Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 231228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Wednesday, July 23, 2025
This forecast is for Wednesday, July 23, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 82.4 F/28.0 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1550 ft/min (7.9 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 21031 ft MSL (16105 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 93.0 F/34.3 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................. 16931 ft MSL (12006 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Thursday 07/24..... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:16:40 / 20:52:03 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 35 min 22 sec (875 min 22 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:22 MDT... 67.88 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/23/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14926 ft MSL (10000 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 18551 ft MSL (13625 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19356 ft MSL (14431 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... -2.3
K index......................... +20.3
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 -25.2 -13.4 205 21 11 5.6 3.1 39.3 102.8 4.3 M M
24000 -21.0 -5.8 200 18 9 7.4 4.0 36.5 97.7 2.0 M M
22000 -16.7 1.9 200 18 9 7.8 4.3 34.9 94.8 0.6 M M
20000 -11.9 10.6 195 20 10 8.2 4.5 33.7 92.6 -0.6 1439 7.3
18000 -7.4 18.7 195 14 7 6.7 3.7 32.3 90.2 -1.9 1245 6.3
16000 -3.0 26.6 215 5 3 8.6 4.7 30.6 87.1 -3.4 1054 5.4
14000 2.6 36.7 245 4 2 9.6 5.3 30.4 86.7 -3.8 827 4.2
12000 8.1 46.6 255 2 1 8.5 4.7 30.0 86.1 -4.2 603 3.1
10000 13.1 55.6 160 3 1 8.4 4.6 29.2 84.5 -5.1 394 2.0
9000 15.6 60.1 160 4 2 8.4 4.6 28.8 83.9 -5.5 288 1.5
8000 18.5 65.3 155 7 4 7.2 4.0 28.1 82.6 -6.4 164 0.8
7000 20.4 68.7 160 9 5 5.7 3.1 27.0 80.7 -7.5 77 0.4
6000 21.8 71.2 160 11 6 2.2 1.2 25.5 77.9 -9.1 6 0.0
5000 18.7 65.7 130 7 4 -99.0 -54.3 19.5 67.1 -15.2 71 0.4
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/23/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/23/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... +0.8 LI... +2.2 | CAPE... +72.4 LI... +1.6
CINH... -7.7 K Index... +21.9 | CINH... -33.8 K Index... +21.7
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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 -24.9 -12.8 235 31 16 7.8 4.3 | -25.1 -13.2 230 30 15 8.4 4.6
24000 -20.1 -4.2 235 28 15 8.3 4.6 | -20.0 -4.0 230 28 14 8.4 4.6
22000 -15.1 4.8 230 26 14 8.5 4.7 | -15.0 5.0 230 27 14 8.6 4.7
20000 -10.6 12.9 230 21 11 6.6 3.6 | -10.2 13.6 235 22 11 6.9 3.8
18000 -7.2 19.0 220 18 9 5.2 2.9 | -6.5 20.3 230 17 9 5.8 3.2
16000 -3.7 25.3 210 14 7 8.4 4.6 | -3.3 26.1 215 14 7 6.0 3.3
14000 1.7 35.1 220 11 6 9.6 5.3 | 1.5 34.7 210 11 6 9.3 5.1
12000 7.4 45.3 225 10 5 8.9 4.9 | 7.0 44.6 210 11 5 9.1 5.0
10000 12.3 54.1 215 11 6 6.1 3.3 | 12.3 54.1 210 11 6 8.1 4.5
9000 14.7 58.5 210 13 7 6.4 3.5 | 15.0 59.0 210 11 6 8.6 4.7
8000 16.7 62.1 205 14 7 6.0 3.3 | 17.4 63.3 215 10 5 8.4 4.6
7000 18.4 65.1 195 14 7 6.2 3.4 | 20.0 68.0 225 9 5 9.3 5.1
6000 20.2 68.4 190 13 7 7.3 4.0 | 22.8 73.0 235 8 4 10.0 5.5
5000 22.6 72.7 190 10 5 11.1 6.1 | 28.9 84.0 250 7 4 96.2 52.8
07/23/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/23/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +180.7 LI... +0.6 | CAPE... +99.3 LI... +0.8
CINH... -43.3 K Index... +23.0 | CINH... -99.8 K Index... +24.2
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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 -25.0 -13.0 225 29 15 8.6 4.7 | -24.7 -12.5 215 26 13 8.7 4.8
24000 -19.8 -3.6 225 27 14 8.7 4.8 | -19.5 -3.1 215 23 12 8.6 4.7
22000 -13.9 7.0 225 25 13 7.6 4.2 | -13.7 7.3 225 21 11 7.5 4.1
20000 -9.8 14.4 230 21 11 6.8 3.8 | -9.7 14.5 230 17 9 6.8 3.7
18000 -6.0 21.2 225 17 9 6.3 3.5 | -5.7 21.7 220 15 8 6.7 3.7
16000 -2.4 27.7 205 14 7 6.6 3.6 | -1.8 28.8 210 14 7 7.5 4.1
14000 2.3 36.1 210 11 6 9.0 4.9 | 3.0 37.4 215 11 6 8.7 4.8
12000 7.6 45.7 225 8 4 9.3 5.1 | 8.2 46.8 240 9 4 8.7 4.8
10000 13.0 55.4 250 8 4 7.7 4.2 | 13.5 56.3 270 7 4 7.3 4.0
9000 15.8 60.4 265 8 4 8.4 4.6 | 16.4 61.5 285 7 4 8.7 4.8
8000 18.5 65.3 280 9 4 8.3 4.6 | 19.1 66.4 300 7 4 8.8 4.8
7000 20.9 69.6 295 10 5 10.2 5.6 | 21.8 71.2 315 8 4 9.1 5.0
6000 23.6 74.5 300 10 5 11.7 6.4 | 24.5 76.1 320 8 4 10.4 5.7
5000 30.0 86.0 305 10 5 93.1 51.1 | 29.7 85.5 320 7 4 66.2 36.3
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