Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 191227
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
627 AM MDT Wednesday, August 19, 2026
This forecast is for Wednesday, August 19, 2026:
If the trigger temperature of 90.1 F/32.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1582 ft/min (8.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19305 ft MSL (14380 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 98.0 F/37.1 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................. 11984 ft MSL (7059 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 08/20..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:42:26 / 20:20:21 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 37 min 56 sec (817 min 56 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:31:23 MDT... 60.97 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/19/2026 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16605 ft MSL (11680 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17384 ft MSL (12459 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18042 ft MSL (13117 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.7
K index......................... +28.5
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 -20.7 -5.3 270 21 11 7.7 4.2 43.8 110.8 5.5 M M
24000 -16.4 2.5 270 19 10 6.9 3.8 42.0 107.6 4.1 M M
22000 -11.8 10.8 265 18 9 7.0 3.8 39.8 103.6 2.2 M M
20000 -7.7 18.1 270 15 8 7.1 3.9 37.8 100.1 0.5 M M
18000 -3.4 25.9 270 14 7 8.8 4.8 36.3 97.3 -1.1 1253 6.4
16000 1.6 34.9 260 11 6 8.9 4.9 35.6 96.0 -1.9 1041 5.3
14000 7.0 44.6 245 9 4 8.7 4.8 35.2 95.3 -2.4 821 4.2
12000 12.3 54.1 225 7 4 8.7 4.8 34.6 94.3 -3.0 605 3.1
10000 17.4 63.3 200 9 4 8.3 4.5 34.0 93.1 -3.7 391 2.0
9000 19.9 67.8 195 10 5 8.2 4.5 33.5 92.4 -4.1 286 1.5
8000 22.3 72.1 190 9 5 7.4 4.0 33.0 91.4 -4.7 186 0.9
7000 24.8 76.6 185 8 4 6.6 3.6 31.9 89.4 -5.9 73 0.4
6000 26.4 79.5 160 7 4 1.3 0.7 30.5 86.9 -7.3 M M
5000 20.1 68.2 115 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 21.3 70.3 -16.6 157 0.8
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/19/2026 at 0900 MDT | 08/19/2026 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +42.8 LI... -0.2 | CAPE... +169.8 LI... -1.1
CINH... -39.4 K Index... +27.6 | CINH... -67.6 K Index... +27.9
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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 -20.3 -4.5 280 31 16 6.9 3.8 | -19.9 -3.8 280 27 14 7.1 3.9
24000 -16.2 2.8 280 30 15 7.0 3.8 | -16.0 3.2 280 26 13 6.3 3.5
22000 -12.1 10.2 285 28 14 7.0 3.8 | -12.3 9.9 280 24 12 6.7 3.7
20000 -7.5 18.5 285 25 13 7.0 3.8 | -7.8 18.0 280 22 11 6.9 3.8
18000 -3.4 25.9 285 24 12 6.5 3.6 | -3.5 25.7 275 21 11 7.3 4.0
16000 0.6 33.1 280 23 12 7.9 4.3 | 0.8 33.4 275 20 10 7.9 4.3
14000 5.6 42.1 280 18 9 8.3 4.5 | 5.7 42.3 270 16 8 8.6 4.7
12000 10.6 51.1 275 11 6 8.2 4.5 | 10.7 51.3 270 10 5 8.6 4.7
10000 15.1 59.2 280 4 2 7.4 4.0 | 15.5 59.9 275 4 2 6.8 3.7
9000 17.5 63.5 310 1 1 8.6 4.7 | 18.1 64.6 265 2 1 8.6 4.7
8000 19.6 67.3 035 1 1 7.0 3.9 | 20.6 69.1 270 2 1 8.4 4.6
7000 21.5 70.7 065 2 1 6.4 3.5 | 23.1 73.6 280 2 1 9.0 4.9
6000 22.9 73.2 100 1 1 5.1 2.8 | 25.6 78.1 285 3 2 10.7 5.9
5000 25.7 78.3 160 1 1 23.9 13.1 | 28.4 83.1 290 4 2 13.4 7.3
08/19/2026 at 1500 MDT | 08/19/2026 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +101.4 LI... -0.5 | CAPE... +28.3 LI... +0.2
CINH... -49.7 K Index... +25.6 | CINH... -86.4 K Index... +24.2
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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 -20.0 -4.0 280 25 13 7.7 4.2 | -20.3 -4.5 285 23 12 8.0 4.4
24000 -15.6 3.9 280 23 12 7.0 3.8 | -15.7 3.7 280 22 11 7.5 4.1
22000 -11.5 11.3 275 21 11 6.7 3.7 | -11.3 11.7 275 22 11 7.2 4.0
20000 -7.3 18.9 275 21 11 6.6 3.6 | -6.7 19.9 275 23 12 7.1 3.9
18000 -3.0 26.6 270 19 10 7.6 4.2 | -2.5 27.5 265 20 10 7.5 4.1
16000 1.5 34.7 265 17 9 7.9 4.3 | 2.0 35.6 260 15 8 8.1 4.4
14000 6.3 43.3 260 15 8 8.9 4.9 | 7.0 44.6 260 13 7 8.7 4.8
12000 11.5 52.7 260 11 6 8.8 4.8 | 12.3 54.1 265 11 6 8.9 4.9
10000 16.6 61.9 270 8 4 7.7 4.2 | 17.5 63.5 280 9 5 7.9 4.3
9000 19.3 66.7 285 7 4 8.7 4.8 | 20.1 68.2 295 8 4 8.4 4.6
8000 22.0 71.6 295 7 3 8.6 4.7 | 22.6 72.7 315 7 4 8.4 4.6
7000 24.5 76.1 310 7 4 9.0 5.0 | 25.1 77.2 330 7 4 8.7 4.8
6000 27.2 81.0 320 7 4 11.0 6.0 | 27.6 81.7 335 7 4 10.0 5.5
5000 30.0 86.0 320 7 4 13.5 7.4 | 32.4 90.3 330 7 4 53.5 29.3
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