Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 021228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, August 2, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, August 2, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 81.1 F/27.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1372 ft/min (7.0 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 19708 ft MSL (14782 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................. 16785 ft MSL (11859 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 08/03....... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:25:59 / 20:42:09 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 16 min 10 sec (856 min 10 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:04 MDT... 65.64 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/02/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14942 ft MSL (10016 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 16767 ft MSL (11841 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 18202 ft MSL (13276 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -1.6
K index......................... +21.6
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 -23.1 -9.6 285 44 23 6.7 3.6 41.7 107.0 6.2 M M
24000 -19.1 -2.4 285 37 19 6.8 3.7 39.4 103.0 4.5 M M
22000 -15.0 5.0 285 31 16 6.7 3.7 37.3 99.2 2.8 M M
20000 -11.1 12.0 285 29 15 5.9 3.2 34.2 93.6 0.2 M M
18000 -7.7 18.1 275 29 15 7.7 4.2 31.7 89.0 -2.2 1228 6.2
16000 -2.8 27.0 275 25 13 9.3 5.1 30.9 87.7 -3.2 1022 5.2
14000 2.3 36.1 285 19 10 7.9 4.3 30.2 86.3 -4.0 810 4.1
12000 7.5 45.5 300 10 5 9.0 5.0 29.5 85.0 -4.7 595 3.0
10000 12.5 54.5 305 4 2 8.0 4.4 28.7 83.7 -5.7 386 2.0
9000 14.9 58.8 315 3 1 8.2 4.5 28.2 82.7 -6.3 286 1.5
8000 17.2 63.0 350 2 1 6.6 3.6 27.6 81.7 -6.9 187 0.9
7000 19.4 66.9 030 2 1 5.3 2.9 26.2 79.1 -8.5 85 0.4
6000 20.2 68.4 105 2 1 0.7 0.4 24.1 75.4 -10.7 32 0.2
5000 17.1 62.8 115 5 3 -80.9 -44.4 18.1 64.6 -16.7 93 0.5
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/02/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/02/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +111.0 LI... +0.1 | CAPE... +170.4 LI... -0.5
CINH... -63.4 K Index... +9.3 | CINH... -46.8 K Index... +13.3
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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 -16.6 245 31 16 5.6 3.1 | -27.2 -17.0 250 27 14 6.9 3.8
24000 -23.3 -9.9 240 25 13 7.5 4.1 | -23.1 -9.6 245 23 12 7.0 3.8
22000 -18.8 -1.8 235 23 12 7.7 4.2 | -18.9 -2.0 240 19 10 7.2 3.9
20000 -13.3 8.1 235 15 8 8.5 4.7 | -13.4 7.9 235 17 9 8.4 4.6
18000 -7.9 17.8 235 11 6 9.4 5.2 | -8.2 17.2 225 14 7 9.1 5.0
16000 -2.2 28.0 235 13 6 9.5 5.2 | -2.6 27.3 225 14 7 9.4 5.2
14000 3.4 38.1 235 15 8 9.3 5.1 | 3.0 37.4 230 15 8 9.2 5.1
12000 8.9 48.0 235 16 8 9.0 5.0 | 8.4 47.1 230 15 8 9.1 5.0
10000 14.0 57.2 230 15 8 7.2 4.0 | 13.5 56.3 230 14 7 7.7 4.2
9000 16.3 61.3 220 14 7 6.8 3.7 | 16.0 60.8 230 13 6 7.8 4.3
8000 18.3 64.9 210 13 7 6.7 3.7 | 18.3 64.9 235 10 5 7.9 4.3
7000 20.0 68.0 200 13 6 6.1 3.3 | 20.8 69.4 245 9 4 10.0 5.5
6000 21.3 70.3 195 10 5 5.2 2.8 | 23.4 74.1 265 8 4 11.2 6.2
5000 24.9 76.8 195 6 3 35.9 19.7 | 29.5 85.1 275 8 4 89.1 48.9
08/02/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/02/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +243.7 LI... -0.8 | CAPE... +70.9 LI... 0.0
CINH... -30.4 K Index... +16.5 | CINH... -18.2 K Index... +11.6
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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 -26.9 -16.4 255 30 16 7.6 4.2 | -26.1 -15.0 270 30 16 7.2 4.0
24000 -22.4 -8.3 255 27 14 7.3 4.0 | -21.7 -7.1 265 28 15 7.4 4.1
22000 -18.1 -0.6 250 22 11 7.4 4.1 | -17.3 0.9 265 28 15 7.5 4.1
20000 -12.9 8.8 240 18 9 7.9 4.3 | -12.3 9.9 265 25 13 7.7 4.2
18000 -7.9 17.8 235 16 8 8.8 4.8 | -7.4 18.7 260 21 11 8.7 4.8
16000 -2.6 27.3 235 15 8 9.2 5.0 | -2.1 28.2 260 16 8 9.2 5.0
14000 2.9 37.2 240 14 7 9.3 5.1 | 3.4 38.1 265 13 7 9.3 5.1
12000 8.4 47.1 245 13 7 9.2 5.1 | 8.8 47.8 275 12 6 9.2 5.0
10000 13.6 56.5 265 12 6 7.8 4.3 | 14.2 57.6 285 12 6 8.2 4.5
9000 16.2 61.2 275 12 6 9.1 5.0 | 16.9 62.4 290 11 6 9.4 5.1
8000 18.8 65.8 280 12 6 8.6 4.7 | 19.5 67.1 295 10 5 8.9 4.9
7000 21.3 70.3 290 12 6 9.6 5.3 | 22.1 71.8 300 9 5 8.8 4.8
6000 23.9 75.0 295 11 6 11.4 6.2 | 24.8 76.6 305 8 4 9.9 5.4
5000 26.9 80.4 300 11 5 14.5 7.9 | 30.0 86.0 310 7 4 65.3 35.8
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