Like most things, reading a Skew-T isn't that hard once you figure it out. Before you figure it out, it ain't so easy. There are a lot of tutorials out there that could help you get started. Doing a little work on your own first will help you get more out of someone trying to explain them to you cold.

http://www.atmos.millersville.edu/~lead/SkewT_Home.html
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~hou...ous/Skew-T.pdf
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/24h...-logp-diagrams

There really isn't a magic bullet for doing soaring forecasting it takes a little work. Forecasting for your local club is a great way to get serious, after all the crap your buddies give you, you either learn to get it right or quit. Need + Peer Pressure = Success, and the amount of crap they give you is a cube function of inaccuracy.

Oh, and after you learn to read the Skew-T, you get to figure out which of the models is lying to you today, and which one you need to believe. Good judgement is the result of bad experience.

SF