Soaring Forecast - NWS Twin Cities

Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

Soaring Forecast for the Twin Cities Area Prepared at 12:30 GMT Tue Jan 20 2026 Height Wind Wind Temp Soaring (ft AGL) Direction Speed(kts) (Deg C) Index 3000 285 19 -19 0.5 5000 300 27 -20 5.0 7000 300 33 -23 7.5 Temperature needed for lift to 3000 ft agl (Trigger Temp)..15 Time at which trigger temperature will be reached..........Will Not Reach Maximum Temperature for the day............................14 Deg F Maximum altitude of thermals...............................3000 (ft agl) Height where cumulus will form.............................No Cu Expected (ft agl) Base of cumulus during the afternoon.......................No Cu Expected (ft agl) Total Sky Cover in Eighths (Oktas) (11 AM to 4 PM).........Unavailable Implications of specific soaring indices: -4 or Less............Excellent -3....................Good -2 or -1..............Fair Zero or Greater.......Poor Forecast is based on Upper Air Data collected at Chanhassen, Minnesota. Elevation 943 feet. To: Princeton FSS, FAX, (763) 389-7143 Voice, (800) 642-6505 From: National Weather Service Chanhassen, Voice (952) 361-6671