.5  29.3  275  13  7   6.9   3.8 |  -3.0  26.6  305  14  7   6.0   3.3
  8250  -0.6  30.9  280  12  6   7.3   4.0 |  -2.6  27.3  305  13  7   6.0   3.3
  8000  -0.1  31.8  285  11  6   6.6   3.6 |  -2.1  28.2  305  13  7   6.7   3.7
  7750   0.3  32.5  290  10  5   5.4   2.9 |  -1.6  29.1  305  13  7   7.4   4.1
  7500   0.7  33.3  295  10  5   5.6   3.1 |  -1.1  30.0  305  13  7   7.0   3.8
  7250   1.1  34.0  300   9  5   5.6   3.1 |  -0.6  30.9  305  13  7   6.9   3.8
  7000   1.6  34.9  300   9  5   7.1   3.9 |  -0.1  31.8  305  13  7   7.2   3.9
  6750   2.2  36.0  305   9  5   8.4   4.6 |   1.2  34.2  305  14  7  10.2   5.6
  6500   2.8  37.0  305   9  5   8.5   4.7 |   2.0  35.6  305  14  7   9.8   5.4
  6250   3.4  38.1  310   9  5   8.6   4.7 |   2.6  36.7  305  14  7   8.2   4.5
  6000   4.1  39.4  310   9  5   9.0   5.0 |   3.3  37.9  305  14  7   8.9   4.9
  5750   4.8  40.6  310   9  5   9.5   5.2 |   4.0  39.2  305  14  7  10.4   5.7
  5500   5.5  41.9  310   9  5   9.8   5.4 |   4.8  40.6  300  15  7   9.8   5.4
  5250   6.2  43.2  310   9  5  10.0   5.5 |   5.5  41.9  300  15  8   8.9   4.9
  5000   7.0  44.6  310   9  5   9.7   5.3 |   6.1  43.0  300  15  8   9.8   5.4
  4750   7.7  45.9  310   9  5   9.6   5.3 |   6.9  44.4  300  15  8  10.5   5.7
  4500   8.4  47.1  310   9  4  10.0   5.5 |   7.7  45.9  300  15  8  10.7   5.8
  4250   9.1  48.4  310   9  4   9.6   5.3 |   8.5  47.3  300  15  8   9.3   5.1
  4000   9.9  49.8  310   8  4  11.2   6.2 |   9.2  48.6  295  14  7  14.4   7.9
  3750  10.9  51.6  305   8  4  17.1   9.4 |  10.8  51.4  295  13  7  27.1  14.9

