Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
907
UXUS97 KSLC 081229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Friday, August 8, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, August 8, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 77.5 F/25.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 884 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 15198 ft MSL (10273 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 86.0 F/30.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1045 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................. 11501 ft MSL (6576 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 08/09..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:31:49 / 20:35:01 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 3 min 12 sec (843 min 12 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:33:25 MDT... 64.09 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 08/08/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14667 ft MSL (9742 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 24092 ft MSL (19167 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 20750 ft MSL (15824 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +5.9
K index......................... +0.2
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 -22.4 -8.3 280 39 20 6.8 3.7 42.1 107.8 9.6 M M
24000 -18.2 -0.8 280 36 18 7.2 4.0 40.1 104.2 8.0 M M
22000 -13.9 7.0 280 34 18 7.0 3.8 38.4 101.1 6.7 M M
20000 -10.1 13.8 275 33 17 6.4 3.5 35.9 96.7 4.8 M M
18000 -5.8 21.6 275 31 16 6.7 3.7 34.0 93.3 3.3 M M
16000 -2.4 27.7 275 27 14 5.7 3.1 31.3 88.4 1.0 M M
14000 1.2 34.2 275 24 12 7.1 3.9 28.9 84.1 -1.3 785 4.0
12000 5.7 42.3 275 17 9 8.1 4.5 27.6 81.7 -2.7 591 3.0
10000 10.5 50.9 270 9 5 7.1 3.9 26.5 79.7 -3.8 387 2.0
9000 12.9 55.2 270 5 3 7.2 4.0 25.9 78.5 -4.4 287 1.5
8000 15.7 60.3 295 3 1 7.2 4.0 24.9 76.9 -5.3 166 0.8
7000 17.5 63.5 330 3 1 5.3 2.9 23.7 74.7 -6.5 82 0.4
6000 18.6 65.5 345 1 1 1.5 0.8 21.9 71.5 -8.4 20 0.1
5000 14.2 57.6 105 4 2 -99.0 -54.3 14.7 58.5 -15.8 122 0.6
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
08/08/2025 at 0900 MDT | 08/08/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.8
CINH... -1.5 K Index... +23.0 | CINH... -0.1 K Index... +22.1
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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 -22.9 -9.2 260 60 31 7.3 4.0 | -23.0 -9.4 265 59 30 6.9 3.8
24000 -18.8 -1.8 260 58 30 6.5 3.5 | -19.0 -2.2 265 57 29 6.4 3.5
22000 -15.0 5.0 260 54 28 6.6 3.6 | -15.3 4.5 265 54 28 6.5 3.6
20000 -11.8 10.8 260 51 26 5.4 2.9 | -11.6 11.1 260 51 26 6.2 3.4
18000 -7.4 18.7 255 49 25 7.9 4.3 | -7.3 18.9 260 47 24 7.1 3.9
16000 -2.9 26.8 255 41 21 7.1 3.9 | -3.0 26.6 260 41 21 7.4 4.1
14000 1.0 33.8 270 32 16 6.4 3.5 | 0.7 33.3 265 32 16 6.6 3.6
12000 5.2 41.4 275 23 12 7.8 4.3 | 4.7 40.5 270 21 11 7.5 4.1
10000 9.2 48.6 285 12 6 5.4 2.9 | 8.9 48.0 280 12 6 5.7 3.1
9000 11.3 52.3 305 8 4 6.9 3.8 | 11.2 52.2 295 10 5 7.5 4.1
8000 13.3 55.9 325 7 4 7.6 4.2 | 13.5 56.3 305 9 4 8.0 4.4
7000 15.6 60.1 335 8 4 7.0 3.9 | 16.0 60.8 310 8 4 9.0 4.9
6000 17.8 64.0 335 8 4 9.0 4.9 | 18.7 65.7 310 9 4 11.5 6.3
5000 22.3 72.1 330 6 3 51.2 28.1 | 21.7 71.1 305 8 4 14.5 8.0
08/08/2025 at 1500 MDT | 08/08/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +2.3 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.9
CINH... -1.6 K Index... +18.4 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +13.4
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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 -22.9 -9.2 275 55 28 6.8 3.7 | -22.2 -8.0 280 49 25 6.5 3.6
24000 -18.9 -2.0 270 52 27 6.6 3.6 | -18.4 -1.1 280 46 24 6.4 3.5
22000 -15.0 5.0 270 48 25 6.7 3.7 | -14.6 5.7 275 43 22 6.4 3.5
20000 -11.2 11.8 265 45 23 6.6 3.6 | -10.8 12.6 275 40 21 6.6 3.6
18000 -6.8 19.8 265 41 21 6.7 3.7 | -6.4 20.5 275 37 19 6.8 3.7
16000 -2.8 27.0 265 35 18 6.9 3.8 | -2.5 27.5 275 34 18 6.7 3.7
14000 1.3 34.3 270 29 15 6.5 3.6 | 1.9 35.4 275 28 15 7.5 4.1
12000 5.3 41.5 275 20 10 7.4 4.0 | 6.3 43.3 280 20 11 7.3 4.0
10000 9.7 49.5 280 13 7 7.3 4.0 | 10.7 51.3 290 14 7 7.7 4.2
9000 12.2 54.0 290 11 6 8.1 4.4 | 13.3 55.9 305 12 6 8.7 4.8
8000 14.7 58.5 300 9 5 8.5 4.7 | 15.9 60.6 310 10 5 8.8 4.8
7000 17.3 63.1 310 9 5 9.9 5.5 | 18.5 65.3 320 10 5 9.5 5.2
6000 20.1 68.2 315 9 5 11.8 6.4 | 21.2 70.2 330 9 5 11.0 6.0
5000 23.1 73.6 315 8 4 14.1 7.8 | 26.4 79.5 330 8 4 64.0 35.1
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