Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
551
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
                                           |
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
                                           |
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
                                           |
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
                                           |
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
________________________________________________________________________________

This product is issued once per day by approximately 0600 MST/0700 MDT
(1300 UTC). This product is not continuously monitored nor updated after
the initial issuance.

The information contained herein is based on the 1200 UTC rawinsonde observation
at the Salt Lake City, Utah International Airport and/or numerical weather
prediction model data representative of the airport. These data may not be
representative of other areas along the Wasatch Front. Erroneous data such as
these should not be used.

The content and format of this report as well as the issuance times are subject
to change without prior notice.

042025