Soaring Guidance
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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UXUS97 KSLC 211228
SRGSLC
Soaring Forecast
National Weather Service Salt Lake City, Utah
628 AM MDT Monday, July 21, 2025
This forecast is for Monday, July 21, 2025:
If the trigger temperature of 81.8 F/27.7 C is reached...then
Thermal Soaring Index....................... Excellent
Maximum rate of lift........................ 1400 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
Maximum height of thermals.................. 20076 ft MSL (15148 ft AGL)
Forecast maximum temperature................... 95.0 F/35.5 C
Time of trigger temperature.................... 0800 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................. 18508 ft MSL (13580 ft AGL)
Thermal soaring outlook for Tuesday 07/22...... Excellent
Wave Soaring Index............................. Not available
Remarks...
Sunrise/Sunset.................... 06:14:54 / 20:53:41 MDT
Total possible sunshine........... 14 hr 38 min 47 sec (878 min 47 sec)
Altitude of sun at 13:34:18 MDT... 68.27 degrees
Upper air data from rawinsonde observation taken on 07/21/2025 at 0600 MDT
Freezing level.................. 14540 ft MSL (9612 ft AGL)
Convective condensation level... 17740 ft MSL (12812 ft AGL)
Lifted condensation level....... 19715 ft MSL (14787 ft AGL)
Lifted index.................... +1.2
K index......................... +19.9
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 -21.6 -6.9 225 35 18 7.8 4.3 43.5 110.2 6.7 M M
24000 -17.1 1.2 230 30 15 6.8 3.7 41.8 107.3 5.6 M M
22000 -13.0 8.6 230 28 15 7.0 3.8 39.7 103.5 3.9 M M
20000 -10.7 12.7 215 24 12 3.2 1.8 34.8 94.6 -0.3 1391 7.1
18000 -8.5 16.7 210 16 8 5.6 3.1 31.0 87.8 -3.9 1265 6.4
16000 -4.1 24.6 210 13 7 8.7 4.8 29.5 85.2 -5.5 1075 5.5
14000 1.5 34.7 220 14 7 9.7 5.3 29.4 84.9 -5.8 847 4.3
12000 7.3 45.1 230 16 8 9.3 5.1 29.3 84.7 -6.1 616 3.1
10000 12.7 54.9 230 19 10 8.1 4.5 28.8 83.8 -6.6 395 2.0
9000 15.3 59.5 225 20 10 8.2 4.5 28.5 83.3 -6.9 286 1.5
8000 17.6 63.7 215 20 10 6.4 3.5 27.8 82.1 -7.6 188 1.0
7000 19.9 67.8 195 21 11 6.0 3.3 26.5 79.7 -9.0 81 0.4
6000 20.7 69.3 175 19 10 0.9 0.5 24.5 76.0 -11.2 28 0.1
5000 20.3 68.5 150 11 6 3.7 2.0 21.2 70.2 -14.7 12 0.1
* * * * * * Numerical weather prediction model forecast data valid * * * * * *
07/21/2025 at 0900 MDT | 07/21/2025 at 1200 MDT
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CAPE... 0.0 LI... +1.6 | CAPE... +1.9 LI... +0.9
CINH... -0.0 K Index... +12.9 | CINH... -4.8 K Index... +16.3
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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 -22.5 -8.5 215 27 14 5.2 2.9 | -22.3 -8.1 210 34 18 6.1 3.4
24000 -19.2 -2.6 215 31 16 5.8 3.2 | -18.7 -1.7 210 36 19 6.0 3.3
22000 -15.8 3.6 210 29 15 5.6 3.1 | -15.2 4.6 215 35 18 6.0 3.3
20000 -11.2 11.8 210 24 12 7.2 4.0 | -11.0 12.2 215 26 13 6.3 3.5
18000 -6.5 20.3 210 20 11 8.2 4.5 | -7.4 18.7 220 21 11 7.6 4.1
16000 -1.6 29.1 210 20 10 8.8 4.9 | -2.3 27.9 215 17 9 8.7 4.8
14000 3.8 38.8 215 18 9 9.5 5.2 | 3.1 37.6 215 17 9 9.3 5.1
12000 9.4 48.9 220 18 9 9.3 5.1 | 8.6 47.5 210 19 10 9.2 5.1
10000 14.7 58.5 220 19 10 7.2 3.9 | 13.9 57.0 205 20 10 7.9 4.3
9000 17.2 63.0 215 20 10 7.9 4.4 | 16.6 61.9 200 21 11 9.3 5.1
8000 19.2 66.6 210 20 11 6.6 3.6 | 19.1 66.4 195 24 12 9.3 5.1
7000 21.2 70.2 195 19 10 6.0 3.3 | 21.6 70.9 195 23 12 9.9 5.4
6000 22.9 73.2 180 20 10 7.6 4.2 | 24.5 76.1 190 21 11 9.4 5.2
5000 27.0 80.6 170 13 7 4.7 2.6 | 30.7 87.3 185 15 8 10.5 5.8
07/21/2025 at 1500 MDT | 07/21/2025 at 1800 MDT
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CAPE... +50.8 LI... -0.8 | CAPE... +118.4 LI... -1.6
CINH... -17.7 K Index... +21.3 | CINH... -6.8 K Index... +28.0
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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 -21.9 -7.4 215 34 17 6.4 3.5 | -21.7 -7.1 220 29 15 6.3 3.5
24000 -18.4 -1.1 215 35 18 5.5 3.0 | -18.1 -0.6 220 29 15 5.6 3.1
22000 -15.2 4.6 215 31 16 5.6 3.1 | -14.8 5.4 220 31 16 5.7 3.1
20000 -10.9 12.4 220 25 13 6.5 3.6 | -10.5 13.1 230 24 12 6.7 3.7
18000 -6.9 19.6 225 21 11 7.7 4.2 | -6.4 20.5 235 19 10 7.5 4.1
16000 -2.1 28.2 220 17 9 8.4 4.6 | -1.9 28.6 225 18 9 7.9 4.4
14000 3.3 37.9 215 16 8 9.4 5.2 | 3.3 37.9 215 18 9 9.5 5.2
12000 8.9 48.0 210 17 9 9.5 5.2 | 8.9 48.0 210 19 10 9.6 5.3
10000 14.4 57.9 205 20 10 7.8 4.3 | 14.5 58.1 200 21 11 7.9 4.3
9000 17.2 63.0 195 21 11 9.5 5.2 | 17.4 63.3 195 22 11 9.9 5.4
8000 19.8 67.6 190 21 11 10.2 5.6 | 20.2 68.4 195 22 11 10.5 5.7
7000 22.6 72.7 190 20 10 10.6 5.8 | 23.0 73.4 195 21 11 10.5 5.7
6000 25.5 77.9 190 19 10 10.1 5.5 | 26.0 78.8 190 20 10 9.3 5.1
5000 29.8 85.6 185 16 8 28.2 15.5 | 29.7 85.5 190 17 8 19.9 10.9
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