Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 051228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Friday, September 5, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, September 5, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 76.6 F/24.8 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1284 ft/min (6.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 17256 ft MSL (12329 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 88.0 F/31.6 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................. 12974 ft MSL (8047 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 09/06..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:59:21 / 19:53:22 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 12 hr 54 min 1 sec (774 min 1 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:26:21 MDT... 55.22 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 09/05/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14464 ft MSL (9537 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 13018 ft MSL (8091 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 14381 ft MSL (9453 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -5.2
K index......................... +29.3
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 -23.8 -10.8 205 10 5 7.0 3.8 41.1 105.9 7.8 M M
24000 -19.7 -3.5 205 10 5 6.8 3.8 39.0 102.2 6.3 M M
22000 -15.7 3.7 205 12 6 6.9 3.8 36.9 98.5 4.6 M M
20000 -11.1 12.0 195 11 6 7.0 3.8 34.7 94.4 2.7 M M
18000 -7.2 19.0 180 11 6 6.3 3.4 32.6 90.7 0.9 M M
16000 -3.5 25.7 175 9 4 7.2 4.0 30.3 86.6 -1.3 972 4.9
14000 1.1 34.0 185 5 3 8.6 4.7 29.2 84.5 -2.5 772 3.9
12000 6.1 43.0 230 4 2 8.3 4.6 28.4 83.1 -3.5 565 2.9
10000 10.5 50.9 245 4 2 6.5 3.6 27.2 80.9 -4.9 373 1.9
9000 12.6 54.7 235 4 2 6.1 3.3 26.3 79.4 -5.9 283 1.4
8000 14.4 57.9 215 4 2 6.0 3.3 25.4 77.7 -6.9 197 1.0
7000 16.4 61.5 190 6 3 5.0 2.8 23.8 74.8 -8.7 100 0.5
6000 17.6 63.7 170 8 4 2.8 1.5 22.2 71.9 -10.5 34 0.2
5000 17.5 63.5 135 6 3 6.8 3.8 19.0 66.2 -13.6 9 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
09/05/2025 at 0900 MDT | 09/05/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +16.7 LI... -1.0 | CAPE... +223.6 LI... -1.9
CINH... -98.6 K Index... +27.1 | CINH... -39.9 K Index... +27.0
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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 -24.6 -12.3 325 13 6 6.9 3.8 | -24.7 -12.5 300 11 6 6.9 3.8
24000 -20.7 -5.3 335 10 5 6.4 3.5 | -20.7 -5.3 305 7 4 6.5 3.6
22000 -16.9 1.6 330 8 4 6.3 3.5 | -16.9 1.6 310 4 2 6.5 3.6
20000 -12.8 9.0 290 6 3 7.2 4.0 | -12.8 9.0 295 6 3 7.1 3.9
18000 -8.1 17.4 260 7 4 7.1 3.9 | -8.3 17.1 295 6 3 6.9 3.8
16000 -3.9 25.0 295 6 3 7.5 4.1 | -3.8 25.2 320 8 4 8.4 4.6
14000 1.0 33.8 310 7 4 8.6 4.7 | 1.3 34.3 325 8 4 9.1 5.0
12000 6.0 42.8 300 7 4 8.2 4.5 | 6.4 43.5 310 6 3 8.3 4.5
10000 10.7 51.3 275 5 3 6.1 3.4 | 11.0 51.8 275 5 3 6.4 3.5
9000 13.1 55.6 255 5 2 7.3 4.0 | 13.6 56.5 255 5 2 8.1 4.4
8000 15.3 59.5 230 4 2 7.1 3.9 | 16.0 60.8 245 5 2 8.7 4.8
7000 17.3 63.1 205 4 2 5.9 3.3 | 18.7 65.7 245 4 2 9.0 4.9
6000 19.1 66.4 190 5 3 5.5 3.0 | 21.4 70.5 250 4 2 9.9 5.4
5000 22.2 72.0 160 4 2 29.8 16.4 | 27.0 80.6 260 3 2 82.1 45.0
09/05/2025 at 1500 MDT | 09/05/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +272.0 LI... -1.6 | CAPE... +93.2 LI... -0.8
CINH... -18.9 K Index... +25.6 | CINH... -29.4 K Index... +22.0
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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 -24.5 -12.1 290 12 6 7.1 3.9 | -23.7 -10.7 285 14 7 7.4 4.1
24000 -20.4 -4.7 280 8 4 7.0 3.8 | -19.5 -3.1 285 11 5 6.5 3.6
22000 -16.2 2.8 270 6 3 7.0 3.8 | -15.7 3.7 280 7 4 6.6 3.6
20000 -12.1 10.2 270 5 2 7.2 4.0 | -11.6 11.1 275 4 2 7.0 3.9
18000 -7.5 18.5 285 4 2 6.8 3.7 | -6.8 19.8 270 3 1 7.4 4.1
16000 -3.3 26.1 310 5 3 7.7 4.2 | -2.5 27.5 280 3 2 7.6 4.2
14000 1.6 34.9 315 6 3 9.1 5.0 | 2.3 36.1 310 4 2 8.3 4.5
12000 7.0 44.6 310 6 3 9.4 5.1 | 7.4 45.3 320 6 3 8.9 4.9
10000 12.3 54.1 305 6 3 6.9 3.8 | 12.7 54.9 320 7 3 7.4 4.1
9000 15.0 59.0 300 7 4 8.7 4.8 | 15.5 59.9 320 7 4 9.4 5.2
8000 17.6 63.7 300 7 4 8.9 4.9 | 18.2 64.8 325 7 4 9.4 5.2
7000 20.1 68.2 305 8 4 9.4 5.2 | 20.8 69.4 325 7 3 8.8 4.9
6000 22.8 73.0 315 8 4 10.3 5.7 | 23.3 73.9 330 7 3 9.9 5.4
5000 27.1 80.8 320 8 4 29.6 16.3 | 26.7 80.1 335 6 3 18.7 10.3
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