           04/30/2024 at 1500 MDT          |       04/30/2024 at 1800 MDT        
                                           |
CAPE...   +32.5    LI...       +3.9        | CAPE...     0.0    LI...       +6.8
CINH...    -0.1    K Index... +17.5'        | CINH...    -0.1    K Index... +6.8'
                                           |
Height Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate | Temperature  Wnd WndSpd  Lapse Rate
ft MSL deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft | deg C deg F  Dir kt m/s  C/km F/kft
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 50000 -53.7 -64.7  235  21 11   2.4   1.3 | -53.7 -64.7  255  16  8   1.4   0.8
 45000 -50.2 -58.4  250  27 14   2.4   1.3 | -51.5 -60.7  260  29 15   1.8   1.0
 40000 -47.8 -54.0  255  27 14   1.5   0.8 | -53.2 -63.8  255  35 18  -1.2  -0.7
 38000 -47.6 -53.7  260  29 15  -1.7  -0.9 | -53.4 -64.1  260  37 19   0.9   0.5
 36000 -48.6 -55.5  265  35 18  -1.7  -0.9 | -52.9 -63.2  265  41 21   0.9   0.5
 34000 -49.7 -57.5  270  41 21  -0.8  -0.5 | -52.3 -62.1  270  45 23   4.1   2.2
 32000 -47.7 -53.9  275  46 24   3.6   1.9 | -48.4 -55.1  270  46 24   6.5   3.5
 30000 -45.6 -50.1  280  51 26   4.0   2.2 | -44.5 -48.1  270  48 25   6.7   3.7
 29000 -43.7 -46.7  280  51 26   6.6   3.6 | -42.5 -44.5  270  47 24   6.9   3.8
 28000 -41.8 -43.2  280  51 26   6.6   3.6 | -40.4 -40.7  270  46 24   6.9   3.8
 27000 -39.8 -39.6  285  50 26   6.6   3.6 | -38.3 -36.9  265  45 23   6.9   3.8
 26000 -37.3 -35.1  285  49 25   6.7   3.7 | -35.9 -32.6  270  44 22   6.4   3.5
 25000 -35.3 -31.5  285  47 24   6.7   3.7 | -34.0 -29.2  270  43 22   6.4   3.5
 24000 -33.3 -27.9  285  45 23   6.7   3.7 | -32.0 -25.6  270  42 22   6.3   3.5
 23000 -31.3 -24.3  285  43 22   6.6   3.6 | -29.9 -21.8  270  40 21   7.5   4.1
 22000 -29.3 -20.7  285  40 20   6.6   3.6 | -27.6 -17.7  275  39 20   7.5   4.1
 21000 -27.3 -17.1  285  36 19   6.7   3.7 | -25.4 -13.7  275  37 19   7.6   4.2
 20000 -25.5 -13.9  285  32 17   5.9   3.2 | -23.0  -9.4  275  36 18   8.1   4.5
 19500 -24.6 -12.3  285  30 16   5.9   3.2 | -21.7  -7.1  275  35 18   8.1   4.5
 19000 -23.7 -10.7  280  28 15   5.9   3.2 | -20.5  -4.9  280  34 18   8.1   4.5
 18500 -22.8  -9.0  280  26 14   5.8   3.2 | -19.3  -2.7  280  34 17   8.1   4.4
 18000 -21.9  -7.4  280  25 13   6.5   3.6 | -18.2  -0.8  280  33 17   6.9   3.8
 17500 -20.9  -5.6  275  24 12   6.5   3.6 | -17.1   1.2  280  31 16   7.1   3.9
 17000 -19.9  -3.8  275  23 12   6.8   3.7 | -16.1   3.0  280  30 15   5.1   2.8
 16500 -18.9  -2.0  275  23 12   6.9   3.8 | -15.5   4.1  280  29 15   4.5   2.5
 16000 -17.8  -0.0  275  22 11   6.5   3.5 | -14.8   5.4  280  27 14   4.3   2.4
 15500 -17.2   1.0  275  21 11   3.3   1.8 | -14.2   6.4  280  26 13   4.1   2.2
 15000 -16.7   1.9  275  20 10   4.0   2.2 | -13.6   7.5  280  25 13   4.1   2.2
 14500 -16.4   2.5  275  19 10   0.4   0.2 | -13.0   8.6  275  24 12   3.4   1.9
 14000 -16.3   2.7  275  17  9   0.4   0.2 | -12.5   9.5  270  23 12   3.5   1.9
 13500 -15.8   3.6  280  15  8   8.0   4.4 | -12.0  10.4  270  23 12   4.2   2.3
 13000 -14.6   5.7  280  15  8   8.2   4.5 | -11.4  11.5  265  22 11   4.0   2.2
 12500 -13.4   7.9  280  15  7   9.1   5.0 | -10.7  12.7  265  21 11   6.5   3.6
 12000 -12.0  10.4  280  14  7   9.2   5.0 |  -9.8  14.4  265  19 10   6.7   3.7
