Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 291230
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
630 AM MDT Tuesday, July 29, 2025
This forecast is for Tuesday, July 29, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 87.6 F/30.9 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1942 ft/min (9.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 24380 ft MSL (19455 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 99.0 F/37.7 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1030 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................. 18523 ft MSL (13598 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Wednesday 07/30.... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:22:11 / 20:46:26 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 24 min 15 sec (864 min 15 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:18 MDT... 66.59 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/29/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 15780 ft MSL (10855 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 24042 ft MSL (19117 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 24373 ft MSL (19447 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +0.2
K index......................... +3.4
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 -25.2 -13.4 240 26 14 8.3 4.5 38.1 100.6 0.6 M M
24000 -20.2 -4.4 230 23 12 8.5 4.7 37.1 98.7 -0.2 1892 9.6
22000 -15.1 4.8 215 22 11 8.1 4.5 36.2 97.2 -0.9 1681 8.5
20000 -10.3 13.5 200 21 11 8.0 4.4 34.9 94.9 -2.1 1478 7.5
18000 -5.7 21.7 190 15 8 7.9 4.3 33.6 92.4 -3.4 1280 6.5
16000 -0.7 30.7 185 10 5 9.2 5.1 32.8 91.0 -4.3 1070 5.4
14000 4.9 40.8 190 10 5 9.2 5.1 32.5 90.6 -4.6 842 4.3
12000 10.5 50.9 200 12 6 9.1 5.0 32.2 90.0 -5.0 616 3.1
10000 15.8 60.4 200 14 7 8.0 4.4 31.7 89.0 -5.6 397 2.0
9000 18.5 65.3 200 15 8 7.9 4.3 31.4 88.5 -6.0 288 1.5
8000 21.4 70.5 185 16 8 7.2 4.0 30.6 87.1 -6.8 163 0.8
7000 23.1 73.6 170 18 9 5.4 3.0 29.4 84.9 -8.0 82 0.4
6000 24.3 75.7 160 17 9 -0.3 -0.2 27.6 81.7 -9.8 16 0.1
5000 18.1 64.6 125 9 5 -99.0 -54.3 18.5 65.3 -19.1 174 0.9
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/29/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/29/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +1.0 LI... +1.6 | CAPE... +57.9 LI... +1.2
CINH... -43.0 K Index... +12.8 | CINH... -55.9 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 -27.6 -17.7 200 30 16 8.4 4.6 | -27.4 -17.3 195 33 17 8.4 4.6
24000 -22.4 -8.3 195 26 13 9.2 5.0 | -22.3 -8.1 190 30 16 9.1 5.0
22000 -16.9 1.6 185 23 12 9.0 4.9 | -16.9 1.6 190 29 15 8.8 4.8
20000 -11.8 10.8 190 23 12 8.8 4.8 | -11.8 10.8 195 27 14 8.6 4.7
18000 -5.9 21.4 195 23 12 9.1 5.0 | -6.1 21.0 195 24 12 9.0 5.0
16000 -0.6 30.9 200 21 11 9.2 5.0 | -0.7 30.7 195 20 10 9.1 5.0
14000 4.9 40.8 205 17 9 9.1 5.0 | 4.8 40.6 195 16 8 9.0 4.9
12000 10.2 50.4 210 14 7 8.9 4.9 | 10.2 50.4 195 14 7 9.1 5.0
10000 15.5 59.9 215 11 6 8.0 4.4 | 15.7 60.3 200 12 6 8.8 4.8
9000 18.2 64.8 215 9 5 8.2 4.5 | 18.6 65.5 200 11 6 10.0 5.5
8000 20.6 69.1 205 8 4 7.7 4.2 | 21.2 70.2 205 11 5 9.3 5.1
7000 22.8 73.0 195 8 4 7.5 4.1 | 24.1 75.4 205 10 5 9.8 5.4
6000 24.7 76.5 180 8 4 6.7 3.7 | 26.9 80.4 210 9 4 10.5 5.8
5000 27.6 81.7 160 6 3 35.3 19.3 | 32.8 91.0 215 7 3 84.1 46.1
07/29/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/29/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +131.3 LI... +0.3 | CAPE... +13.2 LI... 0.0
CINH... -25.2 K Index... +13.3 | CINH... -25.5 K Index... +9.4
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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 -27.0 -16.6 200 33 17 8.1 4.4 | -26.1 -15.0 215 33 17 8.1 4.4
24000 -22.0 -7.6 195 30 15 8.7 4.8 | -21.2 -6.2 210 30 16 8.4 4.6
22000 -16.9 1.6 190 29 15 8.9 4.9 | -16.2 2.8 205 26 14 8.4 4.6
20000 -10.9 12.4 195 26 13 9.0 4.9 | -10.5 13.1 205 22 12 8.6 4.7
18000 -5.6 21.9 195 23 12 9.1 5.0 | -5.3 22.5 210 19 10 9.6 5.3
16000 -0.1 31.8 200 20 11 9.4 5.1 | 0.4 32.7 210 17 9 9.6 5.2
14000 5.5 41.9 200 19 10 9.3 5.1 | 6.1 43.0 210 16 8 9.5 5.2
12000 11.1 52.0 205 16 8 9.5 5.2 | 11.8 53.2 215 15 8 9.5 5.2
10000 16.8 62.2 210 14 7 8.9 4.9 | 17.4 63.3 215 14 7 8.8 4.8
9000 19.7 67.5 220 12 6 10.3 5.6 | 20.3 68.5 220 12 6 9.9 5.4
8000 22.5 72.5 225 11 6 9.5 5.2 | 23.1 73.6 225 11 6 9.4 5.1
7000 25.4 77.7 235 9 5 9.6 5.3 | 26.0 78.8 225 10 5 9.3 5.1
6000 28.3 82.9 245 8 4 9.8 5.4 | 28.8 83.8 230 9 5 9.5 5.2
5000 34.4 93.9 260 7 3 98.1 53.8 | 33.9 93.0 240 7 3 66.7 36.6
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