Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 261228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Saturday, April 26, 2025
This forecast is for Saturday, April 26, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 54.2 F/12.3 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1359 ft/min (6.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20560 ft MSL (15634 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 74.0 F/23.8 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0730 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................. 18478 ft MSL (13552 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Sunday 04/27....... Good
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:32:02 / 20:19:02 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 13 hr 46 min 59 sec (826 min 59 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:25:32 MDT... 62.44 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 04/26/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 9139 ft MSL (4213 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 14870 ft MSL (9944 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 17596 ft MSL (12669 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.3
K index......................... +13.4
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 -34.5 -30.1 190 65 34 7.0 3.9 30.9 87.6 5.9 M M
24000 -30.3 -22.5 190 63 32 7.0 3.8 28.9 84.0 4.4 M M
22000 -26.5 -15.7 185 56 29 5.3 2.9 25.5 77.9 1.7 M M
20000 -23.4 -10.1 180 47 24 5.2 2.8 22.3 72.1 -1.0 1310 6.7
18000 -20.1 -4.2 175 34 18 7.4 4.0 19.4 66.9 -3.6 1153 5.9
16000 -15.9 3.4 165 27 14 7.6 4.2 17.6 63.7 -5.3 968 4.9
14000 -11.0 12.2 155 20 10 8.1 4.5 16.6 61.8 -6.4 763 3.9
12000 -6.1 21.0 160 16 8 8.0 4.4 15.7 60.2 -7.4 555 2.8
10000 -1.8 28.8 170 11 6 6.7 3.7 14.1 57.3 -9.2 368 1.9
9000 0.1 32.2 180 12 6 5.6 3.1 13.0 55.4 -10.3 283 1.4
8000 2.0 35.6 185 13 7 6.6 3.6 12.0 53.5 -11.4 195 1.0
7000 4.7 40.5 185 14 7 6.9 3.8 10.9 51.7 -12.6 78 0.4
6000 6.6 43.9 175 14 7 6.4 3.5 9.9 49.9 -13.7 M M
5000 7.6 45.7 155 8 4 6.1 3.4 8.1 46.5 -15.8 M M
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
04/26/2025 at 0900 MDT | 04/26/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.7 | CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.6
CINH... -1.0 K Index... +4.0 | CINH... -0.7 K Index... +4.0
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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 -33.7 -28.7 215 47 24 7.2 4.0 | -33.6 -28.5 215 47 24 7.3 4.0
24000 -29.4 -20.9 215 41 21 7.3 4.0 | -29.2 -20.6 210 43 22 7.3 4.0
22000 -25.4 -13.7 210 37 19 6.5 3.6 | -25.0 -13.0 210 40 21 6.9 3.8
20000 -21.6 -6.9 210 35 18 6.5 3.6 | -20.5 -4.9 210 37 19 6.5 3.6
18000 -17.1 1.2 205 34 18 7.2 3.9 | -16.6 2.1 205 35 18 6.6 3.6
16000 -13.0 8.6 205 33 17 6.4 3.5 | -12.6 9.3 200 32 17 7.0 3.8
14000 -9.3 15.3 205 31 16 6.4 3.5 | -8.5 16.7 195 29 15 7.0 3.9
12000 -4.8 23.4 195 27 14 8.5 4.7 | -4.0 24.8 185 23 12 8.0 4.4
10000 0.4 32.7 185 23 12 8.5 4.7 | 1.0 33.8 180 19 10 8.8 4.8
9000 3.0 37.4 180 21 11 9.0 4.9 | 3.8 38.8 180 18 9 9.8 5.4
8000 5.5 41.9 180 20 11 8.6 4.7 | 6.7 44.1 180 17 9 10.0 5.5
7000 8.0 46.4 180 19 10 7.8 4.3 | 9.6 49.3 180 15 8 9.7 5.3
6000 10.3 50.5 180 16 8 7.7 4.2 | 12.6 54.7 185 14 7 9.8 5.4
5000 13.0 55.4 170 12 6 16.2 8.9 | 18.2 64.8 185 10 5 9.0 4.9
04/26/2025 at 1500 MDT | 04/26/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +1.0 LI... +2.5 | CAPE... +2.3 LI... +0.4
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +10.9 | CINH... -11.1 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 -33.3 -27.9 210 50 26 7.1 3.9 | -33.5 -28.3 205 54 28 6.7 3.7
24000 -29.1 -20.4 205 46 24 7.1 3.9 | -29.5 -21.1 200 50 26 6.7 3.7
22000 -24.6 -12.3 210 42 22 7.5 4.1 | -25.3 -13.5 200 45 23 7.0 3.8
20000 -19.7 -3.5 210 39 20 7.3 4.0 | -20.7 -5.3 195 38 20 6.9 3.8
18000 -15.6 3.9 205 36 19 5.7 3.1 | -16.5 2.3 185 32 16 8.1 4.4
16000 -12.1 10.2 195 30 15 7.5 4.1 | -11.5 11.3 180 27 14 8.8 4.8
14000 -7.4 18.7 190 26 13 8.5 4.7 | -6.2 20.8 180 24 13 9.2 5.1
12000 -2.1 28.2 180 23 12 9.1 5.0 | -0.5 31.1 180 22 12 9.5 5.2
10000 3.5 38.3 180 20 10 9.2 5.0 | 5.1 41.2 185 18 9 9.4 5.2
9000 6.4 43.5 185 19 10 10.3 5.6 | 7.9 46.2 190 15 8 9.4 5.2
8000 9.4 48.9 185 18 9 10.1 5.5 | 10.7 51.3 195 12 6 9.0 4.9
7000 12.3 54.1 185 16 8 9.8 5.4 | 13.4 56.1 200 9 5 9.3 5.1
6000 15.2 59.4 185 14 7 9.8 5.4 | 16.1 61.0 215 7 3 10.2 5.6
5000 19.3 66.7 185 11 6 26.7 14.6 | 19.3 66.7 240 4 2 21.3 11.7
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