Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 121231
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
631 AM MDT Saturday, July 12, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, July 12, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 85.8 F/29.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 933 ft/min (4.7 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 15578 ft MSL (10652 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1145 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................. 12116 ft MSL (7190 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 07/13....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:07:35 / 20:59:33 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 51 min 58 sec (891 min 58 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:34 MDT... 69.79 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/12/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16859 ft MSL (11933 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21631 ft MSL (16705 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19607 ft MSL (14681 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.5
K index......................... +9.3
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
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26000 -21.1 -6.0 335 8 4 8.1 4.4 43.4 110.2 7.1 M M
24000 -15.7 3.7 320 9 5 8.1 4.4 42.1 107.7 6.2 M M
22000 -10.9 12.4 315 10 5 7.5 4.1 40.9 105.6 5.3 M M
20000 -6.4 20.5 330 7 4 7.5 4.1 39.3 102.7 4.0 M M
18000 -2.2 28.0 345 4 2 6.7 3.7 37.5 99.4 2.4 M M
16000 1.6 34.9 360 6 3 6.2 3.4 35.2 95.4 0.4 M M
14000 5.8 42.4 345 12 6 6.9 3.8 33.5 92.4 -1.2 785 4.0
12000 9.9 49.8 340 13 7 8.0 4.4 31.8 89.3 -3.0 604 3.1
10000 14.8 58.6 360 8 4 8.2 4.5 31.0 87.8 -4.0 396 2.0
9000 17.5 63.5 360 6 3 7.9 4.3 30.7 87.3 -4.3 287 1.5
8000 20.4 68.7 360 4 2 7.2 3.9 30.0 85.9 -5.1 163 0.8
7000 22.1 71.8 015 3 1 5.2 2.9 28.8 83.8 -6.3 81 0.4
6000 23.1 73.6 100 2 1 0.4 0.2 26.7 80.1 -8.3 23 0.1
5000 17.9 64.2 115 7 3 -99.0 -54.3 18.7 65.6 -16.5 147 0.7
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/12/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/12/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +35.3 LI... +4.3 | CAPE... +23.9 LI... +3.8
CINH... -3.4 K Index... +5.1 | CINH... -39.3 K Index... +3.9
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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
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26000 -21.9 -7.4 340 12 6 8.1 4.4 | -21.7 -7.1 345 11 6 7.9 4.3
24000 -16.9 1.6 340 12 6 8.4 4.6 | -16.8 1.8 345 11 5 8.4 4.6
22000 -11.3 11.7 340 13 7 7.2 4.0 | -11.2 11.8 340 10 5 7.3 4.0
20000 -7.0 19.4 330 11 6 7.1 3.9 | -6.9 19.6 315 8 4 7.2 3.9
18000 -3.2 26.2 310 11 5 5.7 3.1 | -3.2 26.2 290 10 5 5.6 3.0
16000 0.2 32.4 310 13 7 5.7 3.1 | 0.1 32.2 295 11 6 5.7 3.1
14000 3.2 37.8 310 18 9 6.8 3.7 | 3.2 37.8 300 13 7 6.9 3.8
12000 7.8 46.0 305 16 8 8.6 4.7 | 7.8 46.0 295 14 7 8.9 4.9
10000 12.8 55.0 295 10 5 7.4 4.0 | 13.2 55.8 295 12 6 8.1 4.5
9000 15.0 59.0 295 7 3 8.5 4.6 | 15.8 60.4 290 10 5 8.3 4.6
8000 17.2 63.0 285 4 2 8.5 4.6 | 18.3 64.9 290 9 4 8.6 4.7
7000 19.4 66.9 265 3 1 7.9 4.3 | 20.8 69.4 290 8 4 9.4 5.2
6000 21.1 70.0 220 2 1 7.5 4.1 | 23.4 74.1 295 7 4 11.0 6.0
5000 24.9 76.8 230 2 1 43.2 23.7 | 29.6 85.3 300 7 4 95.0 52.1
07/12/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/12/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.5 LI... +5.3 | CAPE... +0.3 LI... +6.1
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +0.8 | CINH... -0.2 K Index... -11.3
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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
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26000 -21.4 -6.5 345 12 6 8.2 4.5 | -21.4 -6.5 345 12 6 8.2 4.5
24000 -16.4 2.5 340 10 5 8.4 4.6 | -16.4 2.5 340 11 5 8.4 4.6
22000 -10.7 12.7 330 8 4 7.6 4.2 | -10.8 12.6 325 9 5 7.9 4.3
20000 -6.1 21.0 310 8 4 7.6 4.2 | -6.0 21.2 315 9 5 7.9 4.3
18000 -2.2 28.0 290 11 6 5.2 2.9 | -1.5 29.3 310 11 5 6.7 3.6
16000 1.1 34.0 280 13 7 5.9 3.2 | 2.4 36.3 300 12 6 6.6 3.6
14000 4.5 40.1 280 12 6 6.3 3.4 | 6.3 43.3 295 13 7 6.3 3.4
12000 8.7 47.7 290 11 6 8.7 4.7 | 10.1 50.2 290 12 6 7.5 4.1
10000 13.8 56.8 295 11 6 8.1 4.4 | 14.8 58.6 295 11 6 8.3 4.6
9000 16.7 62.1 300 11 6 9.1 5.0 | 17.6 63.7 300 10 5 9.3 5.1
8000 19.4 66.9 300 10 5 9.0 4.9 | 20.3 68.5 305 9 5 9.2 5.0
7000 22.1 71.8 305 10 5 9.8 5.4 | 23.0 73.4 310 9 4 9.9 5.4
6000 25.0 77.0 310 9 5 11.3 6.2 | 25.8 78.4 320 8 4 10.8 5.9
5000 31.3 88.3 315 9 4 95.8 52.6 | 28.6 83.5 325 7 4 11.5 6.3
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