Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 261228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, July 26, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, July 26, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 80.7 F/27.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1401 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20008 ft MSL (15082 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0945 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................. 16044 ft MSL (11118 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 07/27....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:19:23 / 20:49:22 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 29 min 58 sec (869 min 58 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:23 MDT... 67.25 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/26/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14814 ft MSL (9888 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 23895 ft MSL (18969 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 23065 ft MSL (18139 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +2.0
K index......................... +2.4
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 -25.8 -14.4 225 41 21 8.0 4.4 38.5 101.4 3.7 M M
24000 -21.0 -5.8 225 39 20 7.9 4.3 37.3 99.1 2.7 M M
22000 -15.7 3.7 220 36 18 7.6 4.2 35.8 96.5 1.6 M M
20000 -11.4 11.5 215 30 15 7.1 3.9 33.9 93.1 -0.1 1394 7.1
18000 -7.1 19.2 210 25 13 7.5 4.1 32.3 90.1 -1.5 1205 6.1
16000 -2.7 27.1 200 25 13 7.1 3.9 30.7 87.3 -3.0 1014 5.2
14000 2.0 35.6 195 24 12 8.9 4.9 29.6 85.3 -4.3 813 4.1
12000 7.3 45.1 200 24 12 8.1 4.5 29.0 84.2 -4.9 595 3.0
10000 12.1 53.8 205 23 12 6.8 3.7 27.9 82.1 -6.0 392 2.0
9000 14.7 58.5 200 22 11 7.5 4.1 27.5 81.4 -6.5 286 1.5
8000 17.7 63.9 195 22 11 8.0 4.4 26.8 80.3 -7.2 158 0.8
7000 20.0 68.0 185 20 10 7.7 4.2 26.2 79.2 -7.8 59 0.3
6000 21.5 70.7 170 17 9 1.6 0.9 24.8 76.6 -9.4 M M
5000 17.7 63.9 140 9 5 -99.0 -54.3 18.2 64.7 -16.2 69 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/26/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/26/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.6 | CAPE... +2.7 LI... +1.1
CINH... -0.2 K Index... +20.3 | CINH... -5.9 K Index... +15.0
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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 -27.5 -17.5 190 13 7 7.9 4.3 | -27.6 -17.7 210 17 9 7.8 4.3
24000 -22.9 -9.2 190 16 8 7.4 4.0 | -23.0 -9.4 215 19 10 7.6 4.2
22000 -18.6 -1.5 185 18 9 7.4 4.1 | -18.5 -1.3 215 20 10 7.6 4.2
20000 -13.9 7.0 170 17 9 7.1 3.9 | -13.9 7.0 215 19 10 6.8 3.7
18000 -10.0 14.0 155 16 8 6.5 3.6 | -10.1 13.8 210 18 9 6.9 3.8
16000 -5.9 21.4 165 14 7 7.3 4.0 | -5.1 22.8 205 18 9 9.0 4.9
14000 -0.8 30.6 185 15 8 9.1 5.0 | 0.3 32.5 205 18 9 9.3 5.1
12000 4.9 40.8 190 17 9 9.4 5.2 | 5.9 42.6 200 17 9 9.3 5.1
10000 10.4 50.7 185 17 9 7.1 3.9 | 11.4 52.5 195 16 8 7.6 4.2
9000 13.4 56.1 185 16 8 8.7 4.8 | 14.4 57.9 195 16 8 9.5 5.2
8000 16.2 61.2 180 15 8 9.0 4.9 | 17.3 63.1 195 15 8 10.1 5.5
7000 19.0 66.2 175 15 8 9.0 4.9 | 20.3 68.5 195 14 7 9.8 5.4
6000 21.5 70.7 165 14 7 7.7 4.2 | 23.3 73.9 195 13 7 10.3 5.6
5000 23.7 74.7 155 11 6 9.2 5.0 | 26.3 79.3 195 11 6 12.8 7.0
07/26/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/26/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.7 LI... +1.2 | CAPE... +0.7 LI... +1.0
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +10.9 | CINH... -0.8 K Index... +7.9
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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 -27.6 -17.7 220 25 13 8.0 4.4 | -27.7 -17.9 215 27 14 8.4 4.6
24000 -22.8 -9.0 220 24 12 8.2 4.5 | -22.7 -8.9 210 25 13 8.2 4.5
22000 -17.3 0.9 225 22 11 7.8 4.3 | -17.2 1.0 215 22 11 8.1 4.4
20000 -13.1 8.4 210 20 10 7.0 3.9 | -12.6 9.3 210 19 10 7.7 4.2
18000 -9.0 15.8 200 19 10 7.7 4.2 | -8.2 17.2 210 18 9 8.0 4.4
16000 -3.9 25.0 200 19 10 9.1 5.0 | -2.9 26.8 205 18 9 9.4 5.2
14000 1.7 35.1 200 19 10 9.5 5.2 | 2.8 37.0 205 17 9 9.6 5.3
12000 7.4 45.3 205 18 9 9.7 5.3 | 8.5 47.3 205 15 8 9.5 5.2
10000 13.1 55.6 205 17 9 7.7 4.2 | 14.2 57.6 210 14 7 7.9 4.4
9000 16.2 61.2 205 17 9 9.5 5.2 | 17.3 63.1 210 14 7 10.0 5.5
8000 19.2 66.6 210 17 9 10.1 5.6 | 20.2 68.4 215 13 7 10.4 5.7
7000 22.2 72.0 210 16 8 10.3 5.7 | 23.1 73.6 220 12 6 10.1 5.5
6000 25.2 77.4 215 15 8 10.3 5.6 | 26.1 79.0 220 11 6 9.4 5.2
5000 29.7 85.5 215 13 7 31.8 17.4 | 29.8 85.6 220 9 5 21.2 11.6
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