Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 251229
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
629 AM MDT Friday, July 25, 2025
This forecast is for Friday, July 25, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 82.5 F/28.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1818 ft/min (9.2 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 23379 ft MSL (18451 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 94.0 F/34.9 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 1000 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................. 19637 ft MSL (14709 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Saturday 07/26..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:18:29 / 20:50:17 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 31 min 49 sec (871 min 49 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:23 MDT... 67.46 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/25/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14832 ft MSL (9904 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 21881 ft MSL (16953 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 22696 ft MSL (17769 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -0.7
K index......................... +13.8
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 -27.0 -16.6 185 20 10 7.6 4.2 37.3 99.1 2.1 M M
24000 -22.6 -8.7 180 20 11 6.8 3.7 35.6 96.1 0.7 M M
22000 -18.1 -0.6 180 26 13 6.9 3.8 33.2 91.7 -1.3 1684 8.6
20000 -13.7 7.3 185 25 13 7.7 4.2 31.6 88.8 -2.8 1491 7.6
18000 -8.6 16.5 190 22 11 9.0 4.9 30.8 87.4 -3.6 1281 6.5
16000 -3.2 26.2 200 18 9 9.1 5.0 30.2 86.4 -4.2 1060 5.4
14000 2.2 36.0 205 15 8 8.9 4.9 29.8 85.6 -4.6 838 4.3
12000 7.7 45.9 215 15 7 9.0 4.9 29.4 84.9 -5.1 615 3.1
10000 12.9 55.2 225 15 8 6.4 3.5 28.8 83.8 -5.8 399 2.0
9000 15.7 60.3 225 14 7 7.8 4.3 28.6 83.5 -6.1 287 1.5
8000 18.9 66.0 220 11 6 8.1 4.4 28.1 82.6 -6.6 153 0.8
7000 21.1 70.0 200 10 5 6.4 3.5 27.3 81.2 -7.3 57 0.3
6000 22.4 72.3 170 10 5 2.7 1.5 25.7 78.3 -9.0 M M
5000 20.8 69.4 135 8 4 -1.6 -0.9 21.2 70.2 -13.7 7 0.0
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/25/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/25/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +3.3 | CAPE... +0.1 LI... +3.5
CINH... 0.0 K Index... +4.6 | CINH... -0.0 K Index... +4.8
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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 -25.6 -14.1 220 24 12 7.4 4.0 | -25.1 -13.2 210 26 13 7.9 4.4
24000 -21.1 -6.0 215 23 12 8.0 4.4 | -20.5 -4.9 210 26 13 7.1 3.9
22000 -16.3 2.7 205 22 11 8.0 4.4 | -16.2 2.8 200 26 13 7.2 3.9
20000 -12.3 9.9 200 21 11 6.7 3.7 | -12.0 10.4 195 26 13 7.1 3.9
18000 -7.7 18.1 195 20 11 7.7 4.2 | -7.7 18.1 195 24 12 6.9 3.8
16000 -2.9 26.8 195 18 9 8.5 4.7 | -3.2 26.2 195 20 11 8.3 4.6
14000 2.3 36.1 200 13 6 8.7 4.8 | 2.1 35.8 195 16 8 8.9 4.9
12000 7.6 45.7 210 11 6 8.8 4.9 | 7.5 45.5 195 14 7 9.2 5.0
10000 12.8 55.0 220 11 6 7.8 4.3 | 12.9 55.2 205 12 6 8.3 4.6
9000 15.5 59.9 220 12 6 8.2 4.5 | 15.8 60.4 205 11 6 9.8 5.4
8000 17.9 64.2 215 12 6 7.5 4.1 | 18.6 65.5 205 11 6 10.0 5.5
7000 20.0 68.0 200 12 6 7.3 4.0 | 21.5 70.7 205 10 5 9.4 5.2
6000 21.5 70.7 185 12 6 5.0 2.8 | 24.4 75.9 205 10 5 10.3 5.6
5000 23.4 74.1 175 10 5 11.5 6.3 | 30.5 86.9 205 7 4 90.5 49.6
07/25/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/25/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +0.5 LI... +1.7 | CAPE... +0.4 LI... +1.6
CINH... -0.1 K Index... +5.1 | CINH... -0.3 K Index... +5.4
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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 -24.8 -12.6 205 25 13 8.1 4.5 | -25.0 -13.0 205 28 15 8.4 4.6
24000 -20.1 -4.2 210 25 13 7.4 4.1 | -20.2 -4.4 205 27 14 7.3 4.0
22000 -15.6 3.9 210 26 13 7.5 4.1 | -15.8 3.6 205 24 12 7.3 4.0
20000 -11.9 10.6 200 26 13 6.2 3.4 | -11.6 11.1 200 23 12 7.2 3.9
18000 -7.6 18.3 195 22 12 7.9 4.3 | -6.9 19.6 190 22 11 8.0 4.4
16000 -2.5 27.5 190 19 10 9.0 5.0 | -1.8 28.8 190 19 10 9.2 5.0
14000 3.0 37.4 195 17 9 9.5 5.2 | 3.8 38.8 195 17 9 9.6 5.3
12000 8.7 47.7 200 15 8 9.5 5.2 | 9.5 49.1 205 15 8 9.5 5.2
10000 14.2 57.6 210 12 6 7.7 4.2 | 15.0 59.0 215 13 7 7.8 4.3
9000 17.3 63.1 215 11 6 10.0 5.5 | 18.0 64.4 220 12 6 9.1 5.0
8000 20.2 68.4 220 11 6 10.0 5.5 | 20.8 69.4 225 11 6 9.7 5.3
7000 23.2 73.8 225 10 5 9.2 5.0 | 23.6 74.5 235 10 5 10.2 5.6
6000 26.1 79.0 235 9 5 9.9 5.4 | 26.4 79.5 240 9 5 9.3 5.1
5000 32.4 90.3 245 7 3 102.3 56.1 | 31.6 88.9 255 7 4 10.7 5.8
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