Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 221228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, August 22, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, August 22, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 87.3 F/30.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1251 ft/min (6.4 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 18303 ft MSL (13377 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 96.0 F/36.0 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................. 12405 ft MSL (7479 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 08/23..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:45:37 / 20:15:33 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 29 min 56 sec (809 min 56 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:30:35 MDT... 59.96 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/22/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 16410 ft MSL (11484 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16460 ft MSL (11534 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17015 ft MSL (12089 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.4
K index......................... +23.7
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 -20.0 -4.0 285 19 10 7.1 3.9 44.8 112.6 7.1 M M
24000 -15.8 3.6 290 17 9 7.0 3.8 42.8 109.0 5.7 M M
22000 -11.6 11.1 280 15 8 6.7 3.7 40.9 105.5 4.2 M M
20000 -7.4 18.7 295 13 7 6.6 3.6 38.2 100.8 1.9 M M
18000 -3.8 25.2 325 9 5 8.0 4.4 35.9 96.6 -0.3 1216 6.2
16000 1.1 34.0 290 3 2 8.6 4.7 34.9 94.8 -1.2 1010 5.1
14000 5.9 42.6 310 1 1 8.4 4.6 33.8 92.9 -2.3 808 4.1
12000 10.9 51.6 070 1 1 8.6 4.7 33.1 91.6 -3.2 598 3.0
10000 16.0 60.8 070 1 1 9.0 4.9 32.4 90.4 -4.0 388 2.0
9000 18.4 65.1 070 1 1 8.5 4.6 32.0 89.6 -4.6 286 1.5
8000 20.6 69.1 090 1 1 7.1 3.9 31.4 88.4 -5.3 190 1.0
7000 22.9 73.2 125 3 2 6.2 3.4 30.1 86.2 -6.7 83 0.4
6000 24.4 75.9 110 7 4 1.8 1.0 28.7 83.7 -8.2 10 0.0
5000 20.1 68.2 105 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 21.5 70.8 -15.5 110 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/22/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/22/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +374.1 LI... -1.8 | CAPE... +304.4 LI... -1.8
CINH... -135.1 K Index... +29.7 | CINH... -67.1 K Index... +30.7
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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 -20.2 -4.4 260 24 12 7.1 3.9 | -20.2 -4.4 255 23 12 7.2 3.9
24000 -16.2 2.8 265 21 11 6.6 3.6 | -16.3 2.7 255 22 11 6.2 3.4
22000 -12.3 9.9 260 18 9 6.5 3.6 | -12.6 9.3 255 21 11 6.9 3.8
20000 -8.6 16.5 270 16 8 6.6 3.6 | -8.0 17.6 260 19 10 7.2 4.0
18000 -3.7 25.3 275 12 6 8.2 4.5 | -3.8 25.2 265 15 8 7.7 4.2
16000 1.0 33.8 275 10 5 8.1 4.5 | 0.8 33.4 265 12 6 8.1 4.5
14000 5.8 42.4 275 9 5 8.4 4.6 | 5.6 42.1 265 10 5 8.5 4.7
12000 10.8 51.4 275 7 4 8.6 4.7 | 10.6 51.1 270 6 3 8.2 4.5
10000 15.8 60.4 275 6 3 8.0 4.4 | 15.5 59.9 295 3 2 7.8 4.3
9000 18.3 64.9 265 4 2 8.5 4.7 | 18.1 64.6 310 2 1 8.8 4.8
8000 20.5 68.9 245 3 1 7.4 4.0 | 20.5 68.9 290 2 1 7.9 4.3
7000 22.5 72.5 185 3 1 6.8 3.7 | 22.9 73.2 310 1 1 8.3 4.5
6000 24.2 75.6 170 3 2 7.1 3.9 | 25.3 77.5 285 1 1 9.9 5.4
5000 26.6 79.9 170 2 1 14.6 8.0 | 27.9 82.2 265 1 1 12.2 6.7
08/22/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/22/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +447.8 LI... -2.0 | CAPE... +287.3 LI... -1.2
CINH... -74.3 K Index... +31.6 | CINH... -58.2 K Index... +27.8
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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 -19.5 -3.1 250 24 12 7.0 3.8 | -19.6 -3.3 255 26 14 7.2 4.0
24000 -15.7 3.7 250 23 12 6.1 3.4 | -15.5 4.1 265 26 13 6.8 3.7
22000 -12.1 10.2 255 22 11 6.6 3.6 | -11.5 11.3 275 27 14 6.9 3.8
20000 -7.6 18.3 255 20 10 6.9 3.8 | -6.9 19.6 290 25 13 7.0 3.8
18000 -3.5 25.7 250 16 8 7.4 4.1 | -2.8 27.0 295 20 10 7.1 3.9
16000 0.8 33.4 250 12 6 7.5 4.1 | 1.5 34.7 290 15 8 7.6 4.2
14000 5.4 41.7 265 10 5 8.3 4.6 | 6.3 43.3 280 12 6 8.7 4.8
12000 10.6 51.1 265 8 4 9.0 4.9 | 11.4 52.5 285 8 4 9.0 4.9
10000 15.7 60.3 280 8 4 8.2 4.5 | 16.7 62.1 320 5 2 8.0 4.4
9000 18.2 64.8 290 8 4 9.1 5.0 | 19.3 66.7 350 4 2 8.9 4.9
8000 20.5 68.9 300 8 4 7.6 4.2 | 21.8 71.2 010 4 2 8.4 4.6
7000 22.8 73.0 310 9 4 7.6 4.2 | 24.4 75.9 015 4 2 8.9 4.9
6000 25.0 77.0 315 8 4 8.0 4.4 | 27.0 80.6 010 4 2 10.3 5.6
5000 27.4 81.3 320 7 4 10.9 6.0 | 29.7 85.5 005 4 2 10.8 5.9
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