 11500 -10.6  12.9  280  14  7   9.2   5.0 |  -8.8  16.2  265  17  9   6.1   3.3
 11000  -9.3  15.3  285  14  7   9.1   5.0 |  -7.9  17.8  270  15  8   5.8   3.2
 10500  -7.9  17.8  285  14  7   9.4   5.1 |  -6.9  19.6  275  13  7   8.8   4.8
 10250  -7.2  19.0  285  14  7   9.4   5.1 |  -6.2  20.8  275  12  6   8.7   4.8
 10000  -6.5  20.3  285  13  7   9.4   5.1 |  -5.6  21.9  275  12  6   8.6   4.7
  9750  -5.8  21.6  285  13  7   9.4   5.2 |  -4.9  23.2  280  11  6   9.3   5.1
  9500  -5.1  22.8  285  13  7   9.4   5.2 |  -4.2  24.4  280  11  6   9.9   5.4
  9250  -4.4  24.1  285  13  7   9.4   5.2 |  -3.5  25.7  280  11  6   9.8   5.3
  9000  -3.7  25.3  285  13  7   9.4   5.2 |  -2.0  28.4  280  11  6   9.6   5.3
  8750  -2.3  27.9  285  13  7   9.4   5.1 |  -1.3  29.7  280  11  6   9.7   5.3
  8500  -1.6  29.1  285  13  7   9.2   5.0 |  -0.6  30.9  280  11  5   9.4   5.2
  8250  -0.9  30.4  285  13  7  10.0   5.5 |   0.2  32.4  285  11  5  10.5   5.7
  8000  -0.1  31.8  285  13  7  10.0   5.5 |   1.0  33.8  285  11  5  10.3   5.7
  7750   0.6  33.1  285  13  7   8.9   4.9 |   1.7  35.1  285  11  5   9.1   5.0
  7500   1.3  34.3  285  13  7   9.2   5.0 |   2.4  36.3  285  10  5   9.5   5.2
  7250   2.0  35.6  285  13  7   8.7   4.8 |   3.1  37.6  285  10  5   8.6   4.7
  7000   2.6  36.7  285  13  7   9.2   5.0 |   3.7  38.7  285  10  5   9.1   5.0
  6750   3.4  38.1  285  13  7  10.3   5.6 |   4.5  40.1  285  10  5  10.6   5.8
  6500   4.1  39.4  285  13  7   9.9   5.4 |   5.3  41.5  285  10  5   9.9   5.4
  6250   4.8  40.6  285  13  7   9.1   5.0 |   6.0  42.8  290  10  5   8.9   4.9
  6000   5.5  41.9  285  13  7   9.7   5.3 |   6.6  43.9  290  10  5   9.4   5.1
  5750   6.3  43.3  285  13  7  10.5   5.8 |   7.4  45.3  290  10  5  10.1   5.5
  5500   7.1  44.8  285  13  7  10.2   5.6 |   8.1  46.6  290  10  5  10.2   5.6
  5250   7.8  46.0  285  13  7  10.2   5.6 |   8.9  48.0  290  10  5  10.4   5.7
  5000   8.6  47.5  285  13  6   9.8   5.4 |   9.7  49.5  290  10  5   9.8   5.4
  4750   9.3  48.7  285  12  6   9.8   5.4 |  10.4  50.7  290  10  5   9.4   5.2
  4500  10.1  50.2  285  12  6  10.7   5.9 |  11.1  52.0  295  10  5   9.9   5.4
  4250  10.8  51.4  285  12  6   9.2   5.0 |  11.8  53.2  295  10  5   9.4   5.2
  4000  11.6  52.9  285  11  6  14.4   7.9 |  12.6  54.7  295  10  5  11.0   6.0
  3750  13.1  55.6  285  10  5  26.9  14.7 |  13.5  56.3  295   9  4  14.3   7.8

Link: Interactive forecast soundings from NOAA's Global Systems Laboratory

Link: Vertical Wind Profile for Hot Springs Municipal Airport (courtesy CWSU Seattle)

 

The soundings below show temperature (in red) and dew point (in green) at decreasing pressures (increasing heights) throughout the atmosphere.

Winds (in knots; 1 knot = 1.15078 mph) are shown at right.
Pennants or flags correspond to 50 kt, long barbs represent 10 kt, and short barbs represent 5 kt. Winds are also colored by magnitude.
The shaft points to the direction from which the wind is blowing. More information about wind barbs can be found here.

 

Latest Observed Sounding from Rapid City


Latest Observed Sounding from Rapid City

 

 

Forecast Soundings for the Hot Springs Municipal Airport (click to zoom)

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